Overview
What's New
Getting Started
Starting Composer
Loading Models
Using Views
Highlighting and Selecting Actors
Navigating the Viewport
Managing Properties
Creating and Updating Views
Moving Actors
Adding Collaborative Actors
Using Digger
Creating BOMs
Creating Technical Illustrations
Using Animations
Interface Concepts
Importing and Opening Files
About Supported Import Formats
About Composer File Types
Working with Actors
About Actors and Associativity
Translating and Rotating Actors
Placing and Aligning Actors
Aligning Actors
About Grids and Magnetic Lines
Using a Grid
Using Magnetic Lines
Transforming Actors
About Gizmos
About Explode Transformations
Copying Actor Translation and Rotation Changes
Copy Location and Copy Transformation Examples
Using Align Pivots
Creating Kinematic Links Between Actors
Working with Annotations
Using Styles
Adding Textures
Creating a Layer
Filtering
Applying Secure 3D Brush
Working with Cutting Planes
About Cutting Planes
Creating and Manipulating Cutting Planes
Using Two Cutting Planes to Create a Quarter Cross Section
Working with Views
About Views
View Collections
Working with the Ribbon
Miscellaneous Background Information
About the Creation of PDF Templates
About Copy/Paste
About the Style Preview
File Menu
Home Tab
Render Tab
Author Tab
Styles Tab
Transform Tab
Geometry Tab
Animate Tab
Workshops Tab
Window Tab
SOLIDWORKS PDM Tab
Help Menu
Working with the Left Panes
Organizing the Left Panes
Assembly Pane
BOM Pane
Collaboration Pane
Configurations Pane
Layers Pane
Markers Pane
Views Pane
Properties Pane
Information Pane
About the Viewport
Displaying and Navigating the Paper Space
Working in Workshops
Animation Library Workshop
BOM Workshop
Clearance Checking Workshop
Filters Workshop
Getting Started Workshop
High Resolution Image Workshop
Image Library Workshop
Interactive Collision Detection Workshop
Model Browser Workshop
Simplification Workshop
Clones Detection Example
Styles Workshop
Technical Illustration Workshop
Textures Workshop
Video Workshop
Views Workshop
Editing Actor Properties
About Actor Properties
Annotation Properties
BOM Table Properties
Camera Properties
Compass Properties
Cutting Plane Properties
Debug Properties
Geometry Actor Properties
Grid Properties
Ground Properties
Hotspot Properties
Light Properties
Magnetic Line Properties
Markup Properties
Measurement Properties
Panel Properties
Path Properties
Viewport Properties
Managing (Default) Document Properties
Accessing and Customizing (Default) Document Properties
Sharing (Default) Document Properties Across Teams
Security
Signature
Viewport
Viewport Background
Selection
Image Quality
Input
Update
Output
Animation
History
Right Manager
Project
Paper Space
Units
Advanced Properties
Miscellaneous Examples
Example - Input Settings
Publishing
Publishing to HTML
About the HTML Output
Publishing to 3DVIA Studio
About Publishing to 3DVIA Studio
Playing a Composer Experience in 3DVIA Studio
Creating Animations
About the Timeline
About the Animation Library
Custom Animation XML Example
About Scenarios
Creating Pre-defined Animations
Creating Animations by Animating Actors Individually
Creating and Using Animation Markers and Milestones
Using the Timeline
Timeline Commands
Customizing Application Preferences
Accessing and Customizing Application Preferences
General
Camera
Navigation
Hardware Support
Application Paths
Data Paths
About Data Paths
Advanced Settings
Licensing and System Requirements
Tools
About the Composer PMI Remover
Using the Composer PMI Remover
Reference Information: Regular Expression Syntax
Administration
Disabling Document Property and Application Preference Modifications
About Profiles for Workshop Settings
Defining Custom Import Profiles
Interface Description
Quick Access Toolbar
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
Status Bar
Keyboard Shortcuts
Dialog Boxes
Add Child Scenario
Configure Columns
Customize
Level of Detail
Meta-Properties
New Project
Open Files
Publish to 3DVIA Studio
Publish to HTML (Save As)
Publish to PDF
Save Package As
Scale Geometry
Search Pane
Secure 3D Brush
Select Pane
Select Language
Select a Link
Send by E-mail
Text Pane
Time Settings
Update Composer Document
Video Compression
Windows
Reporting a Problem
About APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)
Index
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