- [Instructor] While running through our PCB designs
in SOLIDWORKS PCB,
we can also change some viewing options.
So if I just go to my View tab here,
and over on the right-hand side,
we briefly took a look at this earlier,
but I have a few view options here,
and I can switch easily between a 2D view
and a 3D view.
And you can use this to fit your own needs and preferences,
usually jumping back and forth a few times
just to take a look at your final product.
So here I'm currently in the 2D view
of my PCB board layout here.
If I click the drop-down here,
I can switch to 2D
and switch to 3D.
So in this case,
maybe I wanna switch to 3D,
take a look at what my actual board
may look like in a 3D view.
And here I start to get an idea of
what my finished board product might look like.
And my navigation tools are fairly similar here
as in my 2D view.
One other navigation command that might be useful for me
is to rotate this board.
So I can do that,
I can just hold down the Shift key
and I get this kind of navigation orb popping up here,
and I can just then click anywhere on this orb
using my right mouse button click,
and I can kind of rotate, navigate around,
and we can see the look of my 3D board
and I can actually see both sides
and so on.
So I'll just rotate in
and get a good 3D view here.
So we get an idea of my finished product.
Of course, if my library components
actually had the 3D electronics components
placed within the library,
I could actually see those 3D electronics components
coming onto my board, as well,
so that can be useful to making sure
I might fit any clearance needs
and so on.
And of course if I want to jump back to my 2D view
to do some more routing
or whatever it may be,
just go back to that switch,
switch back to 2D.
So you can switch very easily back and forth
between your two viewing options there
to get a good idea for your final board design.