Action Pad

The Action Pad panel provides the most used commands.

To access the Action Pad panel, do one of the following:

Press b.
Right-click in the work area and select Display > Action Pad.
From the Tools section in the action bar, click Action Pad .


	Wireframe Displays an object in a mode where only its edges are visible. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Basics: Basic Viewing Commands
	Shading with Edges Shades the object's surfaces with all its edges, whether smooth or hidden. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Basics: Basic Viewing Commands
	Shading Shades the surfaces of an object and display its edges (including hidden and smooth ones) or the materials that have been applied onto it. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Basics: Basic Viewing Commands
	Shading with Material Displays the material applied onto your object. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Basics: Basic Viewing Commands
	Light Source Manipulation Manipulates light sources along predefined circles that are centered on the light target. See Manipulating Light Sources. This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.


	View Selector Lets you quickly switch between standard views. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Basics: Basic Viewing Commands
	Parallel Displays objects in a parallel view. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Basics: Basic Viewing Commands
	Perspective Displays objects in a perspective view. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Basics: Basic Viewing Commands
	Stretch View Indicates a rectangular region in the current view to be stretched to the maximum visible size. A scaling factor can be defined. See Using the Stretch View Analysis Tool.
	Soft Mirror Performs a mirror analysis of geometrical elements without adding the feature to the tree. See Performing a Soft Mirror Analysis. This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.


	Fit All In Zooms the geometry in or out. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Basics: Basic Viewing Commands
	Normal View Views objects along a perpendicular to a selected plane. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Basics: Basic Viewing Commands
	Reverse Viewpoint Inverts the viewpoint from the current viewer, either from the Robot orientation or from the default view. See Defining Views.
	Previous View Displays the previous view. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Basics: Basic Viewing Commands
	Next View Displays the next view. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Basics: Basic Viewing Commands


	Visualization Sectioning Lets you add up to three independent section planes, modify their position and orientation independently from each other. See 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps: Native Apps Advanced: Additional Viewing Commands: Using Section Planes
	Ruler Ruler Displays and manipulates 2D or 3D area coordinate axes. See About Rulers.
	Measure Item Measures properties associated with a selected item.
	Measure Between Measures the distance and angle between two items.
	Views Views the object from different angles and manages cameras for your scene. Select the view and then create the camera.


	Point Creates a point.
	Line Creates a line.
	Circle Creates circles and circular arcs.
	Create Robot plane Creates a plane corresponding to the Robot basis. See Managing the Robot and Axes.
	Plane Creates a plane.


	3D Curve Creates a 3D curve using control points, possibly on a support element. See Creating Curves Using Control Points.
	Isoparametric Curve Creates an isoparametric curve on a surface. See Creating Isoparametric Curves on Surfaces. This command is available in all FreeStyle Shape Design apps except FreeStyle Shape Analysis.
	Project Curve Projects a curve onto a surface. See Projecting Curves. This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.
	Blend Curve Creates a connecting curve between two curves. See Creating Blend Curves.
	Styling Corner Joins two planar curves with a connecting curve. See Creating Styling Corners. This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.


	Unified Patch Creates a patch from two, three, or four points, and allows projection as well as fitting of the patch on its support. See Creating a Patch from Points.
	Extrude Surface Creates a surface by extruding a curve. See Extruding Surfaces.
	Offset Creates a surface that is offset from a reference surface. See Offsetting Surfaces. This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.
	Blend Surface Creates a blended surface between two surfaces. See Creating Blend Surfaces.
	Net Surface Creates a surface based on an existing set of curves. See Creating a Net Surface.
	Styling Sweep Creates a surface by sweeping a profile along a curve. See Creating a Styling Sweep.
	FSS Styling Fillet Creates a styling fillet between two surfaces. See Creating a Styling Fillet.
	FreeStyle Fill Creates a fill surface between three or more associative elements that must be contiguous in one point. See Creating Associative Fill Surfaces.


	Control Points Modifies a curve or a surface by manipulating control points. See Using Control Points.
	Styling Extrapolate Increases or decreases the length of a curve or surface boundary. See Extrapolating Curves. Extrapolating Surfaces This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.
	Extend Makes a curve longer by extending one or both of its end points. Makes a surface bigger or smaller by extending its boundaries. See Extending Shapes.
	Break Curve Trims a curve into two or more parts by using any combination of points, curves, planes, and surfaces. See Breaking Curves. This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.
	Break Surface Trims a surface into two or more parts by using any combination of curves, planes, and surfaces. See Breaking Surfaces. This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.
	Matching Constraint Connects surfaces using a range of continuity constraints. See Creating a Matching Constraint. This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.
	Fit to Geometry Fits a curve or a datum surface to other geometry. See Fitting a Shape to Other Geometry.
	This command is only available in FreeStyle Shape Design.


	Untrim Restores the trimmed curve or surface to its original shape. See Restoring a Surface or Curve.
	Join Assemble adjacent curves or surfaces to one element.
	Disassemble Disassembles multi-cell curves or surfaces into mono-cell, or mono-domain curves or surfaces. See Disassembling Shapes.
	Concatenate Concatenates 3D multi-cell mono-domain FreeStyle Shape Design curves or separates contiguous curves into a mono-cell curve. See Concatenating Shapes.
	Converter Wizard Converts curves and surfaces into NUPBS curves and surfaces, and modifies their properties. See Approximating and Segmenting Procedural Curves. Approximating and Segmenting Procedural Surfaces


	Porcupine Curvature Analysis Creates a visual representation of the point, tangent, and curvature continuity of curves and surfaces. See Analyzing Using Porcupine Curvature.
	Cutting Plane Analysis Projects curves onto surfaces, each curve representing the intersection of a cutting plane with the surfaces. See Analyzing Using Cutting Planes.
	Isophotes Mapping Applies isophotes on a part to analyze the quality of its surface. See Analyzing Using Isophotes.
	Distance Analysis Provides a visual representation of the distance between any two geometric elements or two sets of elements. See Analyzing the Distance Between Elements.
	Connect Checker Analysis Checks and analyzes how two surfaces or curves are connected to each other based on continuity, constraints, and tolerance. See Analyzing Connections Between Elements.
	Surfacic Curvature Analysis Lets you assess the curvature of a surface. See Analyzing Surface Curvature.
	Global cutting Plane Analysis Projects curves onto surfaces, each curve representing the intersection of a cutting plane with the surfaces. See Analyzing Using Cutting Planes.


	In Model or on Perch Switches the Robot from the perch to the model or vice versa. See Context Menus.
	UV Flip to UV or XY. See Context Menus.
	VW Flip to VW or YZ. See Context Menus.
	WU Flip to WU or ZX. See Context Menus.
	Most Seen Plane Enables the most seen plane option.
	Reset Robot Reset Robot to XYZ. See Context Menus.
	Set Robot Orientation Orients the Robot by selecting either an existing plane or three points. See Context Menus. Note: You can use Esc to exit the Set Robot Orientation , Set Robot to mean plane , and Set Robot to trace plane commands at any time during the command is running.
	Set Robot to mean plane Sets the Robot to the mean plane of the selected elements. See Context Menus.
	Set Robot to trace plane Sets the Robot to the trace plane. See Context Menus.