Action Pad

The Action Pad panel provides the most used commands.

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

Press b (temporary display only).
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 Platform User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| Basic Viewing Commands
	Shading with Edges Shades the object's surfaces with all its edges, whether smooth or hidden. See 3DEXPERIENCE Platform User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| 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 Platform User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| Basic Viewing Commands
	Shading with Material Displays the material applied onto your object. See 3DEXPERIENCE Platform User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| Basic Viewing Commands


	View Selector Lets you quickly switch between standard views. See 3DEXPERIENCE Platform User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| Basic Viewing Commands
	Parallel Displays objects in a parallel view. See 3DEXPERIENCE Platform User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| Basic Viewing Commands
	Perspective Displays objects in a perspective view. See 3DEXPERIENCE Platform User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| Basic Viewing Commands


	Fit All In Zooms the geometry in or out. See 3DEXPERIENCE Platform User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| Basic Viewing Commands
	Normal View Views objects along a perpendicular to a selected plane. See 3DEXPERIENCE Platform User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| 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 Platform User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| Basic Viewing Commands
	Next View Displays the next view. See 3DEXPERIENCE Platform User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| 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 User's Guide: Native Apps Common Services \| 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 minages cameras for your scene. Select the view and then create the camera.


	3D Curve Creates 3D curves using control points. See Creating 3D Curves
	Blend Curve Creates a NURBS blend curve between between two end points on given curves. See Creating Blend Curves.
	Curve Conversion Creates a curve by approximating a set of input data. See Converting Curves.
	Extrapolation (Feature) Extrapolates curves and surfaces. See Extrapolating Curves and Surfaces (ICEM Shape Design command).


	Flange Creates a flange from a reference curve. See Creating Flanges.
	Patch From Curves Creates a surface from 2 to 4 curves. See Creating a Patch from Curves.
	Blend Surface Creates a blend surface between surface edges or curves on surfaces. See Creating Blend Surfaces.
	FSS Styling Fillet Creates a styling fillet between two surfaces. See Creating a Styling Fillet.


	Patch from Patches Creates a single patch from several adjacent patches. See Creating a Patch from Patches.
	Surface Conversion Converts a multi-cell surface to a single cell surface. See Converting Surfaces.
	Feature Modeling Modifies a feature. See Modeling Features.
	Matching Constraint Connects surfaces together using a range of continuity constraints. See Creating a Matching Constraint


	Highlight Analysis Creates a highlight surface diagnosis on shaded surfaces. See Analyzing Using Highlights.
	Cutting Plane Analysis Projects curves onto surfaces, each curve representing the intersection of a cutting plane with the surfaces.
	Iso-Curvature Analysis Creates an analysis feature lying on a set of surfaces that displays the curvature according to the isoparametrics of a surface. See Analyzing Using Iso-Curvature.


	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.