GLview is the default style of view in EdgeCAM.
You can have one or more GLviews open in the Graphics Area. Each view provides a particular viewpoint, such as 'Top' or 'Isometric', onto the part.
A GLview appears like this:
In the centre of the view you can see the CPL marker, which shows the world origin of the current CPL along with its associated axes: red for X, green for Y and blue for Z; see this illustration.
The appearance of the marker changes according to the selected viewpoint. The illustration shows the Top CPL, as seen from the Top standard view. From the Front standard view the Z axis of the CPL marker would be vertical.
At the bottom left, in the status bar, is the name of the view. Just above this is another CPL marker; this one only showing the relative orientations of the view and the CPL.
In the Turn Machining mode this marker appears in a slightly different form. It has a ring which is divided top (Upper turret) and bottom (Lower turret) and left (Main spindle) and right (Sub-spindle). The yellow quadrant shows which spindle the selected turret is working on, whilst the grey quadrant shows which spindle the non-selected turret is working on.
In this example the Lower turret is selected and is working on the Main
spindle, whilst
the grey quadrant shows the Upper turret is also working on the Main spindle:
The number after the view name is displayed to help you see how far you have zoomed into or out of the view.
An EdgeCAM part model can be viewed from several directions at the same time by displaying multiple views:
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