SpinFire Web

SpinFire Manage and greater utilizes new technology to better serve and view SpinFire Web files. This will also allow Actify to build more functionality into SpinFire Web moving forward. This newSpinFire Web uses .scs files but can view the older .hwf format. Deployment scripts automatically update your previous pipelines using the CAD to SpinFire Web action to use the new .scs format.

SpinFire Web allows you to view and comment on a 3D model. You can take a snapshot of the image at any time, save it to a file, and add it to the catalog.

Viewing

Rotate	Left-click+Drag
Zoom in	Middle-click+Drag towards you Rotate mouse the wheel away from you
Zoom out	Middle-click+Drag away from you Rotate the mouse wheel toward you
Pan	SHIFT+Left-click+Drag

Browsers

The Assembly and Views browsers give you the option to search for and sort items.

Search	Find an item in the browser tree. Search always performs a partial search.
Sort	Sort in alphabetical order when selected.

Assembly Browser

Assembly tree parts	Hide, show, and select parts in the assembly tree.
PMI	Hide and show any PMI data that’s associated to the model.
Measurements	Hide, show, and select measurements made in SpinFire Web.
Notes	Hide, show, and select Notes made in SpinFire Web.

Views Browser

Standard Views	Switch between Isometric, Front, Back, Top, Bottom, Right, and Left standard views.
User Views	When using the Draw Text tool, a markup is created in its own user view. The User Views selections enable you to view those markups. The user view also contains the part camera view.
CAD Views	If the model contains a CAD view, it can be selected here.

Attributes

Expand this tab by clicking on the orange tab

to view attributes about all its related files. Select and filter attributes to one’s liking. See SpinFire Web Attributes

Properties

Properties	Select a part to view the following: Name Parent Surface Area Volume COM (Center of Mass)
Select Parent	Click to move to the parent of the part.
Transparency	Turn a level of transparency on for the selected part.
Bounding Box	Select to show the axis-aligned bounding box.

Measurements and Notes

	Home	Click the Home button to reset the camera view back to the start.
	PMI data	If the model contains PMI/GD&T data, toggle the information in the graphical view on and off.

Selection Mode

	Smart Edge	Smart Edge Dimension Tool. Hover cursor over an edge Select edge Move cursor to position dimension
	Surface Angle	Surface Angle Dimension Tool. Select 1st planar surface Select 2nd planar surface Move cursor to position dimension
	Face Distance	Face Distance Dimension Tool. Select 1st planar surface Select 2nd planar surface Move cursor Up/Down to position dimension Then move cursor Left/Right to position dimension
	Point to Point Distance	Point to Point Distance Tool. Select any surface for 1st point Select any surface for 2nd point Move cursor to position dimension
		Click once to start the circle. Move the mouse to increase or decrease the diameter. Click again to finish.
		Click to start. Move the mouse to draw a continuous line. Click again to finish.
		Right-click and drag the mouse to start the rectangle. Move the mouse to give it smaller or larger dimension. Click once again to finish.
		Click to start. Click in the draw text windows to enter text. Enter text. Click elsewhere to stop text entry. Move to the desired location. Use the Select Element tool to finish. Click on the associated User View to view the drawn text.

Camera Mode

Take a Snapshot

Take a snapshot image of how the model appears on screen.

Tip

Rotate, zoom, pan, change background color, and set your measurements and markups before taking your snapshot.

Click the Download button to download the image as a .png file to your local drive. The default file name is capture.png. Click the** Add to Catalog** button to add the image file as a new resource associated with the part. Enter a name for the new resource. Select the Set as Thumbnail checkbox to. Click Close to exit.

Shared State Snapshot

Shared State Snapshot

Take a snapshot image of the current state of the model in SpinFire Web, add it with a comment to the Comments section to collaborate with others in your organization.

Disectioned Views

	Sectioning	Select the X, Y, and/or Z axis to slice. One, two or all three planes can be used at once to section the model. Left-mouse-drag a section plane to move it across the model. Toggle the I button to flip the sectioning plane.
	Exploded Assembly	Use theslider barto increase the distance between parts and away from the center.

Render View

	Perspective or orthographic projection	Click to toggle the project mode between perspective and orthographic.
	Flat/Shaded (render mode)	Click to toggle the render mode between flat and shaded.
	Change background color	Change the background color with a color selector.
	Change Part Color	Click to select a color from the color picker to change the color of the selected part.
	Momentum	Enable the momentum to auto-spin the model. Once enabled, hold the left mouse button down, move in a direction and release. The model will continue to spin. The model spins at a rate based on the speed the mouse was moving when the button was released.
	Axis Triad	Toggles the axis triad off and on.

UI Tools

Properties Toggle - Hide/show the properties when clicking on a part. UI Toggle - Hide/show UI elements (browser, toolbars and tools) Fullscreen Toggle -Click to view the model in the browser’s full screen mode.(In most browsers, This can also be achieved with the F11 key.)

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