Module 5: Activity 3 – Creating a carousel view
Objective:
In this activity you will learn how to create a carousel view in Solid Edge 3D
Publishing.
Activity:
Step 1: Open a Solid Edge 3D Publishing model.
• Launch Solid Edge 3D Publishing.
• From the startup screen, click on Open.
• Browse to your class folder and select the Carousel.qsd file.
• Click Open and wait for the file to open.
Step 2: Create a third illustration.
• Select the Exploded View illustration from the storyboard.
• Notice the Exploded View appears in the 3D View on your page.
Reorient this to a Right view.
• To help clarify the parts in the 3D View window do the following:
o Select the 3D View tab.
o Click on the Edges command.
o Select Black from the color palette.
• Notice the results in the 3D View.
• Select the Illustrate tab.
• From the Illustrations ribbon group, click on New (or click on New
from the Storyboard panel)
• This will display a dialog box allowing you to name this illustration.
• Name this one, Exploded Side View, and uncheck Edit Markups
Now.
• Click OK to create the new illustration.,
• Observe your illustration.
Step 3: Create a carousel view.
• Select the Insert tab.
• Click on the Carousel command.
• Observe that the mouse cursor indicates that you are ready to drag out
the view.,
• Drag a box onto the right side of document page, as shown below.
• You will use the default settings in the Carousel dialog box. So, just
click OK.
• Notice that the carousel appears in the drawn window.
• Turn off the Edit Page command.
• Click on any of the illustrations in the carousel and notice that the
image in the 3D View changes to match the select illustration from the
carousel.
• Notice that only 2 illustrations appear in the vertical carousel. To see
the third illustration, click on the grey bar at the bottom of the carousel.
Note: Using the grey bars at the top and bottom of the carousel will
allow you to navigate through the carousel.
• Close Solid Edge 3D Publishing. You do not have to save the
document.
• This completes the activity.
Activity Summary
In this activity you learned how to create a carousel view in Solid Edge 3D
Publishing.
