Zoom to Component

  • Updated on Jul 30, 2025
  • Published on Jul 1, 2024
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Using the Zoom feature in the Beast Core 6 3D Viewer quickly moves you to a close-up view of a selected component.

Zoom to a Component

  1. Load your desired System(s) via the 3D Viewer Settings plugin, then click to highlight a Component on the 3D Model.

  2. Right click the highlighted component.

  3. A pop-up Component Action Menu shows available options for further exploration.

  4. Select Zoom to Component to Zoom directly to that location in the 3D Model.

  5. Use the mouse wheel or the W and S keys to adjust your view (if you’re too close or not close enough).

Alternative

You can also zoom to a searched component.

NOTE

Refer to the Using Search article for more information.

Zoom to a Component Connection

  1. Left click to highlight a component on the 3D Model.

  2. Right click the highlighted component, then select Show Component Details on the pop-up Component Action Menu.

  3. Click the Connections icon at the top of the Details Pane.

  4. Click the Ellipsis (three-dot) button to the right of the listed component you’d like to view.

  5. Choose Zoom To Component on the Component Action Menu to move the viewer camera directly to the selected connection.