Orthographic/Perspective Views in Paraview

Question

Problem: In Paraview 5.6.0, for an arbitrary geometry, the view directions can be set for the side, front, top views (shown below) by one-click.

However, the display of either an orthographic view or a perspective view (or any standard projected views) is not short-cut (e.g. bottom-left subfigure), unlike other software, e.g. ANSYS.

Attempts:

The side, front, top view directions can be set simply by clicking a Set view direction to button below if View->Toolbars->Camera Controls is on.

I explored Adjust Camera button, which gives the complete control on projection views. Nevertheless, it is difficult to adjust for a novice.

Is there any shortcut in Paraview to obtain a standard orthographic or perspective view?

PS: Google-search was fruitless to me as well. I also might completely miss the correct terminology for views.

Answer 1

If you wish to define additional views in Paraview, you can set Custom Viewpoints under Layout > Adjust Camera (small icon in layout view next to 2D/3D switch at the right).

Starting from -Z view, one can set the azimuth and elevation angles to obtain the following views (in accordance to SolidWorks standard views):

Isometric view:

Azumith = +45°
Elevation = +35.264°

Dimetric view:

Azumith = +20.43°
Elevation = +19.244°

Trimetric view:

Azumith = +27.368°
Elevation = +31.174°

For other user-defined views you can use the following equations to calculate the azimuth angle and the elevation angle :

Ref.: Brian Griffith: "Engineering Drawing for Manufacture", Elsevier, 2003. ISBN 978-1-85718-033-6, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-85718-033-6.X5012-5