The Rewind tool restores the most recent view. You can also move backward or forward through previous views.

As you use the navigation tools to reorient the view of a model, the previous view is saved to the navigation history. The navigation history holds a representation of the previous views of the model along with a thumbnail. A separate navigation history is maintained for each window; it is not maintained after the window is closed. Rewind navigation history is view-specific.

With the Rewind tool, you can retrieve previous views from the navigation history. From the navigation history, you can restore a previous view or scroll through all of the saved views.

When a view change occurs, the previous view is recorded to the navigation history. If the view change is made with a wheel, a thumbnail is automatically generated and added to the Rewind UI. For view changes that are made not using a wheel, a thumbnail is only generated when the system variable CAPTURETHUMBNAILS is set to a value of 2. You can control when thumbnails are generated for view changes in the SteeringWheels Settings dialog box.