Editing a View or Broken View

Views (whether normal views or broken views) can be edited after they are created.

Note: Cut, Copy, and Paste can be performed from the drawing tree popup options only on an active view.

Editing a view

To edit view parameters:

  1. When editing a view, to display the View Creation dialog do one of the following:

  • Right-click the view item in the Drawing Tree and then select the Edit option from the popup submenu

  • Double-click the view item in the Drawing Tree

  • Double-click the actual view in the general edit mode 

  1. In edit mode, the following parameters can be edited from the dialog if required (see Creating a Simple View for a description of the parameters in this dialog).

  • The Scale and Rotation settings

  • The Text definition parameters

  • The Wireframe display visibility

Note: These parameters can be defined globally for all views from the Preferences (Tools > Preferences > Drafting > View > Simple View).

  1. Change the view position by picking and dragging the view.

  2. Complete the operation by pressing <exit><exit>(middle mouse button) or Apply.

  3. Create a new view or click Close to exit the dialog.

Note: When selecting a specific view in the Drawing Tree, the corresponding geometry in the graphic area is highlighted.

Editing a Broken View

To edit Broken View parameters:

  1. When editing a broken view, to display the Break View dialog do one of the following:

  • Right-click the broken view item in the Drawing Tree and then select the Edit Definition option from the broken view popup submenu

  • Double-click the broken view item in the Drawing Tree

  • Double-click the actual break in the broken view in the general edit mode 

  1. In edit mode, the Select View and Define Break Lines options are grayed out. The following parameters can be edited (see Break View for parameter descriptions):

  • Break Line Distance

  • Break Line Shape

  • Break Line Overshoot

Note: These parameters can be defined globally for all views from the Preferences (Tools > Preferences > Drafting > View > Simple View).

  1. Complete the operation by pressing <exit><exit>(middle mouse button) or Apply or click Close to exit the dialog.

Note: When selecting a specific view in the Drawing Tree, the corresponding geometry in the graphic area is highlighted.

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.