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Drafting Menus: Views Menu
Access: Invoke this group of functions from the following locations:
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Select Views from the menu bar. Select the required function.
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Select the required function as specified in the function description.
The Views menu functions enable you to create and manipulate Drafting views.
The following functions are available in the Views menu:
The table below can be sorted; it has clickable headers that sort the table by the clicked column. The table is initially sorted by Function name.
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Align a view with another view horizontally (in the X axis). |
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Align a view with another view vertically (in the Y axis). |
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Create an array of drawings on a single sheet with each drawing in its own frame. |
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Create a broken (shortened) view of a long part in Drafting. Broken views can be created with adjustable break lines in a variety of styles. Any dimension made in a broken view is still correct to the part model, as it will automatically compensate for the part length that has been broken away. |
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Change the visibility status of view edges. Edges or curves can be defined as Hidden or Visible in which case their specific attributes are according to how they are defined in the View Attributes dialog. |
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Clip (remove) the portion of a view that is outside the selected contour. A contour must first be defined and then selected as input for the Clip View function, defining the boundaries of the clipping. |
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Create a contour to be used for defining special views such as Detailed, Local Section or Clipped View. |
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Add a hatched surface to the drawing. |
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Create a local section view of any part view. Draw a contour to define the area of the local section view. |
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Create multiple views in a single operation.
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Add a section line to the drawing. |
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Remove view alignment constraints. |
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Restore deleted or trimmed view edges. |
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Set the visibility conditions of various entities (line pen, style, and color) in views by defining their view attributes. |
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Create a view of a part. |
The following menu sections are available under the Views menu:
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This group of functions is used for adding and removing view alignment. |
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This group of functions includes general View-related tools. |
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This group of functions is used to create various types of views. |
Note: For additional information on views, see Views.
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