View Orientation
View Orientation
(OP)
In the SW 2004 I would be able to select a surface in a part model or assembly, and choose normal to. I would then drag that view onto a drawing sheet. Now it seems my drawing view orientations are limited to top, bottom, right side etc etc or I have to use the rotate view comand. There are situations where I find it necessary to manualy orient a model to show specific detail information. My question is this: is there a way for me to manualy orient my view in the model , and then place it in a drawing and keep that orientation.
Mark R.G. RAY Clamps corp.
Mark R.G. RAY Clamps corp.






RE: View Orientation
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2. Orient the view in the model, go to the drawing, insert a new drawing view and select "current".
Jason
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RE: View Orientation
Mark
RE: View Orientation
Here's one you probably won't find in the SW books. After selecting the model face that you want to view normal to, hold the control key and select a face that is 90° to that face and then click the normal to button. The face that you selected 2nd will orient upwards like a top view. Try this a few times. It's pretty cool.
Jeff
RE: View Orientation
It puts you into the model, and you can select 2 surfaces to orient the model from....
This is handier than the current view, because you can edit the model w/o the drawing view moving.
Wes C.
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