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Detailing > Drawing sheets > Views
You can add and remove views from the drawing sheet, move them around the sheet, and modify their properties. You can create general views, projected views, cross-section views, and detail views. These views are all related to the view used to create them, and inherit properties from that view.
To add a view to the drawing sheet
1 Select one of the following tools from the Views ribbon group on the Detailing tab:
General View
tool 
to add a new, independent view.
Projected View
tool 
to create a view projected from one of the other views on the
drawing sheet.
Cross Section
tool 
to create a cross-section view using one of the other views
on the drawing sheet.
Detail View
tool 
to create an enlarged view of a particular area.
2 Click to place the view on the drawing sheet.
3 Press Esc or S to exit the tool.
To add a new, independent view
1
Click the General
View tool .
2 Click the drawing sheet to add the view at that location.
To modify a General view
1 Select the view.
2 Modify the values in the Properties panel, or right-click and select a style from the mini-toolbar. Change the:
Orientation to change the orientation of the view to isometric, trimetric, or any side. If you change the orientation of a general view from which projected views were created, the orientation of the projected views also change.
Rendering mode to change the graphics style for the view. Select Inherit if you want to link the graphics style to the drawing sheet.
Scale to magnify or shrink the view. When you change the scale, the Type property changes to Independent from sheet. You can select Linked to sheet to set the scale to be the same as the scale used for the drawing sheet.
3 You can also adjust the appearance of your design on the drawing sheet by using the:
When you modify the orientation of a general view, any views dependent on the general view are oriented simultaneously. Other general views do not change.
To select a view on the drawing sheet
1 Press S to activate the Select tool.
If you are in another tool, press Esc to cancel the current action, then press Esc again to exit the tool and activate the Select tool.
2 Mouse just outside the view on the drawing sheet, or scroll over the design shown in the view until a dashed box around the view is displayed.
3 Click the box to select the view.
To move a view on the drawing sheet
1 Select the view.
2 Drag the view to move it. Projected and cross-section views move together as a group.
To orient the design shown in a view
1 Select the component shown in the view.
2 Select the Move tool on the Design tab.
3 Use the Move handle to orient the component within the view.
Views related to the current view also change their orientation.
To modify a view
1 Select the view.
You can select multiple views to modify the properties they have in common.
2 Modify the view's properties in the Properties panel or right-click and modify the view using the mini-toolbar.
3 Control the visibility of the view in the Structure tree.
