- Chapter Objectives
- Introduction
- Using Isometric Snap
- Switching Isometric Planes
- Using COPY and Other Edit Commands
- Drawing Isometric Circles with ELLIPSE
- Drawing Text Aligned with Isometric Planes
- Drawing Ellipses in Orthographic Views
- Saving and Restoring Displays with VIEW
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter Test Questions
- Chapter Drawing Projects
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Saving and Restoring Displays with VIEW
The word view in connection with the VIEW command has a special significance in a drawing. It refers to any set of display boundaries that have been named and saved using the VIEW command. It also refers to a defined 3D viewpoint that has been saved with a name. Saved views can be restored by direct reference rather than by redefining the location, size, or viewpoint of the area to be displayed. VIEW can be useful in creating drawing layouts and when you know you will be returning frequently to a certain area of a large drawing. It saves you from having to zoom out to look at the complete drawing and then zoom in again on the area you want. It can also save time in creating a 3D viewpoint. In this chapter, you learn to use 2D views only.
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Imagine that you have to complete some detail work on the area around the hole in the bracket and also on the top corner. You can define each of these as a view and jump back and forth at will.
To begin this exercise, you should have the bracket in your drawing, as shown in Figure 11-19.
Figure 11-19 Defining views
- Type view <Enter> or click View > Named Views > View Manager from the ribbon, as shown in Figure 11-20.
Figure 11-20 View Manager tool
This displays the View Manager dialog box shown in Figure 11-21. At the left is a list of views, including Current, Model Views, Layout Views, and Preset Views. In this chapter, you only work with the Current view, which you define and name.
Figure 11-21 View Manager dialog box
- Click the New button.
This takes you to the New View/Shot Properties dialog box shown in Figure 11-22. Notice that the Current Display option is selected in the Boundary panel. All you have to do is give the current display a name to save it as a named view.
Figure 11-22 New View/Shot Properties dialog box
- Type bracket in the View Name edit box.
- Click OK.
The View Manager dialog box reappears, with bracket now showing under the Model Views heading. All views defined in model space will be listed as Model Views. Views defined in paper space will be listed as Layout Views. Next, you use a window to define a model space with a smaller area as a view.
- Click the New button to return to the New View/Shot Properties dialog box.
- Type hole in the View Name edit box.
This view zooms in on the hole.
- Select the Define Window option in the Boundary panel.
The dialog box closes, giving you access to the drawing area where the current view is outlined. The rest of the drawing is grayed out.
- Specify the first and second corners to define a window around the hole in the bracket, as shown previously in Figure 11-19.
A window outline of the new view is shown, with the rest of the drawing grayed out.
- Press <Enter> to return to the New View/Shot Properties dialog box.
- Click OK to save the named view.
You are now back in the View Manager dialog box with bracket and hole in the list of Model Views. Define one more view to show the upper-left corner of the bracket, as shown in Figure 11-19.
- Click the New button.
- Type corner for the view name.
- Select the Define Window option.
- Define a window, as shown in Figure 11-19.
- Press <Enter> to return to the dialog box.
- Click OK to close the New View/Shot Properties dialog box.
You have now defined three model views. To see the views in action, you must set them as current. Notice that the new view names are now displayed in a list on the Views panel, as shown in Figure 11-23.
Figure 11-23 New view list on the Views panel
- Double-click hole in the Views list.
- Click OK.
Your drawing should resemble Figure 11-24.
Figure 11-24 Hole view
Now, switch to the corner view.
- Instead of using the View Manager again to set a view current, click the Views drop-down list on the ribbon’s Named Views panel.
- Select corner from the Views list.
Your drawing should resemble Figure 11-25.
Figure 11-25 Corner view
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