Creating an Isometric View

You can create an isometric view from a 3D part.

Isometric View enables you to create a 2D view with any orientation, this orientation being the same as the one in the 3D viewer. To produce an isometric projection, you have to place the object so that its principal edges make equal angles with the plane of the projection and are therefore foreshortened equally.

Note: An isometric view created from a product can be reused for generating an exploded view.

Before you begin:
  • Open a product representation.
  • Generate a new drawing (in this case, create an empty sheet).
  • Tile your windows vertically to visualize the 3D part and the sheet at the same time.
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About View Creation
  1. From the View Layout section of the action bar, click Isometric View .
  2. Define the 3D viewer orientation according to the result you want to obtain in the view.

    You can either manipulate the viewer directly, or select the View Selector command from the View section of the action bar to define your orientation precisely.

    Tip: Before defining your orientation, it may be useful to use different canonical points of view by defining the corresponding local axis systems in 3D area. For more information, see Part Design User's Guide.



  3. Click the 3D part.

    The preview of the isometric view, and the arrows on the upper-right corner appear. You can redefine the reference plane orientation of the view to be created using these arrows or according to the rotation angle. For more information, see Creating a Front View.

  4. Click in the sheet to generate the view.



Important:
  • You can use selection sets to generate isometric views displaying a selection of elements only. Selection sets let you select the sub-bodies or sub-products from which the view is generated. See Creating a Front View for more information.
  • In a Product Structure context, if you create a front view from a scene of a product, you can directly select the Scene object in the specification tree. You do not necessarily need to select the Product and sub-products.