Creating Principal Views

Principal Views lets you define or modify the first principal view and resize the view bounding box when selecting a 3D reference element during view creation.


Before you begin: Select the Change primary view plane and Resize view box according to 3D model check boxes in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > 2D Layout for 3D Design > View Creation section.
  1. Select a plane to define the FRONT view plane orientation.

    Important: When no reference plane or surface is selected from 3D, then the view bounding box dimensions are computed from the standards.

  2. Click Principal Views .
  3. In the Principal View dialog box, select the LEFT and TOP check boxes, and then click OK.
  4. Click in the sheet to position the principal views.