Creating Principal Views

You can define or modify the first principal view and resize the view bounding box when selecting a 3D reference element during view creation. Principal views also allow you to position the center of the view's bounding box on the sheet, rather than the origin of the view.

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. See Principal Views settings.
See Also
About Principal Views
Administration
Creating a View Using Generative View Styles
  1. From the View Layout section of the action bar , click Principal Views .

    You can also select Principal Views on the context toolbar.

    • The Principal View dialog box appears. The primary view is FRONT.
      Important:

      To change the primary view, use the view orientation manipulator arrows.

      Depending on which arrow you click the following permutations are applied:

      • Right arrow: FRONT > LEFT > REAR > RIGHT > FRONT.
      • Left arrow: FRONT > RIGHT > REAR > LEFT > FRONT.
      • Up arrow: FRONT > BOTTOM > REAR > TOP > FRONT.
      • Down arrow: FRONT > TOP > REAR > BOTTOM > FRONT.

    • The Ratio Assistant panel appears.

    The preview of the 2D view frame along with the view orientation manipulator is displayed in the sheet, and the view bounding box is displayed in the 3D area.



    Important:

    When no reference plane or surface is selected from 3D, then the view bounding box dimensions are computed from the standards, see Layout Views Customization.

  2. 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.

    The view box is resized according to the 3D model.



    Notes:
    • You can orientate the view bounding box using the view orientation manipulator.
    • You can modify the view bounding box angle using the green knob of view orientation manipulator, when you select a reference.

  3. In the Ratio Assistant panel, specify the view ratio.
    • Annotation set ratio: to set the view ratio same as it is specified for annotation set. The value can be in fraction or decimals.

      By default, this option is selected.

    • Current zoom level: to set the ratio according to the current zoom level. The value is in decimals.
    • Suggested ratio: to set the suggested ratio proposed in the list of predefined values based on the current zoom level.

      To customize the list of predefines values, see .

      Tip: Select the Propagate to annotation set check box to propagate the specified ratio to the annotation set.
  4. In the Principal View dialog box, select the LEFT and TOP check boxes, and then click OK.
    All the views are previewed in the sheet.
  5. Click in the sheet to position the principal views.
    The views are created and the FRONT, LEFT, and TOP nodes are added in the tree.