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The following procedure steps you through editing a drawing document to add a detail view.

A detail view is extracted from a main drawing view, a section view, or another detail view. Detail views are more than enlargements of the main drawing view. They often contain additional graphical information that is not visible in the main drawing view, such as weld or chalk information. You specify the detail view by drawing a circle or polygon around a portion of the main drawing view. The shape created is called the detail envelope.

  • See Place Detail Envelope Command for information on the SmartSketch Drawing Editor command used in this procedure.

  • See Drawings Compose Toolbar for information on the toolbar used in this procedure.

  • See the SmartSketch Drawing Editor Help for information on the 2D commands available for editing.

Place a detail envelope

The following steps describe the basic workflow for placing a detail envelope on a drawing to be used in creating a detail view.

Detail Envelope is only available when you create or open a Composed drawing from a 3D task.

  1. Right-click a Composed drawing document in the Detail View and select Edit to open the drawing in SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

  2. Click Detail Envelope on the toolbar to open the Place Detail Envelope Ribbon.

  3. In the drawing document, select a drawing view. Zoom in on the area of the main drawing view to the location you want to place the detail envelope geometry.

  4. Click Circle , Polygon , or Rectangle DandRPlaceDetailEnvelope_RectangleIcon so you can begin defining the detail envelope.

  5. Type the text for the detail view name in Reference mark. If a second line of text is needed, type the text in Additional callout text.

  6. For a Circle detail envelope, click at the center of the circle, drag for the radius, and click again to set the radius.

    For a Polygon detail envelope, click points as needed to create the detail envelope geometry. Complete the polygon by moving the cursor over the starting point until the Close Polygon Polygon symbol displays, and then click to close the polygon.

    For a Rectangle DandRPlaceDetailEnvelope_RectangleIcon detail envelope, click to define the first point of the rectangle, and then drag to define the detail envelope size. Click again to complete the rectangle shape detail envelope.

You can now use this detail envelope to place a detail view in the drawing.

Place a detail view

The following steps describe the basic workflow for placing a detail view based on a detail envelope.

  1. Right-click a drawing document in the Detail View and select Edit to open the drawing in SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

  2. In the drawing document, select a detail envelope to place a detail view. Select from the drawing area or in the Drawing View Explorer.

  3. Click the Place Detail View Command on the toolbar. The Place Detail View Ribbon displays.

  4. On the Place Detail View ribbon, make sure the settings are appropriate for your new detail view:

    • Sheet Name is disabled. By default, the view must be on the same sheet as the detail envelope.

    • Specify the View Style used for the view contents. Select More in the View Style list to view more style options.

    • Set the View Scale as needed. By default, the scale for the detail view is Fit to Scale.

    • Select the From Parent View option to set the view style to the same as the parent view. By default, it is set to OFF.

  5. Drag the preview outline of the view in the drawing area to the needed location. Click to place an outline of the view. For marine mode, the view is also out-of-date in the Drawing View Explorer.

  6. In plant mode, right-click the view in the drawing area and select Update View.

    In marine mode, right-click the view in the Drawing View Explorer and select Full Update.

    Geometry, labels, and other annotations as defined by the view style display in the view.

  7. Crop the view as needed by selecting the view and dragging the handles on the sides of the view.

Delete a detail envelope from a drawing

  1. Right-click a drawing document in the Detail View and select Edit to open the drawing in SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

  2. If a detail view has not been created, right-click a detail envelope in the Drawing View Explorer and select Delete.

  3. If a detail view has been created, right-click the detail envelope and select Delete to open the Convert or Delete dialog.

  4. To convert the existing view(s) associated to the detail envelope to an independent view(s), select the Convert to independent drawing view(s) option and click OK. To delete the existing drawing view(s) associated to the detail envelope, select the Delete option and click OK.

Delete a detail view from a drawing (Marine mode only)

  1. Right-click a drawing document in the Detail View and select Edit to open the drawing in SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

  2. In the Drawing View Explorer, right-click a view assigned to a drawing and select Delete.

  3. Select Delete to delete the view permanently, or select Unassign to move the view in the Unassigned Folder.

  • You can either move a view created by rules to the Unassigned Folder or permanently delete a view.

If you delete a view that is a parent of other views, such as a detail or section view, the Convert or Delete dialog displays. Select Convert to independent drawing view(s) to save the child view as an independent drawing view, or select Delete to delete the child view. The view is deleted.

  • When a view is out-of-date, the view icon looks like this: .

  • When a view is up-to-date, the view icon looks like this: .

  • When a view is unassigned and in the Unassigned Folder of Drawing View Explorer, the view icon looks like this: .