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- Optionally rotate the 3D View. The camera direction in the 3D View can be used to set the projection direction of the primary view.
- Select one or more objects with a DataShape property in the 3D View or Tree View. You can also select Std Parts or Std Groups that contain such objects. When selecting in the 3D View the first selected face can be used to set the projection direction of the primary view. Do not select objects by picking a face in the 3D View if you want to use the current camera direction.
- If there are multiple drawing pages in the document: optionally add the desired page to the selection by selecting it in the Tree View.
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- Press the
New View button.
- Select the TechDraw → TechDraw Views →
New View option from the menu.
- Press the
- If there are multiple drawing pages in the document, and if no page is displayed in the Main View Area and you have not yet selected a page, the Page Chooser dialog box opens:
- Select the desired page.
- Press the OK button.
- The New View task panel opens. introduced in 1.0
- Optionally adjust the parameters:
- Scale: select
Page,AutomaticorCustom. If the last option is selected: enter the scale numerator and denominator. - Direction: use the available buttons to adjust the projection direction and rotation of the primary view:
- The [#.## #.## #.##] button in the center shows the current projection direction. The initial value depends on the Use 3D camera direction preference. Press the button to adjust the view direction and rotation manually.
- Press the
,
,
or
button to rotate the projection direction 90° around the horizontal or vertical axis of the view.
- Press the
or
button to rotate the view 90° around the projection direction.
- Press the
button to set projection direction of the primary view to the standard front view.
- Press the
button to set it to the first selected face, if available, or else to the current camera direction.
- Secondary Projections: optionally create secondary projections in addition to the primary view. At least one secondary projection has to be specified for all controls in this section to be displayed.
- Scale: select
- After changing some parameters pressing the Apply button can be required to update the view(s).
- Press the OK button.
- A Projection Group Item or, if there are one or more secondary projections, a Projection Group is inserted.