Creating a View using Generative View Styles

Generative view styles are defined by an administrator and specify the appearance and behavior of a generated view. This task shows you how to create a view using generative view styles.

Before you begin:
  • For the purpose of this scenario, create a front view using generative view styles, but you can use generative view styles to create any type of view.
  • Open a 3D Part representation.
  • Define a new drawing sheet.
Related Topics
Administering Standards and Generative View Styles
About Generative View Styles

  1. Go to Tools > Options > Mechanical > Drafting > Administration tab, and clear the Disable generative view style usage check box.

    This activates the generative view style functionality.

  2. Click Front View in the Views toolbar.

    The Generative View Style toolbar is automatically displayed.

  3. Select one of the generative view styles available from the list. For example, select DefaultGenerativeStyle. The parameters defined in this file will be used when creating the view.

  4. In the 3D window, select a plane of the 3D part or a plane surface, to define the reference plane.

  5. Click inside the sheet to generate the view.

    The view is created using the selected generative view style. In our example, vivid edges are projected in black. Note that you may obtain a different result. This result depends on the parameters defined in the generative view style you selected.