Creating Views via the Wizard

You can create views using a wizard. These views are generated automatically once the drawing representation is opened and then behave as any other view of the same type.

Before you begin:
  • Open a 3D representation.
  • Generate a new drawing with an empty sheet.
  • Select the first angle standard projection method. To do so, right-click the sheet in the specification tree and select Properties. In the Properties dialog box, click the Sheet tab. In the Projection Method area, select First angle standard.
Related Topics
About the Projection Methods
About View Creation

  1. Click View Creation Wizard in the Views toolbar (Wizard sub-toolbar).

    The View Wizard (step 1/2) : Predefined Configurations dialog box appears.

  2. Select the desired view configuration.



    In our scenario, the ISO standard and the first angle projection method are used. Available configurations are listed in the table below:

    Icon Views Created
    Front, bottom and left
    Front, bottom and right
    Front, top and left
    Front, top and right
    Projection and isometric
    Projection, rear and isometric
    Important: With the ANSI standard and the third angle projection method, the configuration symbol and the configuration options displayed in the dialog box will be different. To have the projection views linked to the main view, click Views Link. You can specify a value in the Minimum distance between each view field.

    A preview is available. In this preview:


    • The main view corresponds to the view to which any other view will be linked, it can be either a front or an isometric view, and it has a green frame. This view will become the active view when you generate the desired views. Any other view (front and/or isometric view) that can possibly become the main view has a black frame. To turn a view into the main view, right-click it and select Set as main view.

    • At any time, you can delete a view you inserted. To do so, right-click the view and select Delete.

    • Once you generate the views, if you move the main view, all the child views will move accordingly. You can right-click a view and select View Positioning > Position Independently of Reference View, if you need to move a child view independently from its reference view.

  3. Click Next > in the View Wizard (step 1/2) : Predefined Configurations dialog box.

    The View Wizard (step 2/2) : Arranging the Configuration dialog box now appears with a new set of buttons. Available views are listed in the table below:

    Icon View Created
    Front view
    Rear view
    Top view
    Bottom view
    Left view
    Right view
    Isometric view
    Clear preview

  4. Click Isometric View .

  5. Position the isometric view onto the Preview window by dragging and clicking it as desired.

  6. Click Finish in the View Wizard (step 2/2) : Arranging the Configuration dialog box.

  7. Select the 3D representation in the 3D window.



  8. Click the 3D representation plane to be used as reference plane.

    If the plane can be computed, the oriented preview of the 3D representation appears as you move the cursor over the 3D representation (planes).

    The views now appear on the drawing: they are previewed in green frames and can be reoriented thanks to the blue arrows that appear.

  9. Go over the view frames with your cursor to visualize them.





  10. Use the blue arrows to orientate the views as desired. Then, go over the views with the cursor to check their preview.





    Important: You can also modify the increment value using the contextual menu which is available for the green knob. To do this, right-click the knob and select the desired option from the contextual menu. For more details, refer to Creating a Front View.

  11. Once you are satisfied with the result, click the sheet to create the views.

    The front view is actually the main view and the isometric view is added to the predefined configuration.