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Sets the drawing view style and other properties for a selected drawing view in a composed drawing.

Style

Specifies a view style, which includes rules for filters, updates, and graphics. The view style controls the output characteristics of the view on the generated drawing. The list displays the 10 most recently used view styles in the session. Click More... to display the Select View Style dialog.

Name

Specifies a name for the view. You must type a name in order to create a view.

View Style

Identifies the view style used within the rule set associated with this drawing document. This is a read-only field and is shown for Ruleset view styles only.

Coordinate System Properties

Annotation Coordinate System

Specifies the coordinate system used to place annotations (labels and dimensions) on the drawing. This property is not supported in Ruleset view styles. Choose a coordinate system from the list, or click More... to choose another coordinate system with the Select System dialog.

View Direction Coordinate System

Specifies the coordinate system to use with regard to the "looking direction" for the drawing view contents. The coordinates listed are defined for the model. This property is not supported in Ruleset view styles. Choose a coordinate system from the list, or click More... to choose another coordinate system with the Select System dialog.

Example 1

The global coordinate system is selected for both Annotation Coordinate System and View Direction Coordinate System. A plan view is created, and the global view direction coordinate system North points up. Because the North arrow annotation is also defined by the global coordinate system, the North arrow annotation also points up.

1 - Global coordinate system selected for annotation and view direction.

2 - North arrow annotation.

Example 2

The global coordinate system is selected for Annotation Coordinate System and a local coordinate system is selected for View Direction Coordinate System. North on the local coordinate system is rotated 90° counter-clockwise relative to the global coordinate system. A plan view is created, for which North of the local view direction coordinate system points up, rotating the view 90° clockwise. Because the North arrow annotation is defined by the global coordinate system, the North arrow annotation points to the right.

1 - Global coordinate system selected for annotation.

2 - Local coordinate system selected for view direction.

3 - North arrow annotation.

Orientation Properties

Orientation Rule

Specifies the rules available for orientations for the current view type. The Orientation Rule drives the values for the Orientation View Direction and Orientation Up Direction properties. This property is only shown for Ruleset view styles.

Orientation View Direction

Indicates the elevation direction in which you want the drawing view to "look" at the drawing objects. This property is only shown for Ruleset view styles.

Orientation Up Direction

Indicates the x- and y-axis direction with which you want the drawing view to "look" at the drawing objects. This property is only shown for Ruleset view styles.

Scale Properties

Scale Family

Specifies a scale family for the drawing view, such as Metric, Imperial, or Manual Scale. When you select a scale family, the Scale property values update. Selecting Manual Scale shows all scales, metric or imperial.

User Selected Scale

Specifies a scale to use for the drawing view. The Scale values update depending on the selected Scale Family.

  • For Custom scale, the default is the unit of measure setting of the document. For example, if you type values of 1 in to 1 ft, the values are converted to mm if that is the default unit of measure.

  • Do not use negative values when typing custom scale values.

Navigation Rule Properties

HngSupSimpleNavigator.dll

Returns support components, supporting objects, supported objects, and design children. This rule also returns the control points on the components. This rule is specific to objects created in the Hangers and Support task.

HngSupRangeNavigator.dll

Returns support components, supporting objects, supported objects, and design children collections that extend the Hangers and Support range. This rule also returns the control points on the components. This rule is specific to objects created in the Hangers and Support task, and operates similarly to the HngSupSimpleNavigator.dll rule.

DrawingSpoolNavigator.dll

Returns the spool, its connected parts and their features. This rule is specific to pipe spools.

AssemblyNavigator.dll

Returns the assemblies, pipe spool, penetration spool, its connected parts, and their features. This rule is specific to assemblies.

Margin Properties

Margin Left/Margin Right/Margin Top/Margin Bottom

Defines the marginal distance for the drawing view. The margin is the distance surrounding the drawing view SmartFrame. This area is used for labels and dimensions that have been designed to incorporate margins in their search for clear space.

For example, you could have several drawing views, each with different margin settings:

Other General Properties

Look Direction

Indicates the direction in which you want the drawing view to "look" at the associated volume or objects.

Description

Describes the content of the view. This description is optional.

View Offset

Expands the view on the drawing sheet in all directions in order to prevent matchline distortion and grid plane clipping. The default offset value is 2 mm for composed views and 0 mm for ruleset views. The offset does not affect the size of the volume that is associated with the view.

  • View Offset is only available for views that are associated to a volume. Section and detail views do not have this property value.

  • Negative values are not permitted for this property.

  • In ruleset views, if you change the view style before editing View Offset for the first time, View Offset displays the offset value as defined in the .xml template of the view style. Make sure that your View Offset value is correct before closing the Drawing View Properties Dialog.

Flush Threshold

Sets a parameter for memory management, and helps improve drawing update performance. When the number of objects processed for a drawing document reaches the Threshold value, they are removed from memory. If they are needed later, they are recalled from the database. The Flush Threshold property is only available for composed drawing documents. The default value is 2000, with a range of 5-5000. Higher values are faster but use more memory, which is acceptable for smaller drawings. Lower values are slower but allow larger drawings to complete faster.

If a drawing document does not successfully update in the Drawings and Reports 3D task, check the error log for the drawing document. If the error log shows memory overflow errors, lower the Flush Threshold value.

VHL Precision

Sets a parameter for Hidden Line removal processing to consider two lines as identical. This property setting has a direct impact on the visibility of the lines in the drawing. It improves drawing update performance, but it may reduce drawing quality. The VHL precision property is only available for composed drawing documents. The default value is 0.000001, with a range of 0.001 to 0.000001. The smaller the value, the more accurate the graphic elements are in the 2D view.

If some intersections of complex surfaces appear on/off along the curve, the precision of the VHL may be too restrictive compared with the precision by which the surfaces were created. Lowering the VHL Precision value may help the display of the intersections but lowering the value too much could degrade the overall quality and the visibility of the drawing details.

Geometry Validation

Sets a parameter for drawing completion and quality to improve drawing update performance. The Geometry Validation property is available for composed drawing documents only. The default value is Off. When set to Off, the drawing document completes, but invalid geometries are left out. If set to On, the drawing document does not complete if invalid geometries are encountered during update.

Angle for Target Evaluation (Marine mode only)

Defines the allowable angle from the view plane for a target plate. The Angle for Target Evaluation property is available for the scantling view style only. Additionally, this property is used only with the Place Detail View Command or the Place Section View command in the SmartSketch Drawing Editor and only when a reference plane selected for the Any system, part, or reference plane Drawing by Rule query has been set. When plates or profiles are selected in the query, a combination of levels and type of connection determine target evaluation. The default value is 20º.

  • The angle is displayed in the units specified in the session file, which is degrees by default.

  • See Drawings by Rule Queries in Queries Tab (Setup Dialog - Drawings by Rule) for information about Any system, part, or reference plane