Create and edit overlay views to show multiple assembly positions

In the assembly file, before creating an overlay view:

• Create as many positional representations as necessary to show the assembly in various positions.
• Create design view representations that show only components of interest to reduce clutter in the drawing view.

Create overlay views

On the ribbon, click Place Views tab Create panel Base . In the Drawing View dialog box, specify the assembly file and the design view. On the ribbon, click Place Views tab Create panel Overlay . And click the base view to open the Overlay View dialog box. On the Positional Representation box, click the arrow and select a positional representation. Multiple overlay views can be created from one positional representation. On the Design View box, click the arrow and select a design view representation. The design view can be different from the parent view, showing different visible components, for example. In the Label box: Clear the Use Positional Rep Name check box to enter a new name or accept the default. If appropriate, click Toggle Label Visibility to change the visibility of the view label. Click Edit View Label to edit the view label in the Format Text dialog box. In the Display box, select: Tangent Edges check box to show tangent edges. Foreshortened to shorten the length of tangent edges to distinguish then from visible edges. Work Features to display them on the view. Clear check boxes to exclude the items from the view. In the Style box, select: Hidden Lines, Remove Hidden Lines, or Shaded display style. Style from Base to show the overlay view in the same line style as the parent view. For Layer, click the arrow and select: As Overlay to set view items to the line style specified by the Layer style. As Part to show standard lines styles used in the part model. Components marked as Reference displays in the reference layer style. Add additional overlay views to the base view to show various positions. Create additional projected and auxiliary views and create overlay views for each, as needed.

Edit overlay views

Right-click an overlay view in the drawing browser and select Edit View. In the Overlay View dialog box: In Design View box, select a different design view representation. In the Label box, use the Positional Rep Name as the label or clear the check box to enter a new name. If appropriate, click Toggle Label Visibility to change the visibility of the view label. Click Edit View Label to edit the view label in the Format Text dialog box. In the Display box, specify to show tangent edges or work features in the overlay view. If you show tangent edges, specify if you want to foreshorten the edges. In the Style box, choose the rendering style, if the style is inherited from the base (parent) view, and the layer style. To use a different positional representation for the overlay view, delete the overlay view and recreate the view, specifying the positional representation in the Drawing View dialog box.

Note: On the ribbon, click Annotate tab Dimension panel Dimension to add dimensions showing distance or angle between positions in an overlay view.