After you create a drawing view, surfaces can be included or excluded from drawing views. Files that contain only surfaces automatically include the surfaces in a drawing view.
A drawing view can include open or closed surfaces, model surfaces, thickened surfaces, or derived surfaces. A drawing view cannot include construction surfaces. First use Copy Object to place construction surfaces to the part environment before including them in a drawing view.
The workflow differs according to the combination of bodies and surfaces in a file:
When creating a view, surfaces are excluded from the view by default. You can right-click individual surfaces in the browser to include or clear the check mark to exclude them from a view. New surfaces added to the part file must be manually included to show in the view.
The same workflow applies to assemblies that contain parts with a mixture of solids and surfaces.
All surfaces are included by default in a drawing view. You can right-click individual surfaces in the browser to Include or clear the check mark to exclude them from the view. New surfaces added to the part file are automatically added to the view.
Assemblies that contain parts with only surfaces do not automatically recover surfaces in drawing views. Include them manually.
After you create a base (parent) view in which you have included or excluded surfaces, newly created child views inherit the same visibility characteristics. Surfaces visible in the parent view are also visible in a child view. Surfaces excluded from the parent view are also excluded from the child view.
If child views were already created, including or excluding surfaces on the parent view does not update the child view. Include or exclude surfaces in each child view individually.
In assemblies with a mixture of surfaces and solid parts, surfaces are not automatically included in drawing views. Include them manually.
In section and breakout views, hatching does not show on regions defined by a surface. Hatching is visible only on a solid body.
You can apply edge properties to surface edges and model edges.
After a surface is included in a view, you can apply annotations to surface view edges. Surfaces are not counted separate from the part for parts list quantities.