Create drawings of assemblies using Level of Detail representations

Use a Level of Detail representation when creating a drawing of a top-level assembly to reduce the number of files loaded in memory. When creating a drawing view, you can select a Level of Detail representation. Suppressed components are not used when computing the drawing view.

1. On the ribbon, click Place Views tab Create panel Base .
2. In the Drawing View dialog box, browse to the appropriate assembly.
3. Specify the Design View and Positional representations, orientation, and other information.
4. Select the Level of Detail to represent in the view.
5. Click the drawing sheet to place the view and close the dialog box.

Note: After the view is created, you can edit the drawing view and select a different Level of Detail representation.

For more information about creating and annotating drawings using Level of Detail representations, see the following sections:

Guidelines for creating views

• Level of Detail representations must be created in the assembly, not the drawing. You cannot suppress components from the drawing browser.
• Suppressed components are not shown in the drawing browser.
• Drawing views remain associative to the selected Level of Detail representation. The view automatically updates when the Level of Detail representation changes.
• If the assembly file is open, the default is the active Level of Detail representation. If none is selected, the master is referenced.
• The All Components Suppressed and All Parts Suppressed system-defined representations are not available because no geometry is visible.
• You can further customize a view by specifying a Design View representation. Invisible components in a design view representation are not computed in a view.

Guidelines for creating and maintaining annotations

• Annotations that have their references suppressed are deleted, unless you set an option on the Drawing tab of the Document Settings dialog box to preserve orphaned annotations.
• You can create general annotations only to unsuppressed components. If an annotation is sick because its reference is suppressed, the annotation is deleted, or you can redefine it to point to a new reference.
• A parts list always references only the Master Level of Detail representation. Suppression or Unsuppression in any Level of Detail representation is never reflected in a parts list.
• Balloons are created only for unsuppressed components. If you change a Level of Detail representation so that the balloon references a suppressed component, the balloon is deleted.
• Hole tables do not show information for components that are suppressed in a view.
• If a component is unsuppressed because of a change in the Level of Detail representation, it updates to include holes in the component.
• Hole notes attached to a component that becomes suppressed are deleted.