Detail views

Detail views provide circular and rectangular shapes of detail profile. The resulting views have different types of cutout lines. You can select the Jagged (the default type for both shapes) or Smooth.

If you select the Smooth cutout line, you can choose to display a full boundary (circular or rectangular) around the resulting detail view. You can also create a connection line between the fence and the full boundary in the detail view. All three annotation objects (the fence, the boundary, and the connection line) form one annotation object.

Note: If you move (by dragging) a detail view to a different sheet from the parent view, the connection line is deleted and cannot be created.
Tip: Right-click the connection line between the fence and the full boundary of the detail view to add or remove vertices of the connection line.

Detail views attached to points on parent views

Use the Attach command to associate detail view definitions with the parent view in the drawing environment. If the dimensions or positional relationships of the parent view geometry are altered, the attached view definition remains attached to and moves with the user-specified attachment vertex.

The view definition maintains its relative position to the parent view. A pin symbol appears next to each attached view or symbol in the browser.

In the following image the attached view definition moves with the model geometry when the model geometry is resized.

You can use endpoints, center points, and midpoints for the attachment vertex of the view definition. You can also delete the attachment.

When you copy the parent view and attached view definition to the same sheet, to another sheet, or to a different drawing, the attachment relationship is preserved.

You can select multiple view definitions and attach them to a parent view in one operation. Each view definition shares a single attachment vertex on the parent view. You can then redefine the attachment vertex for each instance, as needed.

If you delete the part or feature containing the attachment vertex in the parent view, the attached view definition becomes sick. An alert symbol is placed next to the attaching view definition in the browser. You can redefine the attachment status and location of the sick view definition.

Styles of detail view annotations

The default appearance of the detail view boundary, arrows, label text style, and orientation of the leader text is specified in the View Annotation style. To change the default settings, choose Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Styles Editor , and edit an existing or create a new a view annotation style.

To change the default properties of the detail view label, choose Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Styles Editor , select a Standard style and open the View Preferences tab on the Standard style panel.