Create a detail view

You can create and place a detail drawing view of a specified portion of a view, assigning any scale to the view. If creating a detail view of a presentation with trails, the trails are visible in the view, but can be turned off if needed.

On the ribbon, click Place Views tab Create panel Detail . Click to select an existing view as the parent view. In the Detail View dialog box, set the view identifier, scale, and visibility of the view label. If needed, click Edit View Label and edit the detail view label in the Format Text dialog box. Set the display style, and fence shape for the detail view. Set the Cutout Shape. If you select the Smooth cutout shape, you can choose to display full boundary for the detail view, and to add a connection line between the detail view and the detail boundary in the parent view. In the graphics window, click to indicate the center of the appropriate detail, move the cursor, and then click to indicate the outer boundary of the detail. Move the preview to the appropriate location, and then click to place the view. The detail view is proportional to the fence size. Show Me how to create a detail view Tips: To reposition the view identifier on a parent view, pause the cursor over the view identifier. When the cursor icon displays a letter A, click and drag the view identifier around the shape perimeter. To edit the view identifier in the parent view, right-click the view identifier, and click Text. To change arrowheads on the detail view fence, right click the detail view fence on the parent view. Then click Edit 1st Arrowhead or Edit 2nd Arrowhead. Select a new arrowhead on the Change Arrowhead dialog box, and click Apply. To add a leader to the detail view identifier on the parent view, right-click the detail callout and select OptionsLeader. Then move the detail view identifier to the desired position. The leader line is created automatically and corresponds to settings in the View Annotation style. To change the detail view boundary, right-click the detail callout, click Options and then: Select the Smooth Break Line to replace jagged cutout lines in the detail view with a smooth cutout line. Then you can select the following options. Select Full Boundary to display the boundary around the detail view. Select Connection Line to create a connection line between the detail view and the detail boundary in the parent view.

To edit the connection line:

Right-click the detail view annotation (the detail boundary or the connection line). To add a vertex to the connection line, choose Add Vertex from the menu. Click a point on the connection line to add the vertex. Move the new vertex to the new position. To remove a vertex, right-click the vertex, and choose Delete Vertex from the menu.