To Use Model Representations in a Presentation View

Specify default model representations for a presentation view

When you create a presentation view, in the Select Assembly dialog box, click Options. Then in the File Open Options dialog box, select a design view, positional, and level of detail representation.

Note: The positional and level of detail representation cannot be changed after you create the view.

Edit design view representation for a presentation view

  1. In the browser, right-click a presentation view.
  2. Click Representations.
  3. In the Representations dialog box, set the Associative option.

    Select Associative to keep a link to the design view representation in the model file. When the design view representation is edited, the model in the presentation view updates with the edits. Cancel Associative to preserve the current design view representation in the presentation view.

  4. Select a Design View Representation from the list.
  5. Click OK to close the dialog box.