To Align and Rotate Drawing Views

How to change the orientation of a dependent view in relation to its parent view.

Most dependent views are created with an alignment to the parent view, and inherit the view orientation. You can change the alignment or orientation of views placed in the drawing.

An aligned view can be moved only within its constraints. If the parent view is moved, the aligned view moves to maintain its alignment.

There are four possible alignment relationships between a dependent view and its parent view:

Vertical alignment. Has views share the same x value at their origin. A vertically aligned view can move only along the Y axis of its parent view.
Horizontal alignment. Has views share the same y value at their origin. A horizontally aligned view can move only along the x axis of its parent view.
In Position alignment. Aligns views to an axis or edge that is not horizontal or vertical. For example, a projected isometric view may have a positional alignment to its parent view. If its parent view is moved, the positionally aligned view moves to maintain its angle from the x axis of the parent view. You can create a positional alignment between any two views on a drawing. (When a view is aligned, you must break the existing alignment before you create a new alignment.)
Break alignment. Unaligned views have no constraints to another view, can move freely on the drawing sheet, and does not automatically move if the parent view is moved.

You can make a selected edge vertical or horizontal, or rotate a view by specifying an angle. You cannot rotate a view that has a dependent section or auxiliary view.

By default, a parent view and its child views keep the same orientation. When you rotate a parent view, you can either maintain or break alignment of dependent view(s). When you rotate a child view, the child view orientation becomes independent on the parent view.

When you rotate views, annotations maintain their associativity to the views.

Align a Drawing View

You can add, remove, or change alignments. If a view has an existing alignment to another view, you must remove the existing alignment before adding a new alignment.

Select a view.
Right-click, and then select Alignment.
- To add an alignment to a view, click Horizontal, Vertical, or In Position. Then click the parent view for the alignment.
- To remove an alignment, select Break.
(Optional) To add a different alignment, add the new alignment after you remove the existing alignment.

Rotate a Drawing View

To rotate a drawing view, you select a model edge and then rotate the edge by a specified angle, or to a vertical or horizontal position. You cannot rotate a view that has a dependent section or auxiliary view.

If you rotate by a specified angle, the Absolute Angle option rotates the view with respect to the coordinate system of the sheet. The Relative Angle option rotates the view at the specified angle with respect to the current orientation of the view.

Right-click a view to rotate and then select Rotate.
In the Rotate View dialog, specify whether to rotate by an edge or an angle:
- To rotate the view by edge, select Edge from the Rotate View By list, select an edge in the drawing view, or select Horizontal or Vertical to make the selected edge horizontal or vertical.
- To rotate the view by angle, select Absolute Angle or Relative Angle from the Rotate View By list. Then enter the angle you want to rotate the selected view through, and select the direction in which you want to rotate the view.
Specify whether to rotate the dependent views:
- Select Rotate View to rotate only the selected view and have child views keep the original orientation.
- Select Rotate Camera to propagate the rotation to all dependent views.

Realign an Auxiliary View

Right-click the auxiliary view and select Realign auxiliary views.
Select a model edge from the parent view, and place a new auxiliary view.
Move the preview to the appropriate location, and then click to place the view.
To finish, click in the graphics window.