To Specify the Style for Drawing Views and View Annotations

Use the Style and Standard Editor to edit the defaults for drawing views and view annotations.

Note: Changes affect the current document only unless you choose Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Save.

Edit View Style

1. On the ribbon, click Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Styles Editor.
2. In Style and Standard Editor, expand the Standard item. Then select a standard style from the list.
3. Select the View Preferences tab on the Standard panel.
4. Set the view label defaults for all types of drawing views from the View Type list:
   • Select a View Type.
   • Edit the label prefix.
   • Select Constrain to Border to constrain the view label to the border of the drawing view.
   • Select Use Delimiter to enable using two view label strings separated by a delimiter.
   • Edit the view label text in the Display field. Click Insert View Scale or Insert View Identifier to insert the view scale or view identifier property into the Display field. If appropriate, click Edit View Label to edit the view label in the Format Text dialog box.You can add
     Note: Model properties to the view label in the Format Text dialog box. Model properties are ignored in view labels of sketch-based draft view.
   • Specify the initial position of the view label to be Above or Below the drawing view.
   • Click Toggle Label Visibility to set the label visibility.
5. Set the Default Thread Edge Display options for section views and top views.
6. Select the projection type.
7. Select the front view plane.
8. Click Save to save the style in the current document, and then click Done to close the dialog box.

Edit View Annotation Style

1. On the ribbon, click Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Styles Editor.
2. In Style and Standard Editor, expand the View Annotations item. Then select a view annotation style from the list.
3. On the View Annotation Style panel, select each view type and then edit the settings:
4. Set defaults for annotation lines in the Format area:
   • Select a thumbnail image to specify the appearance of the view definition line.
   • For section views, set the Show Entire Row option to display or hide the section line in the base view.
   • For auxiliary views, set the Definition in Base View options to display or hide the definition lines for broken-alignment and aligned auxiliary views.
   • For detail views, set options for the view label with a leader in the Leader Format section. Select a leader line type from the list. Set the Draw Terminator option to control the display of the leader arrowhead (terminator). Set the orientation and alignment of the view label text on the leader.
5. In the Terminator area, set properties of the terminator: Specify the length of the leader extension line, select an arrowhead, and specify the arrowhead dimensions.
6. In the Text Style area, select a text style for view label texts. Click Edit Text Style to edit the selected text style.
7. If needed, add a comment to the Comments field.
8. Click Save to save the style in the current document, and then click Done to close the dialog box.

Note: (View Identifier) When a section, detail, or auxiliary view is created, alphanumeric auto-indexing is used to generate the view identifier. The following characters are excluded from the indexing sequence by default: I, O, Q, S, X, and Z. You can customize the list of excluded characters on the General tab of the Standard Style panel.