General Drafting view options

Use the General page to specify default view settings:

• Default scale — Enter a value to scale of the model in the view.
• Add model items — Use this option to choose where else to display an object created in a view or a model. The table below shows where objects are displayed when the Add model items option is selected or deselected.

Create object in	Add model items	Where object is displayed
Model window	Selected	In all views of all drawings
	Deselected	Nowhere else
Active view	Selected	In all views in the current drawing and in the model, but not in any views of other drawings
	Deselected	Nowhere else

• Display boundaries — Select this option to display the drawing and view boundaries in the drawing window. Deselect the option to display the boundary of an active view.
• Display workplanes — Select this option to display any workplanes created in drawing views. Deselect the option to draw a dot at the origin of the workplane, so you can snap to the origin.
• Print origins — Select this option to include the drawing view origins when you print the draft.
• Third angle — Select this option to create a relative view using the third angle projection. Deselect the option to use the first angle projection.
• Ignore view levels — Select this option to display the content of all levels in the drawing view.
  Note: Electrode users should update the levels in each view separately.
• Convert to— This sets the default option for the Convert command on the Drawing context menu.
• The Convert option exports a 2D wireframe representation of a drawing to a View or another Drawing.
  • Drawing — Select to convert a drawing to another drawing when the Convert... option is selected on the Drawing context menu.
  • View — Select to convert a drawing to a view when the Convert... option is selected on the Drawing context menu.
• Remove duplicates — This removes any duplicates when the view is converted. It also specifies the default setting for the Remove duplicates option on the Convert View dialog.