Tip: Aligning Partial Views
If you already have a partial view in the drawing, you can create another aligned partial view as a copy of the original, but with a different boundary defined. You can also align a partial view to a detailed view.
You can align a partial view to another partial view along a selected straight entity This lets you create multiple partial views that selectively show model geometry in the same view orientation, as well as maintain relative placement between these partial views. This can be useful in showing connectors along routed cable assemblies.
The initial partial view—the parent view—determines various properties of successive aligned partial views, such as the following:
• The aligned view uses the same view attributes (for example, attributes specifying whether the view is scaled or exploded) as its parent view.
• You cannot change the scale of the aligned partial view independently, but it does change when you modify the scale of the parent partial view.
The aligned partial view is a dependent view, its location depends on the view to which it was aligned. When you move the parent view, the location of the aligned view also adjusts. You can move the aligned view only in the direction of alignment, closer or farther away from the parent. If you erase the parent view or move it to another sheet, you can move the aligned view without restrictions until you resume the parent view or switch it back.