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To Define a Detailed View
1. Click Process > View Setup. The View Setup dialog box opens.
2. Click Detail.
3. Select an existing detailed view from the Select view list or select Create New View to create a detailed view. The selected view is highlighted in the graphics window in a dashed rectangular box in the edge highlight color.
4. Set the following options:
Name—Displays the view name if you select an existing view. Type a name for a new view.
View scale—Specifies a view scale value that represents the magnification factor for that view.
—Deletes a detailed view if you have selected an existing view in the Select view list.
5. Click under View extents to select entities. The Selection dialog box opens. The drawing entities in the current view are highlighted in the secondary color.
6. Select a single entity or multiple entities. The number of selected entities is displayed in the adjacent box. The view is highlighted in the rectangular box.
7. Click to remove all the entities from the view and create a blank view.
8. Click under View reference point to select a line entity in the current detailed view as a reference to specify a location for the view point.
The location of the reference point for the view is displayed as a highlighted red circle on the drawing.
The adjacent box displays the ID of the selected entity.
9. Click under View positioning reference to select a line entity from the parent view of the current detailed view.
The selected line entity is parallel to the line entity selected to define the view point reference.
The adjacent box displays the ID of the selected entity.
The location of the view positioning reference is displayed as a highlighted green circle on the drawing.
The location of the reference point for the view that was displayed as a highlighted red circle on the drawing is replaced by a highlighted green circle.
The extents of the detailed view is shown by a border. The name and scale of the view is also displayed.
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Compute is available only when you have defined the view reference point and the view positioning reference.
10. Click Compute. A view scale for the detailed view is automatically calculated based on the entities selected to define the view reference point and the view positioning reference in the detailed and the parent views, respectively.
View scale displays the computed view scale value. This computed view scale overrides the view scale value displayed in View scale.
11. Click Close.
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