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To Define an Auxiliary View
1. Click Process > View Setup. The View Setup dialog box opens.
2. Click Auxiliary.
3. Select an existing auxiliary view from the Select view list if you want to modify or delete an existing view or select Create New View to create an auxiliary view. The selected view is highlighted in the graphics window in a dashed rectangular box in the edge highlight color.
4. Use the following options as required.
Name—Displays the view name if you select an existing view. Type a name for a new view.
View Scale—Displays the default view scale value of the parent view selected. You cannot edit this value. The view scale is the same as the drawing scale for orthographic views.
—Deletes an existing auxiliary view if you have selected it from the Select view list.
5. Click under View extents. 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 Projection plane reference to select a line entity to define the projection plane for the auxiliary view.
9. Click under View reference point to select a line entity in the current sectional view to define a location for the reference point of the view.
The location of the reference point of the view is displayed as a highlighted red circle on the drawing.
The adjacent box displays the ID of the selected line entity.
under Parent view positioning reference is available.
10. Click under Parent view positioning reference to select a line entity from the same view from which you had selected the line entity to define the projection plane reference.
The location of the view positioning reference in the parent view is displayed as a highlighted red circle on the drawing.
The adjacent box displays the ID of the selected line entity.
under Secondary view positioning reference is available.
11. Click under Secondary view positioning reference to select a line entity from another view.
The location of the view positioning reference in the secondary view is displayed as a highlighted red circle.
The adjacent box displays the ID of the selected entity.
When you have defined the view extents, the projection plane reference, the view reference point, and the view positioning references in the parent and secondary views, the references entities are highlighted in green. The location of the reference point for the view that was displayed as a highlighted red circle is replaced by a highlighted green circle.
12. Click Close.