LDA allows you to create 2D views when no 2D views are present in the imported drawings, such as legacy drawings that have logical views but no defined views. You can select 2D draft entities to create 2D views. You can then orient and place the new and existing 2D views relative to the 3D model views. Click Views > Create 2D View on the Legacy Migration tab to create 2D views. LDA adds the 2D views to the drawing and the Drawing Tree displays the new view as LDA_VIEW. If you move this view to a new location on the drawing, all the drawing entities on the view also move with the view. You can click Map > Create Model Views on the Legacy Migration tab or right-click the drawing and access Create Model Views on the resultant menu to map the new 2D views on the drawing to the corresponding model views. LDA creates model views based on the 2D views created on the drawing and automatically maps the new 2D views to the model views.

If LDA fails to automatically map the 2D views to the 3D model views, especially isometric views, you can orient and place the 3D views relative to the 2D views of the drawing and match the 2D and 3D views. You can click Views > Orient View on the Legacy Migration tab or right-click and access Orient View on the resultant menu to orient the new, existing, and isometric views. If you set the lda_automap configuration option to yes, LDA automatically places the isometric views to the default INTF orientation view in the drawing. Creo Parametric prompts you to select two entities as references on the 3D model and the corresponding two entities on the drawing such as edges to orient the 3D view and auto rotate the model relative to the 2D views. You can select two nonparallel and non-coplanar edges in the model and the corresponding two edges on the drawing. Orienting views is optional and you can skip this task if it is not required.

After you orient the views and auto rotate the model to the 2D views, you can project the model view on an existing 2D view and relocate the model view. To create and place a model view of general type on the drawing, you can click Model Views > General View. After you create the general view, you must select a location for it on the drawing. Click Views > Match View on the Legacy Migration tab or right-click and access Match View on the resultant menu to place the 3D model view relative to the 2D view and associate the model and the 2D view. You must select a reference entity on the drawing INTF view and the corresponding entity on the model to place the model view relative to the 2D view. LDA moves the 3D view so that it superimposes the 2D view and maps the 2D view to the 3D view.

In addition to the general view, you can also place and specify other view types such as projection, detailed, and auxiliary using commands on the Model Views tab of Legacy Migration. Before you place a view, you must add the model to the drawing and associate the model with the drawing. When you add the model to the drawing, the drawing references the model and you can place or insert views of the associated model on the drawing. Click Model Views > Drawing View and select a view on the drawing to display the details of the view in the INFORMATION WINDOW.