SOLVIEW Command: SOLVIEW Command:The SOLVIEW command creates floating viewports and automates the creation of the correct viewpoint orientations for a TOP, FRONT, and RIGHT SIDE view in the viewports. This command also creates a series of viewport layers for the Hidden and Dimension lines.
Important NOTE:
***Before you activate this Command you should:
change your UCS to a Front orientation.***
To access the Solview command you can:
type solview at a Command: prompt
OR
select Solids, Setup, and then View, under the Draw Menu.
Adding the FRONT view:
--Prompt: Enter an option [Ucs/Ortho/Auxiliary/
Section]: type U and press Enter.
--Prompt: Enter an option [Named/World/?/Current] <Current>: Press Enter if you have already set your UCS to Front
--Prompt: Enter view scales <1>: Press Enter or type a value to scale the image in the viewport.
--Prompt: Specify view center: Select the position for the center of the view by clicking on the screen with the LEFT mouse button (a view of the model appears).
--Prompt:Specify view center: Allows you to reposition the view or accept the position by pressing Enter.
--Prompt: Specify first corner of viewport: Click once and release the LEFT mouse button at one corner of a rectangle that will surround the image. This is the first corner of a "floating" viewport.
--Prompt: Specify oposite corner of viewport: Drag the mouse and click the LEFT mouse button once to select the second diagonal corner of the rectanglular "floating" viewport.
--Prompt: Enter view name: Type a name for the view. NOTE: If you have already used the Solview command and need to redo a view, AutoCAD cannot overwrite the name you gave the view previously. To get around this, give the view a slightly different name the second time.
SOLDRAW adds a series of Layers to a file. These Layers are used to individually house certain features such as Hidden, Visible, and Dimension lines FOR EACH SEPARATE VIEWPORT.
If you had to reused the command to replace a view and gave the second view a different name, you will have a set of layers for each of the named views. You can only use the set for the last name you used for this view.
IMPORTANT
NOTE: The VPORT layer, which is added
by this command, houses the floating viewport edges. In PAPER SPACE the
edges surrounding the viewports can be made invisible by clicking on the LIGHT
BULB
beside this layer.
Adding Adjacent views:
If you are not in the Solview command, activate it again. There is NO need to change the UCS.
--Prompt: Enter
an option [Ucs/Ortho/Auxiliary/
Section/<eXit>]: Type the letter o,
for Ortho, and Enter.
--Prompt: Pick side of viewport to project: Click on the edge of the existing floating viewport, on the side closest to the view you wish to place. The cursor will "snap" to the midpoint on the side of the viewport you selected. HINT: Click on the TOP edge of the Front viewport for a top view and the RIGHT SIDE of the Front viewport for a Right Side view. A straight "rubber band" line will appear to be connected to the existing viewport.
The prompts now repeat the steps you performed for the first viewport, so you can position the view, clip the viewport' s corners, and give it a name.
NOTE: If you have already used the Solview command and need to redo a view, AutoCAD cannot overwrite the name you gave the view previously. To get around this, give the view a slightly different name the second time.
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