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.

***Before you activate this Command you should:

change your UCS to a Front orientation

AND

make sure the Hidden linetype is loaded.

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: Ucs/Ortho/Auxiliary/
Section/<eXit>: type U and press Enter.

--Prompt: Named/World/?/<Current>: Press Enter if you have already set your UCS to Front

OR

type the name of the UCS (only available if you have saved the UCS and given it a name).

--Prompt: Enter view scales<1>: Press Enter or type a value to scale the image in the viewport.

--Prompt: 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: View Center: Allows you to reposition the view or accept the position by pressing Enter.

--Prompt: Clip first corner: 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: Clip other corner: Drag the mouse and click the LEFT mouse button once to select the second diagonal corner of the rectanglular "floating" viewport.

--Prompt: View name: Type a name for the view.

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.

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 BULBbeside 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: Ucs/Ortho/Auxiliary/
Section/<eXit>: Type O 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.