Creating 2D drawing views

There are several commands related to creating a 2D view from existing graphics:

• 2D Model View command —Creates a 2D view that references geometry on the 2D Model sheet. Use the Drawing Area Setup command, which is available only for the 2D Model sheet, to set up a scaled work area.

• Convert to 2D View command—Converts a 3D part view to 2D geometry. Once you convert a part view to a 2D view, associativity to the part or assembly document cannot be retrieved.

• Draw In View command—Available for a 3D part, assembly, or sheet metal view placed on a working drawing sheet, and for a 2D view. This command opens the view for editing on the 2D Model sheet, so you can draw in the view and add annotations and dimensions at a 1:1 scale.

  

When drawing inside a 2D view placed on a working sheet, you typically work at 1:1 scale. You also can draw directly on the working sheet. If you decide later that you want to scale graphics you have drawn directly on the sheet, just move or copy them into a drawing view with the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands.

The dimension and annotation sizes on the working sheet are independent of the drawing view scale. For example, if you define the height and size of dimension text as 0.125 inches or 3.5 millimeters, these are the actual values of the dimension text on the printed drawing.

You also can work on the 2D Model sheet, which is the QY CAD equivalent of AutoCAD 2D Model Space. In QY CAD, however, you can use the Drawing Area Setup command to define a scaled work area where you can create, edit, and annotate a 2D design appropriate to the size of the part or assembly, yet print at a scale appropriate to the dimensions of your drawing sheet.

The Auto-Hide layer is available at all times when working on the 2D Model sheet.

You can use the Detail View command to create a dependent detail view from a 2D view or a part view that has been converted to 2D geometry. You can create a detail view that displays a circular envelope or a detail view with a custom boundary.

For more information, see the Detail views Help topic.

If you set the Maintain Relationships option in the Relate group on the ribbon, the graphics you draw in a 2D drawing view can be updated associatively, similar to the profiles you draw in the Part environment. You can place driving dimensions and apply relationships to control the size and location of the elements.

When you want to hide elements in a drawing view but you do not want to assign the hidden elements to individual layers, you can use the Auto-Hide layer. You can hide construction geometry, dimensions, and certain annotations. For example, you can place dimensions on the 2D Model sheet Auto-Hide layer to drive the size of the geometry but not display when a drawing view is placed on the working sheet.

• The Auto-Hide layer is available while you are drawing and dimensioning on the 2D Model sheet. You can use the 2D Model View command to create a drawing view of the 2D Model sheet geometry, and all elements on the Auto-Hide layer are hidden automatically.

• The Auto-Hide layer also is created automatically when you right-click a drawing view and choose the Draw In View command. When you close a Draw In View window, elements on the Auto-Hide layer are hidden automatically.