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If your company conventions require you to stick to specific layer names, you
can rename the layers, after they are created. Subsequent views that you create
use the renamed layers.
See also:
Use Layers to Manage Complexity on page 516
Quick Reference
Commands
LAYER
Manages layers and layer properties.
VIEWEDIT
Edits an existing drawing view.
VIEWSETPROJ
Specifies the active project file for drawings containing drawing views from
Inventor models.
Work Around Common Problems
Tips to handle some common issues that you are likely to face.
Empty Drawing Views
The VIEWBASE and VIEWPROJ commands do not allow the creation of empty
drawing views. However, erasing the source geometry from model space or
from the referenced Inventor model results in empty drawing views.
An empty drawing view is displayed as a 50 mm square. Its border is visible
and is drawn in red.
Out-of-Date Inventor Models
An Inventor models can go out-of-date when changes are made directly to
parts referenced by the model. This problem usually occur when parts are
referenced in multiple assemblies.
The program does not prevent you from creating or editing drawing views
derived from out-of-date Inventor models. It however displays a warning
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