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Creating Drawing Views
In this chapter, you learn about the types of drawing views you can create using Autodesk
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Inventor
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Drawing Views
Drawing views are referenced from, and associative with, external assembly or
part files. You can produce multiview drawings of principal orthographic views
and auxiliary, detail, section, and isometric views. You can also create views
from assembly representations such as design views, positional, and level of
detail, and presentation views. Autodesk Inventor calculates and displays hidden
lines as required.
The first view in any drawing is a base view. This view is the source for
subsequent views, such as projected and auxiliary views. A base view sets the
scale for dependent views, except detail views. A base view also sets the display
style for dependent projected orthographic views.
For a part model, the first view is usually a standard view such as a front or
right-side view.
NOTE A draft view is a special view in a drawing that does not contain a
representation of a 3D model. A draft view has one or more associated sketches.
You can place a draft view and construct a drawing without an associated model.
You can also use a draft view to provide detail that is missing in a model.
Drawing View Types
With Autodesk Inventor, you create and manipulate a variety of views using
tools on the Drawing Views panel bar. Click the Base View button on the
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