VIEWBASE — Base view

Creates the drawing view of 3D solids and its projected views.

• Command: VIEWBASE · Global name: _VIEWBASE

Creates in the current space (normally a layout) the drawing view of the 3D solids of the model and then its projected views, like AutoCAD's VIEWBASE.

Usage

1. Type VIEWBASE. Select the solids and press Enter (Enter with no selection takes all 3D solids of the model).

Base view orientation [Top/Bottom/Front/Back/Left/Right/SW/SE/NE/NW/Current] <Front>:

2. Give the scale (2, 1:2) and the style: Visible (visible lines only), Hidden (visible and hidden lines; the hidden ones go on the MD_Hidden layer with a dashed linetype) or Shaded.
3. Specify where the base view goes.
4. Each point you specify afterwards creates a projected view on the matching side of the base (third-angle projection): above, the top view; to the right, the right view, and so on. Enter finishes.

Result

• Each view is a reference to an anonymous block with the lines on the MD_Visible, MD_Hidden, MD_Hatch and MD_Shaded layers.
• Its XDATA (LINCE_VISTA3D) keeps the solids, the direction, the scale and the parent view, to derive sections and details with VIEWSECTION and VIEWDETAIL.
• AutoCAD opens the drawing with the view as an ordinary block (AUDIT 0).

Notes

• Views are not updated when the solid changes: create them again.
• No silhouette edges on curved surfaces and no tangent lines; the shading is a simple gray one.
• See also FLATSHOT.