You can use the Drawing View Wizard to copy a PMI model view to a drawing. Model views are created using the PMI tab→Model Views group→View command.

1. Run the Drawing View Wizard using one of these methods:

   • If you are starting from a model document, choose New→Create Drawing from the Application menu.

   • If you are starting from a draft document, choose Home tab→Drawing Views group→View Wizard command .

2. Do one of the following:

   • If the Create Drawing dialog box is displayed, select a drawing template, verify that the Run Drawing View Creation option is set, and click OK to continue.

   • If the Select Model dialog box is displayed, select a model document to create the drawing from and then click OK to continue.

3. In the Drawing View Creation Wizard, from the PMI Model View list (or the Configuration and PMI Model View list), select the model view name. Model view names are preceded by this symbol: .

4. In the Drawing View Creation Wizard, do the following:

   1. Select the Include PMI Dimensions From Model Views check box to copy the PMI dimensions from the model view to the drawing view.

   2. Select the Include PMI Annotations From Model Views check box to copy the PMI annotations from the model view to the drawing view.

   Tip:

   These options also specify that the drawing view is associative to the model view. Any changes made to the model view will cause the drawing view to go out of date.

5. Click Finish.

6. On the drawing sheet, click to place the model view.

   Tip:

   • You can easily add more PMI model views to the drawing sheet using the Drawing View Wizard command.

   • You can generate a dimensioned and annotated orthographic or section drawing view of the model using the Home tab→Dimension group→Retrieve Dimensions command.