You can specify a simplified or step-by-step workflow for the View Wizard command.

• Simplified mode reduces the number of steps required to generate drawing views. It omits the wizard dialog boxes and instead displays the View Wizard command bar at the drawing view placement step. This is the default mode for the View Wizard command.

• Step-by-step mode displays the sequential dialog boxes in the Drawing View Creation Wizard to guide you through drawing view creation and placement.

Selecting the option, Use Drawing View CommandBar when the Drawing View Wizard command is run, on the Drawing View Wizard tab (Solid Edge Options dialog box) specifies simplified mode for the drawing view creation workflow. Clearing this option specifies step-by-step mode.

In step-by-step mode, the View Wizard command displays the Drawing View Creation Wizard, which guides you through the process by showing the following dialog boxes in sequence. In simplified mode, you can access these dialog boxes by selecting options on the View Wizard command bar before you place the first drawing view.

The Drawing View Creation Wizard dialog boxes that appear depend on the model type.

Drawing View Creation Wizard dialog boxes	Purpose
Select Model dialog box	Selects the model from which the drawing views are derived.
Drawing View Options	Sets options for creating the view, based on the Solid Edge model type. For example: When creating a drawing of an assembly, you can choose a display configuration, a PMI model view, or a zone to control the display of the parts in the drawing view. When creating a drawing view of a weldment assembly, you can specify the process-specific view of the weldment you want to place. Note: In this dialog box, you can select the Advanced button to set limits on edge creation using the Advanced Edge Display Options dialog box.
Drawing View Layout	Specifies the primary view orientation, such as front, right, or isometric. Specifies additional views to place along with the primary view. Note: In this dialog box, you can select the Custom button to define a perspective view of the model using the Custom Orientation dialog box.
Select Attachment dialog box	Selects additional models to create drawing views on the same sheet.
Alternate Position Assembly	Selects one or more representations of an alternate position assembly model to show in drawing views.
Select Family of Assembly Member	Selects one family member in a family of assemblies to show in a drawing view.
Saved Settings (only accessible from the command bar)	Applies a previously defined set of formatting instructions to the drawing view.

You can change the size, shading, and edge color of a drawing view after you place it using the options on the Drawing View Selection command bar. This is available when you select the border of the drawing view you want to modify. For more extensive formatting options, you can use the Properties button on the command bar to open the Drawing View Properties dialog box.

Multiple model or assembly documents can be attached to a draft document. After you place the first part view in a document, you can select the View Wizard command again to place additional part views. The next time you select the command, the Select Attachment dialog box is displayed. This dialog box lists the documents that are currently placed in the draft document, and it enables you to browse for another part or assembly to use as the basis for the next part view.

You can use this technique to create a drawing of an assembly that also shows views of related parts.

For more information, see Create drawing views of an assembly with the View Wizard.

Before you place a drawing view, you can move it around on the drawing sheet. You can specify a display mode for the preview using the Dynamic display option on the Drawing View Wizard tab (Solid Edge Options dialog box).

When Dynamic display is selected, a VHL model view is displayed. When the option is deselected, an extent box is displayed, as shown in the following example.

You can set this option for each model type and size. For example, you can specify that large assembly models display a preview using the extent box, so that performance is not affected, and that part and sheet metal models display a full preview using VHL.

The drawing view properties and formatting that you select when placing drawing views can be saved and applied to another set of drawing views created for the same type of model.

• You can save these instructions using the Drawing View Creation Wizard (Saved Settings) dialog box, which you can open using the Saved Settings button on the View Wizard command bar.

• Manual selection--You can select and apply a saved setting to a drawing view using the Saved Setting list on the View Wizard command bar.

• Automatic reuse--You can specify that saved settings are applied automatically by mapping saved settings to specific model types. You can further categorize assembly models by model size, as defined by the number of occurrences in the assembly.

  • Part

  • Sheet metal

  • Assembly (small)

  • Assembly (medium)

  • Assembly (large)

• You can define the model type and size, and map the saved settings to them, using the Drawing View Wizard tab (Solid Edge Options dialog box).

Saved settings include all of the information captured in the Drawing View Creation Wizard dialog boxes (properties, view orientation, drawing view layout), as well as the drawing view size, scale, shading, and edge color set on the View Wizard command bar. Only drawing view captions are not included, as they are specified by the Drawing View style.

• Create drawing views of a part using the View Wizard

• Create part views of an assembly with the View Wizard

• Create an alternate position assembly drawing view

• Create a draft quality view

• Creating drawing views of a model dragged onto a sheet

• Drawing view creation

• Documenting multiple parts in one Draft document

• View Wizard command bar

• Drawing View Selection command bar

• Drawing View Properties dialog box

• Drawing View Creation Wizard (Drawing View Options)

• Drawing View Creation Wizard (Alternate Position Assembly)

• Drawing View Creation Wizard (Drawing View Layout)

• Custom Orientation dialog box

• Select Model dialog box

• Select Attachment dialog box