Views
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Can I align standard views to North, South etc even if the axis's don't align to them? If so how
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The standard Front, Back... views etc relate to the axes of the model.
Any view can be assigned to a Scene-tab.
You can align a view to a face.
Select the view and right-click context-menu to get the tool.
Once in the view you can Zoom extents and/or Pan but don't Orbit as the view will almost certainly go 'off-square'.
Save it to a Scene-tab as that let's you return to the view after orbiting around to make adjustments to geometry etc. -
Selecting the view is the problem. I'm currently experimenting with the section tool, aligning the view and then saving as a scene as you say. I think the problem may be caused by creating a component with elements not aligned to the axiss. Many thanks for your help
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If a face is inside a component or group edit the container, set the view square to a selected face, as previously outlined, then save the view, then exit the edit - the view is then relative to the nested face...
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Excellent thanks for that. Was achieving a similar result from my 'section' tool approach but more complicated!
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@woodarc said:
Can I align standard views to North, South etc even if the axis's don't align to them? If so how
Besides TIG's method to align the view to a face, you can also align view to axis (green up).
If you click on any axis in empty space and select 'Align View' in the context menu, the view will have green pointing up on your screen, blue pointing towards you and red to the right.
The current drawing origin is the center of your screen's modeling space.This means that by simply adjusting the drawing axes, you have better controle over different views like top, front, left, right, etc. to see facades in 'heads on' view.
Example: if you have a building rotated, not along red/green, then rotate the drawing axes about blue to get red/green along two perpendicular facades. TOP icon may be of no use. But right click an axis and select 'Align View' to get the right Top view, (green pointing up on screen). -
@wo3dan said:
@woodarc said:
Can I align standard views to North, South etc even if the axis's don't align to them? If so how
Besides TIG's method to align the view to a face, you can also align view to axis (green up).
If you click on any axis in empty space and select 'Align View' in the context menu, the view will have green pointing up on your screen, blue pointing towards you and red to the right.
The current drawing origin is the center of your screen's modeling space.This means that by simply adjusting the drawing axes, you have better controle over different views like top, front, left, right, etc. to see facades in 'heads on' view.
Example: if you have a building rotated, not along red/green, then rotate the drawing axes about blue to get red/green along two perpendicular facades. TOP icon may be of no use. But right click an axis and select 'Align View' to get the right Top view, (green pointing up on screen).Thanks for your response. I tried what you said (I think!) This technique seems to give a top or plan view only which is great as I hadn't tackled the plan or top view until now. I have been trying to align vertical faces to show elevations and plans perpendicular or orthographic in Layout. I am working on a building that is square but with a diagonal ridge, the whole building is set at 327 degrees NW. Internal walls are set at two angles to the perimeter some perpendicular and some at 45 degrees.
Many thanks for the guidance.
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