Available in: Drawing

Shortcut: p

Create a new view by projecting (folding) out an existing view.

By default, the label and scale are off. To see the scale, double-click the view: the View properties dialog opens to the top left of the drawing. By default, the Projected view tool is active after a drawing is created and you place the first view. The Projected view tool remains active, even after use, until you click on the icon to turn it off.

  1. Click to select an existing view.
  2. Drag the cursor in different directions from the original view to see possible projected views.
  3. Click to place the new view, or Shift+click to place the new view with cuts from the parent view.

    example of Projected view feature

You can also double-click on the view to open the View properties dialog.

This table illustrates the types of views from which the Projected view can be created:

Projected view
Can be created from: Cannot be created from:

Base views

Projected views

Section views

Aligned section views

Auxiliary views

Views with broken-out sections

Projected views retain settings from the view from which it is created. Projected views created from broken-out views will also be broken.

Flat pattern views

Detail views