SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Chapter 21: Working with Drawing Views .................................................................................

Model View

Model Views are one of the few types of views that are not dependent on another view. Everything
has to start from somewhere, and most drawings have to start with either a named or Pre-defined
View. A Model View starts from a named view in the model.

You can place named views by clicking the Model View button on the Drawings toolbar or by

choosing Insert ➪ Drawing View ➪ Model. Using the Model View PropertyManager is a two-step

process, and is shown in Figure 21.2. In the first step, you select the model, and in the second

step, you set the options for the view. Views dragged from the View Palette are also Model Views.

The Model View PropertyManager has seen several changes in SolidWorks 2010, some of which

are shared with the Drawing View PropertyManager and other view creation PropertyManagers.

This has to do with Display States and annotations to import to the drawing view.

FIGURE 21.2

The Model View PropertyManager