Detail

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The Detail command manages layout detail viewports.

Detail viewports are modeling viewports that can be placed on a layout viewport.

Selected detail views can be copied with the Copy command.

Command-line options

Add

Draws a rectangle to add a detail view.

Turn on the detail view's control points.

Drag the control points to re-size the detail view.

Click and drag an active view to move it around. It can overlap its neighbors.

Enable

You can also double-click the detail to enable it. Double-click another part of the screen to disable.

  • In the overlapped region of detail views, double-click close to the center of a detail view to activate it.
FromDetail

Adds a new detail view with the view direction based on the relative location of the selected detail view.

Projection (FirstAngle/ThirdAngle)

Creates new detail views based on the rules of First or Third Angle Projection.

First angle projection

Third angle projection
Scale

Sets the distance on the layout to a distance in model.

Lock

Locks details so the view cannot be panned or zoomed.

Unlock

Unlocks locked details.

EnablePage

Enables/disables the detail view and returns focus to the layout viewport. You can also double-click another part of the screen.

Detail View Properties

Manages object properties for the selected details.

Options

Name

The viewport title of the detail view.

Locked

Locks the detail so the view cannot be panned or zoomed.

Display mode

Select a display mode for the select detail view.

Scale Value

Sets the scale factor for the detail scaling.

___ <units> on layout
___ <units> in model

Dimensioning distance in Layouts

In Layout viewports, objects in detail views are annotated with the model space distance.

In this example, the blue circle is in the layout viewport. Its radius is annotated as 10 units (the layout space distance). The red circle is in a detail viewport. Its radius is annotated as 100 units (the model space distance) whether the radius dimension is created in the detail viewport or the layout viewport.

Select objects across detail viewports

  1. Double-click a detail viewport to make it active.
  2. Select some objects in the detail viewport.
  3. Hold Shift and double-click another detail viewport.
    The object selected in the first detail viewport will remain in selection.

Related commands

CopyViewportToDetail

Toolbar Menu

Layout

Not on menus.

The CopyViewportToDetail command copies or moves a model viewport to a new layout as a detail viewport.

Steps

  • Click in the viewport to copy.
Command-line option

Transfer

Copy

Copies the selected model viewport to a new layout and keeps the model viewport.

Move

Copies the selected model viewport to a new layout and removes the model viewport.

HideInDetail

Toolbar Menu

Layout
Visibility

Not on menus.

The HideInDetail command conceals selected objects in a detail view.

Command-line options

Detail (Active/Inactive)

Hides the selected objects only in the Active detail view, or in all the Inactive detail views on the layout.

ShowInDetail

Toolbar Menu

Layout

Visibility

Not on menus.

The ShowInDetail command re-displays all hidden objects in a detail view.

ShowSelectedInDetail

Toolbar Menu

Layout
Visibility

Not on menus.

The ShowSelectedInDetail command re-displays selected hidden objects in a detail view.

HideLayersInDetail

Toolbar Menu

Layout
Visibility

Not on menus.

The HideLayersInDetail command conceals layers in a detail view.

ShowLayersInDetail

Toolbar Menu

Layout
Visibility

Not on menus.

The ShowLayersInDetail command re-displays hidden layers in a detail view.

See also

Layout

Create a print layout viewport.

SelDetail

Select all Detail view rectangles in a Layout viewport.

Use drafting tools

Manage object visibility