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Operations Available Without the Model

Following are some of the capabilities available when the model is not loaded:
  • Save and Open drawings
  • Add
    • Dimensions
    • Annotations
    • New views (Empty, Detail)
    • New views of parts only (Auxiliary, Projected, Section, Broken-out Section)
    • Balloons
    • Virtual sharps
  • Change
    • Scales of sheets or views
    • Line Color, Line Style, and Line Thickness of model edges, silhouette edges, and sketch entities for both parts and assemblies
    • View alignments
    • Crop Views, and Auxiliary and Projected Views
    • Balloons
  • Select
    • Hidden Lines Removed (HLR), Hidden Lines Visible (HLV), and Wireframe in drawings of parts. You can show views in Tangent edge display in drawings of parts or assemblies.
    • Imported planes, sketches, origins, and axes
    • Section view edges
    • Model edges and vertices
    • Silhouette edges
    • Faces
    • Copy, Cut, and Paste views
  • Inference, reference, and dimension to model edges, vertices, and center points
  • Hide and show edges
  • Update the drawing with the Rebuild tool
  • Measure
  • True reference dimensions
  • View temporary axes
  • 3D highlighting


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