Command -AM_Detail

A detail view shows a specified area from the drawing at an enlarged scale.

You can use the AM_Detail command to generate a detail view from a specified area of a drawing.

The command creates the following entities:
Callout Entity
1 Detail boundary
2 Annotation leader
3 Detail view identifier
4 Detail view label

In the detail view, dimensions ignore the scale factor. To display the correct dimension values, use a dimensioning style according to the detail view scale.

If you delete a detail boundary, DraftSight does not delete the corresponding detail view. If you delete a detail view, DraftSight deletes the corresponding detail boundary and detail view label.

To specify the area from the drawing, specify one of the following:
  • Circular boundary
  • Rectangular boundary
  • Circle, ellipse, or closed polyline