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Working with Detail Views

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

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Creating Detail Views

Use the AM_Detail command to generate detail views from a specified area of a drawing.

Editing Detail Views

Use the AM_DetailEdit command to modify detail view properties.

«Detail» and «Detail Edit» Dialog Boxes

Use the dialog box to configure the properties of a detail view.

«Modify Detail View Style» Dialog Box

Use the dialog box to configure the appearance detail view identifiers, boundary, and label.



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