Defining Style Views for Schematic Symbols
1
In the drawing that will contain the style, create an AutoCAD block to represent the symbol in
plan view.
2
Create the style, as described in
on page 601.
3
In the left pane of Style Manager, navigate to the style, select it, and click the Views tab.
Views tab for an existing schematic symbol style
4
Click Generate Isometric Views.
5
In the Generate Isometric Symbol Blocks dialog, specify the orientation of the symbol in isometric
views:
then…
If you want the symbol…
select In-line symbol.
to be oriented based on the direction of the
schematic line
select Vertical symbol.
to be oriented vertically with respect to the
ground regardless of the direction of the
schematic line
6
For Plan block to be used, select the AutoCAD block in the current drawing to use for the
Ortho/Plan view.
7
If you want to overwrite existing view blocks with the blocks that will be created, select Use new
blocks in the style definition.
If you do not select this option, the blocks are created in the drawing, and they are available for
selection, but they are not automatically assigned to the views of the style.
8
Click OK.
The software creates the isometric views and the associated view blocks based on the selected
block for the orthographic (plan) view.
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