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Use projected drawing modes

To hide or show the Drawing Plane toolbar

To choose a preset drawing profile

To choose a drawing plane

To draw an object in a projected drawing mode

To project an object onto a drawing plane by using Shift

To unproject an object by using Shift

To project an object onto a drawing plane using the Transform docker

To unproject an object from a drawing plane using the Transform docker

You can specify a projected drawing mode by choosing drawing profiles and drawing planes from the Drawing Plane toolbar. However, you can have only one drawing profile and one drawing plane active at a time.

You can draw an object in a projected drawing mode, or you can project an object onto a drawing plane by using the Shift key or the controls in the Transform docker. You can also unproject an object from a drawing plane; this reconstructs the object as it would appear in an orthographic view.

To hide or show the Drawing Plane toolbar

• Click View

Toolbars

Drawing Plane.

A check mark beside the Drawing Plane command indicates that the Drawing Plane toolbar is displayed.

The Drawing Plane toolbar is displayed by default and appears as part of the standard toolbar.

You can also hide or show the Drawing Plane toolbar by right-clicking any control on the standard toolbar and clicking Drawing Plane.

To choose a preset drawing profile

• From the Drawing profiles list box on the Drawing plane toolbar, choose one of the following preset drawing profiles:

• Cabinet oblique (0, 90, 60)

• Cavalier oblique (0,90,45)

• Dimetric (37,90,37)

• Dimetric (16,90,37)

• Dimetric (7,90,42)

• Dimetric (15,90,15)

• Isometric (30,90,30)

• Trimetric (12,90,23)

• Trimetric (5,90,30)

• Trimetric (45,90,7)

• Trimetric (54,90,17)

To choose a drawing plane

• On the Drawing Plane toolbar, choose one of the following drawing planes:

• Orthographic

• Top

• Front

• Right

You can also choose the active drawing plane by clicking the cube in the Projected Axes docker (Window Projected Axes).

To draw an object in a projected drawing mode

1 From the Drawing profiles list box on the Drawing Plane toolbar, choose a drawing profile.

2 On the Drawing Plane toolbar, choose the Top, Front, or Right drawing plane.

3 Draw an object.

If you need to define a custom drawing plane, see Define a projected drawing plane interactively.

To project an object onto a drawing plane by using Shift

1 Select an object.

2 Holding down Shift, click one of the following buttons on the standard toolbar:

• Top

— projects the object onto the top plane

• Front

— projects the object onto the front plane

• Right

—projects the object onto the right plane

You can also project a selected object from the Projected Axes docker (Window Projected Axes) by holding down Shift and clicking a plane on the interactive cube.

To unproject an object by using Shift

1 Select a projected object.

2 Holding down Shift, click the Orthographic button

on the standard toolbar.

You can also unproject an object from the Projected Axes docker (Window Projected Axes) by holding down Shift and clicking outside the interactive cube.

To project an object onto a drawing plane using the Transform docker

1 Select an object.

2 Click Object

Transform

Project.

3 In the Transform docker, click one of the following buttons in the Plane area:

• Top — projects the object onto the top plane

• Front — projects the object onto the front plane

• Right — projects the object onto the right plane

4 To specify an origin point on the drawing around which to project the selected object, do one of the following:

• Type values in the X and Y boxes to specify coordinates along the horizontal and vertical axes.

• Click the Specify point button

next to the X and Y boxes, and click a point on the drawing.

• Enable the Relative Position check box, and click the point on the origin locator

that corresponds to the point on the object from which you want to project the object.

If you want to leave the original object unchanged and apply the transformation to a copy, type 1 in the Copies box. The number of copies cannot exceed one.

5 Click Project.

Applying a contour to a projected object may not produce the desired results. It is recommended that you apply a contour to the object in its unprojected state and then project the object. Contour groups can be unlinked by clicking Arrange Break Contour Apart.

To unproject an object from a drawing plane using the Transform docker

1 Select an object.

2 Click Object

Transform

Project.

3 In the Transform docker, click one of the following buttons in the Plane area:

• Top — unprojects the object from the top plane

• Front — unprojects the object from the front plane

• Right — unprojects the object from the right plane

4 To specify an origin point in the drawing around which to unproject the selected object, do one of the following:

• Type values in the X and Y boxes to specify coordinates along the horizontal and vertical axes.

• Click the Specify point button

next to the X and Y boxes, and click a point on the drawing.

• Enable the Relative Position check box, and click the point on the origin locator

that corresponds to the point on the object from which you want to unproject the object.

If you want to leave the original object unchanged and apply the transformation to a copy, type 1 in the Copies box. The number of copies cannot exceed one.

5 Click Unproject.