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Propagating 2D Datum Extents

When you have modified a 2D datum to the desired extent, you may have similar views in which you want
it to display the same way. You can use Propagate Extents to accomplish this.
To propagate 2D datum extents
1 Select the datum.
2 On the Options Bar, click Propagate Extents.
3 In the Propagate Datum Extents dialog, select the parallel views in which you want the datum
There is no permanent connection between the look of the datum in multiple views. If you modify the
datum again, you must use Propagate Extents again. Propagate Extents does not affect Model (3D) extents.

Controlling Visibility of Datums Using Scope Boxes

When you add datum elements (grids, levels, and reference lines) to a project, they can display in more
views than desired. For example, when you add grid lines to a plan view, the grid lines display in all plan
views of the model. However, you may want the grid lines to display in only certain views. This is exactly
what a scope box is for: to specify the views in which the datum elements will display.
Scope boxes control the visibility of datum elements in views whose cutting plane intersects the scope box.
Scope boxes are particularly useful to control the visibility of datums that are not parallel or orthogonal to
a view.
For example, the following floor plan shows a science center with an aviary wing at an angle to the main
building. The main building and the aviary wing use different grids. The matchline indicates where this
floor plan is divided into dependent views, to show each part of the building on separate sheets. (See
Dependent Views
show the grid lines for the main building. On the dependent view for the main building, you do not want
to show the grid lines for the aviary wing. You can accomplish this using scope boxes.
to look the same, and click OK.
on page 144.) However, on the dependent view for the aviary wing, you do not want to
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