Defining Style Views For Devices, Panels, And Plumbing Fittings - Autodesk 235B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD MEP 2010 User Manual

TIP Use the styles provided with the software as a guide for creating your own custom styles.
For an introduction to orthographic and isometric views, see
Content on page 86.

Defining Style Views for Devices, Panels, and Plumbing Fittings

1 In the drawing that will contain the style, create the AutoCAD blocks (or the MvBlock) that will
represent the object in the orthographic views and in the model view.
2 Create the style, as described in
3 In the left pane of Style Manager, navigate to the style, select it, and click the Views tab.
Views tab for an existing device style
4 To add a view:
Click Add.
For View Name, enter a name, such as Plan or Model.
For View Block, select a block to represent the view.
You can select from the AutoCAD blocks defined in the current drawing.
5 Specify when to use the selected view:
For Display Representation, select the display representation in which to display the view.
For View Directions, select one or more view directions in which to display the view.
NOTE To determine the view block to use to display a style-based object, the software identifies the
active display representation (determined by the active display configuration) and the active view
direction in the current drawing, and then searches for a view of the style that has the same specified
display representation and view direction. If a matching view is found, the associated view block is
used to display the object. If multiple matches are found, all of them are used to display the object.
If no match is found, the object is not displayed.
6 If you want the view block to be inserted as an annotation block, select Insert as annotation
block.
Orthographic and Isometric Views of Style-Based
Creating a Style on page 601.
Defining the Views of a Style | 605