inverting a drawing view?

In Pro/Desktop 2000 is it possible to invert an projected view in a drawing
if it is uppsidedown?
I.e. I want the drawing to show the part oriented differently (turned 180
degrees).
Best regards
Peter W

 

Place the projeced view correctly on the drawing, then move it wherever you
want above or below the reference view. You can even unalign the view if you
want to move it sideways too.

Dave

 

Maybe I was not clear, assume I have 3D-designed a shape, lets say a
d-shaped tubing, when I import it to the drawing it comes out as a p-shape.
is it possible to turn the modelling view so it looks right i.e. like a
d-shape.
I know I can always mirror the shape in the design mode and then import it
to drawing-mode. But this seems to be something you want to do from time to
time and I want an easy way to just flip a modeling view when in drawing
mode.
am I overlooking something obvous or ...
Ideas?
Best regards
Peter W

 

I did it at last, maybe you were right. I did a couple of projection views
until the thing flipped right.
In this particular case it was difficult because there where no flat
features to select as projection surfaces.
I had to create a dummy cube (out of view) for the projection planes.
Thanks
P

 

In Pro/Desktop 2000 .......

If you'll search Google you might find some groups for Pro/Desktop that
will have a bit more traffic. There's one at Pro-Desktop.net, I believe.

I never knew much about Pro/D and have forgotten most of that, but assuming
it's something like /E you have model views (in part and assy) and are
probably using templates that look for these view names (pre-defined in the
template). You might try deleting the pre-defined views or use a "blank"
drawing and define the view when created. Or, try redefining the views in
the model file. (There should be something in Help to get you started?)

===========================

 

When you create the first view in the drawing, you are given the
option of specifiying which side is the front, top, bottom, left,
right etc. You should be able to orient the view whichever way you
want using this.
Subsequent projected views then follow normal 3rd angle projection
rules.

Or am I misunderstanding your question?

 

: I did it at last, maybe you were right. I did a couple of projection views
: until the thing flipped right.
: In this particular case it was difficult because there where no flat
: features to select as projection surfaces.
: I had to create a dummy cube (out of view) for the projection planes.

Congratulations! I'm glad you shared your triumph of 'getting it', and sweeter, by
far, when you do it yourself.

What I have found, though, is that drawing mode sucks for creating/modifying
views. Before you even go into drawing, see what you can do in the model. Create
your views there, specifically as drawing views, ESPECIALY for odd angle
auxilliary views. First, you can only create the datum geometry needed to
reference these views in the model. If you need datum points, axes, planes to
orient your view, create all this ~ and the view ~ in the model!!! After that,
drawing views are a simple matter of picking 'Saved views'. And your saved view
will probably be set to optimally display your offset section.

David Janes

 

Good advice. Reorienting views with children can be a nightmare in a
drawing.

 

Oh right he was on about Pro-Desktop! I just went blind to that and thought
Pro-Engineer!

 

Me too .... sorry about that.

 

:
: > dakeb wrote:
: >
: > Oh right he was on about Pro-Desktop! I just went blind to that and thought
: > Pro-Engineer!
:
: Me too .... sorry about that.

I'll third that. Jeff's the only one that knows how to read ;-]

 

Jeff? Who's Jeff? -)