ProStructures Help

Detail Center - Views tab

The Views tab is used to:

  • preview 2D details
  • create 2D detailing prepared parts
SettingDescription
Detailing Initiate the detailing process. Convert the selected area of your 3D model to 2D drawings. A detail block with the date and time of the detailing is created and saved every time you begin this detailing process. Used to detail all of the parts selected in the views list, including the mentioned partial views, and to store them on the hard drive as detail cells.
The created detail cells then can be inserted in your 2D-drawings.
Note: Be sure to save the model after the detailing has finished. When you save, modification management information is written to the drawing. If you do not save the model, this information is lost.
Recursion Toggle Switch recursion on or off. If recursion is on, and you select a parent topic, all associated child topics are automatically selected. Any processing applied to a parent entry is also applied to all subordinate child entries. When recursion is off, only the selected entry is selected or processed, or all entries on the same level can be selected if this option is activated in the model.
Display Settings Modify the display and filter settings for your model. Opens the Settings for Display dialog, which is used to display sorting of component parts list. Here, you can select the standard display or an individual structure and set user-defined filters.
Special Settings Set up additional settings for the active model. Opens the dialog for the work tools where you can specify additional settings only for this work level. Depending on the work level, the global settings are valid, too, which can be defined separately.
Create Manual Details Click to add additional views to the selected component part or to create manual details. used to add further views to the selected component part or to create manual details. Then, another dialog opens (see also: Additional Views). After an entry has been checked in the views list, the corresponding parts for the manual detail are automatically selected. On the other hand, when you select the first entry of the list, you can select any part by clicking on it in the model.