Isolating Generated Views

This task will show you how isolate either a selection of generated views (one or more), or all views in the drawing.

Isolating a view amounts to:

	suppressing associativity between an existing CATPart (or CATProduct or CATModel) and the corresponding generated view,
	transforming a generated view into an interactive view.

Open the GenDrafting_part.CATDrawing document.

Isolating a selection of views

1. Select the views you want to isolate (for example, the Top view, Bottom view, Left view and Right view), and right-click them.

2. From the contextual menu, select Selected objects -> Isolate.

In this particular case, we selected several views but if you select only one view, the left view for example, then you need to select Left view object -> Isolate from the contextual menu.

The selected views are now isolated. If you perform one or more modifications on the CATPart, you will not be able to update the isolated views.

Isolating all views in the drawing

1. From the specification tree, right-click the drawing object (GenDrafting_part in this case).

2. From the contextual menu, select Drawing object -> Isolate.

All views in the drawing are now isolated. If you perform one or more modifications on the CATPart, you will not be able to update the drawing.

	A view that has been isolated cannot be de-isolated.
	Some dress-up elements and annotations may be deleted when isolating views.

	Center lines are preserved when isolating views. However, they are longer be associated to geometry, but just to a point.
	Axis lines are preserved when isolating views. However, they are longer be associated to geometry, but just to 2 points.
	Dimensions are preserved when isolating views. However, they are longer be associated to geometry.