Renaming a View

This task will show you how to rename an existing view.

 

Before You Begin, make sure you customized the following settings:

Grid:
De-activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).

View names and scaling factors:
Go to Tools->Options (Mechanical Design -> Drafting option at the left of the dialog box, Layout tab) and check the View name and Scaling factor options.

 

Open the GenDrafting_Rename_View.CATDrawing document.
1. Right-click the frame of the view to be modified.

2. Select the Properties option from the displayed contextual menu.

 
3. Enter the new View Name in the Properties dialog box. For example, B as identifier (Ident).

4. Click OK.

 

  
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You can also access the Properties dialog box selecting the Edit->Properties commands.
Note that the callout in the mother view also is now assigned a new identifier (B-B).

 

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