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Two board Detail Views (right) applied to a Fabrication View
The Draftsman document Board Detail View feature allows a defined area of an existing drawing to be brought out to a floating, magnified view of its detail. It may be added Draftsman graphical board views such as the Assembly View, Isometric View, Fabrication View, Section View, and Drill Drawing View. The Detail View's magnification factor (scale), labeling and line attributes are all configurable in the Properties panel.
The Detail View is available when a suitable source board view (see above) has been placed in a Draftsman document. The view placement is accessed from the Draftsman Editor as follows:
When the command is launched the cursor will change to a crosshair indicating Detail View placement mode. The placement steps are:
Both the Board Detail View and its source area/size may be graphically modified. To enable its graphic editing mode, click on any part of the graphic representation, including the Detail View expansion, the source area or the connection/leader line. Once the object is selected, the cursor will change to a crosshair to indicate graphic editing mode.
Detail View source:
With Leader
in the Properties panel), it will show an editing handle that may be dragged to reposition the leader and its label.Detail View expansion:
Properties page: Detail View Properties
The non-graphical method of editing a Board Detail View is available in the Draftsman Properties panel, which provides a comprehensive range of editable properties and graphic options for placed Draftsman views.
The Properties panel when a Board Detail View is selected.
To open the Properties panel and access the properties of a placed Board Detail View:
If the Properties panel is already active:
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