You can change the orientation of a principal drawing view after it is placed on the drawing. All orthographic drawing views on the sheet that are aligned with the principal drawing view also change their orientation.

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1. Select a drawing view.

2. On the Drawing View Selection command bar, do one of the following:

• To choose from a list of standard Solid Edge default views and user-defined named views, click View Orientation, and then select a view.
• To define a perspective, rotated, or other custom view orientation, click Drawing View Layout. In the Drawing View Modify dialog box, click the Custom button to redefine the view in the Custom Orientation dialog box.
• You also can choose a different orientation from the Primary View list in the Drawing View Modify dialog box. For more information, see Drawing View Layout dialog box (Create or Modify) in the help documentation.
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The views change based on your selection. If you selected a:

• Principal view—all drawing views on the sheet that are aligned with the selected drawing view also change their orientation.
• Pictorial view—only the pictorial view changes.

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Example:

When the orientation of the highlighted principal drawing view was changed, the drawing views that are aligned with it also changed.

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Notes:

• The options listed above are not available for derived views, PMI model views, views based on configurations, and 2D views.
• You should change the view orientation of a drawing view before you create detail, section, and auxiliary views.

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