Layout style rules define how the number of views per region in an orthographic drawing document. You use Tools > Define Layout Template in the Drawings and Reports task to create new layout styles. You also specify layout styles when you place regions using Place Region in SmartSketch Drawing Editor. For more information on using these commands, see the Orthographic Drawings User's Guide and the SmartSketch Drawing Editor Help.
The software populates the views within a region from bottom-to-top and left-to-right across the region.
Layout Styles |
Purpose |
Eight View |
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Five View A |
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Five View B |
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Four View A |
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Four View B |
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Four View C |
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Four View D |
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Seven View A |
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Seven View B |
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Single View |
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Six View A |
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Six View B |
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Six View C |
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Six View D |
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Ten View |
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Three View A |
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Three View B |
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Two View A |
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Two View B |
Layout styles use a processor DLL that defines how the rule behaves within the software. For orthographic drawings, the delivered DefaultLayoutProcessor.dll is the only processor used. This processor allows you to choose a predefined arrangement of views to be aligned and managed inside a region. Some of the delivered examples are four views arranged in a checkerboard fashion, four tall views aligned vertically, and four wide views aligned horizontally. Other delivered examples increase the number of views, using similar arrangements. If you define the region to have a layout style for four views, but you attempt to place six views within the region, the software moves the extra drawing views to an unmanaged area of the drawing sheet, outside the region.