Model Views

The model views are standardized 2D views of the 3D mounting layout. They are used to represent complete plants, equipped mounting surfaces or individual components, depending on the degree of detailing. The drawings created in this way can be used as documentation or as manufacturing document. Additional information such as dimensioning, texts, etc. for enclosure production (enclosure equipment) can be drawn automatically or manually in the model views using standard platform functions.

A model view is defined by specifying two points. In the model view the specified contents of the 3D view are displayed scaled to fit, for example an equipped mounting surface with the items placed on it.

A model view can be inserted in any page type.

Tip:

To move from a 3D part placement or function from the layout space or from the schematic to the cross-referenced model view, you can use the Cross-referenced function > List commands. These are available to you, for example, as popup menu items in the opened layout space or in the graphical editor. After the execution the cross-referenced model views - if they exist - are listed in the Search results dialog in the Go to list. If you then jump from the Go to list by means of the Go to (graphic) popup menu item into the model view, the cross-referenced representation of the function is highlighted in the model view. If the function itself is not visible in the model view (for example in a drilling view) or if a style with "shading" is set for the model view, this is not possible and the entire model view is highlighted.

Copying and pasting model views

Note:

Copying a model view is possible, it is, however, only sensible within a project. When pasting into another project, the internal references between layout space and model view will be lost; thus, only a copy of the graphics is generated. A reaction to changes in the layout space is then no more possible in the copy of the model view.

Alignment options

A model view can be aligned both orthogonally and isometrically by selecting the viewpoint:

Orthogonal views

The orthogonal views provide the options Top (1), Bottom (2), Left (3), Right (4), Front (5) and Rear (6).

Isometric views

The isometric views, in which three-dimensional representations are displayed in two dimensions, contain the following options: SW isometric (1), SE isometric (2), NE isometric (3), and NW isometric (4).

The designations of the four isometric viewpoints (southeast, southwest, northeast, northwest) indicate the direction from which the model is viewed within a compass face projected onto the model's base area. The Y axis (green) is set to the north. Additionally, the viewpoint is rotated 60° downwards.

Display of Sloping Surfaces in Model View

Viewpoints in model views are usually based on the coordinates of the layout space. A sloping surface, such as the front of a control panel, is not visible in its real dimensions in the model view since, by its position, it is displayed twisted from its orthogonal view and is thus shortened. Thus, dimensionings do not show their real lengths.

To be able to correctly dimension sloping surfaces in model views, the Model view: Apply viewpoint to mounting surface property is available. If this property is activated in the View tab of the Model view dialog, the view of an item in a sloping position is aligned at its mounting surface. This way, even an item with sloping alignment will be depicted in the model view correctly and orthogonally. The dimensioning generated on it will then correspond to the real values.