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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Base views</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap537"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap538"></a><p class="para_topic">NX uses a concept of placing base views, then creating projections of this view similar to automatic view creation in I-deas Drafting.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">To create a base view and projected views:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Right-click the sheet in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b> and choose <b class="uiTerm">Add Base View</b> or
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_add_base_view.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Base View</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Drawing Layout</b> toolbar)
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            <p class="para_item">Set options in the <b class="uiTerm">Base View</b> dialog box.
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                  <p class="para_item">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Style</b> command to define the view style options.
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                  <p class="para_item">Select the base view orientation using the pull-down menu or the <b class="uiTerm">Orient View Tool</b> command. 
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                        <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_30.html');return(false);">Views</a> listed in the pull-down menu include all the model views defined with the model.
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                        <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm">Orient View</b> preview window gives a 3D view you can rotate to select a face and a horizontal axis to define the base view.
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                  <p class="para_item">Select the view scale in the pull-down menu.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click to place the base view on the drawing sheet.</p>
            <p class="para_item">Set the view preview style to shaded using:</p>
            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb3.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Preview Style</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Shaded</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Continue to locate projected views.</p>
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                        <p class="para_note_body">When placing views in the diagonal positions, NX creates projected views, not isometric views as in I-deas. To create an isometric view, create another base view and select an isometric or trimetric view.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb2.gif" border="0"> Done.
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      <p class="para_topic">See also:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Drafting &rarr; Using Views
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Drafting &rarr; Drawings and Views
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Drafting &rarr; Insert and Tools &rarr; View &rarr; Base Views
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