Additional Views

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the view's arrowed indicator lines. Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the line.

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the view's cutting line, which lies between the arrowed section indicators (and passes through the board assembly view). Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the line.

Use the provided options to configure the section indicator.

• Head Style – use the drop-down menu to choose from a range of preset section indicator styles (headers). When set as arrows, they indicate the direction of view for the section.

• Width – the width of the indicator head, such as an arrow. This setting also defines the diameter of a round head style.

• Length – the length of the indicator head, such as an arrow.

Use these options to configure the display of the graphic fill pattern and color of the sectioned (cut) board. The pattern swatch shows the preview of the pattern according to the configured settings. Use the associated color buttons to specify colors for the fill and hatch pattern. Select the associated  button to access the following options ():

• Pattern – the graphic pattern for the sectioned board. Select Solid fill or an ANSI pattern (ANSI 31 or ANSI 37) from the drop-down menu.

• Scale – the relative line spacing of the applied ANSI hatch pattern.

• Rotation – the angle of the ANSI hatching lines, where a value of 0 is equivalent to 45°.

• Hatch Thickness – the line weight of the ANSI pattern lines.

The text string/character used for the view label name displayed as the section cut label.

The angle of rotation, relative to the source board assembly view at which the board section view is rendered. Use the drop-down menu to choose from the sequence of 90° presets.

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the leader label line (when the Display Line option is set to With Leader) or the line that connects the source outline and the view itself (when the Display Line option is set to Connected). Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the line.

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the view's source area outline. Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the lines.

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the view's magnified area outline. Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the line.

The text string/character used for the view label name. It is displayed as the view label when the Display Line option is set to With Leader or No Leader.

The angle at which the magnified area is shown, where 0° relates to the area's inherent view angle in the source (target) drawing view. Choose from a sequence of 90° view options in the drop-down menu.

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the board line when the View Side is set to a value other than Top. Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the line.

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the component geometry in the view. Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the lines.

When the View Side is set to a value other than Top, specifies the distance from the component view to the edge of the board.

The direction of view used to render the component drawing. Use the drop-down menu to select from a range of preset view directions.

Options in this region are available only when the View Side for the selected component view is set to Top. Enabled SMD and/or Through-Hole option to render respective pad shapes in the view. Select the associated color button to specify the pad display color.

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the view's border/outline. Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the line.

The direction of view used to render the view. Use the drop-down menu to specify the Top or Bottom view direction.

Select which PCB drill layer pair holes will be displayed in the drawing view. Use the drop-down menu to choose from the layer pairs that are available in the source board design as can be viewed and edited in the PCB editor's Layer Stack Manager. All board designs will have a Top Layer to Bottom Layer pair, while other pairs will represent via holes passing between or to other layers, such as internal/plane layers. For more information, refer to the Blind, Buried & Micro Via Definition page.

Click the button to open the Drill Symbol Configurations dialog, which provides a tabular view of all drill hole data, with hole styles grouped on a selectable parameter (column data) basis and assigned standard symbols. The dialog allows the setting of the style and size for each hole symbol.

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the view's board outline and component geometry. Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the line.

The direction of the isometric projection used to render the view. Use the drop-down menu to select from a range of preset view directions.

The design variant, for which the view shows its data. Components set as not fitted for the selected variant are not rendered in the view.

Use the drop-down to select the desired holes display option: None, All, or Pads only.

Use this option to toggle the display of no BOM components (whose Type is set to Standard (No BOM) in the PCB editor) in the view.

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the view's board outline. Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the line.

For each of the board's layer stack regions, an entry that allows configuring its associated graphic properties is included. The pattern swatch shows the preview of the pattern according to the configured settings. Use the associated color buttons to specify colors for the fill and hatch pattern. Select the associated  button to access the following options ():

• Pattern – the graphic pattern for the region fill. Select Solid fill or an ANSI pattern (ANSI 31 or ANSI 37) from the drop-down menu.

• Scale – the relative line spacing of the applied ANSI hatch pattern.

• Rotation – the angle of the ANSI hatching lines, where a value of 0 is equivalent to 45°.

• Hatch Thickness – the line weight of the ANSI pattern lines.

The design variant, for which the view shows its data. Components set as not fitted for the selected variant are not rendered in the view.

Click the button to cause the rendered view to adopt the view configuration settings currently applied in the PCB editor 3D view as defined in the editor’s View Configuration panel ().

The board design pad with a counter hole feature applied which hole will be rendered in the view. Use the drop-down menu to select from the list of all available counter holes.

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the view's board line (applies when the ViewSide is set to Left). Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the line.

When the ViewSide is set to Left, specifies the distance from the hole view to the edge of the board.

Use the drop-down to select from what side covering should be applied. For via types 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, and 6A, choose from either Top or Bottom. For via types 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5, 6B, and 7, the option is effectively disabled with Both as the only option and is the default for those via types.

Use the drop-downs to select the line thickness and pattern used to render the view's outline lines. Available options are defined in the Line Styles region of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space. For more information, refer to the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page. Use the associated color button to specify the color of the line.

Use the associated color button to specify the color used to render the view's cover.

Determines the rendered height of each layer representation in the view's graphic within the constraints of the Min Layer Height and Max Layer Height settings. Use the drop-down to choose the layer heights option:

• Default – all layers are rendered at the same standard height.

• Real Width in Heights – layers are rendered at a height that is proportional to the actual thickness of each board layer.

• Align Table Rows – layers are rendered at a height that aligns to the table row contents.

The PCB design layer stack, as defined in the PCB editor's Layer Stack Manager, used as the data source for the view.

Enables a graphic representation of the drill layer pairs (via types), as defined in the PCB editor's by the PCB project's Layer Stack Manager (learn more about Blind, Buried & Micro Via Definition).

Sets the header and footer font used in the view's table.

• When the Use Document Font option is enabled, the font used is that defined by the document options (the Document Font entry in the General region of the General tab of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the design space).

• When the Use Document Font option is disabled, use the provided options to choose the desired font type, size, color, and text attributes.

Sets the font used for the table information that relates to the board's outer/surface layers, such as the paste, silkscreen, and solder layers. Use the provided options to choose the desired font type, size, color, and text attributes.

Click the button to open the Layer Information dialog – see below.

Select the primary measurement unit type that will be shown in the view's table. Use the associated  button to toggle the visibility of the units of measurement.

Select the secondary (dual) measurement unit type that will be shown in the view's table. Use the associated  button to toggle the visibility of secondary units' values.

Use the Value Precision drop-down menu to set the precision accuracy definition (up to five digits to the right of the decimal point, with the last digit rounded) for the primary layer dimension table entries.

Use the Value Precision drop-down menu to set the precision accuracy definition (up to five digits to the right of the decimal point, with the last digit rounded) for the dual layer dimension table entries, if enabled.

Displays information for each layer in the design, the defaults being Material, Layer, Thickness, Dielectric Material, Type, and Gerber.

• Fill – displays the pattern of the layer currently selected in the grid. Click the  button to open the Fill Style dialog, from where you can select the desired pattern and color (). The options provided are:

  • Pattern – the graphic pattern for the component profile fill. Select Solid fill or an ANSI pattern (ANSI 31 or ANSI 37) from the drop-down menu.

  • Color – displays the color of the pattern and its RGB code. Use the drop-down to specify the color.

  • Back Color – displays the color of the pattern background and its RGB code. Use the drop-down to specify the color.

  • Scale – the relative line spacing of the applied ANSI hatch pattern.

  • Rotation – the angle of the ANSI hatching lines, where a value of 0 is equivalent to 45°.

  • Hatch Thickness – the line weight of the ANSI pattern lines.

• Use Default Color – enable to use the system-assigned color.

• Name – displays the label applied to the total board thickness displayed in the view's table footer (if enabled). The default label is Total thickness, but can be renamed if desired.

• Custom Value – enter a custom total board thickness value to replace the calculated thickness value.

Use the drop-down to enable or disable the checkbox next to entries to show/hide corresponding columns in the table.