Working with a Board Isometric View Object on a Draftsman Document in Altium Designer

Parent page: Draftsman Objects

Two placed Board Isometric Views; a front face isometric view on the left, and a top face isometric view on the right. Set the face side view in the Properties panel.

Summary

A Draftsman Board Isometric View is an automated projection graphic composite of the active PCB project's board assembly. Its drawing projection representation and graphic style elements are configurable in the Properties panel.

Availability

Board Isometric Views are available for placement in a PCB project Draftsman document from the Draftsman Editor as follows:

• Choose the Place » Additional Views » Board Isometric View command () from the main menus.
• Right-click in the drawing workspace then select Place » Additional Views » Board Isometric View () from the context menu.

Placement

After launching the command, drawing data is retrieved from the source PCB file, the cursor will change to a cross-hair and the rendered Isometric View is attached to the cursor. Move the cursor to the desired position then click to confirm the placement.

Graphical Editing

Both the position and size of placed Board Isometric View may be graphically modified.

A selected Board Isometric View will show a node handle at the top right of the selection outline, which can be dragged to a new location to modify the view's size. To move an Board Isometric View, drag and drop it to a new location.

Drag a selected Board Isometric View to change its position. Drag its resize node change the drawing scale.

Non-Graphical Editing

Properties page: Isometric View Properties

The non-graphical method of editing a Board Isometric View is available in the Draftsman Properties panel, which provides a comprehensive range of editable properties, options and design content settings for placed Draftsman views.

The Properties panel when a Board Isometric View is selected.

To open the Properties panel and access the properties of a placed Board Isometric View:

• Double-click on the Board Isometric View object in the workspace.
• Right-click on the Board Isometric View then select Item Properties from the context menu.

If the Properties panel is already active:

• Click on the Board Isometric View object to access its properties in the panel.

To manually open the Properties panel, select View » Panels » Properties from the main menus or click the button at the bottom right of the workspace then select Properties from the pop-up menu.