{"id":103,"date":"2015-01-16T16:55:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T16:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T15:11:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T15:11:13","slug":"dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Do&#8217;s and Dont&#8217;s with Orthographic Views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone! I hope everyone is in full swing with the New Year and you all are getting started with new Plant 3D projects. With coming back from a long break sometimes we forget trips, tricks, workarounds and also proper workflows. So, I wanted to dedicate this posting to the generation of orthographic views from your Plant 3D models. Sometimes you might encounter orthographic views are no longer updating or getting an error.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2015-01-16_0848_001\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b image-full img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-800wi\" title=\"2015-01-16_0848_001\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the main causes I have encountered related to this is that users are editing orthographic views using basic AutoCAD commands. This causes the problem because these orthographic views are still dependent on the Plant 3D model. So, once these views are broken it is not possible to update the view and a new view will need to be created.<\/p>\n<p>So, here are some reference items not to do with your generated orthographic views.<\/p>\n<p>Although the orthographic views might appear as 2D viewports, you must remember that these are still linked to the Plant 3D model. This connected is required so that when changes are made to the model that the view is able to update correctly. So, try to not to edit the geometry in these views like a traditional AutoCAD drawing.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some additional items you should be aware of that could break your views.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moving or Editing Geometry<\/li>\n<li>Unlocking Viewports<\/li>\n<li>Scaling Viewports<\/li>\n<li>Changing layers of objects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may be asking, \u201cWith all that you should be avoiding. What can I do to Edit the Viewports?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Layers are controlled in the project set up by your project administrator. See help setup of <a href=\"http:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/cloudhelp\/2015\/ENU\/Plant3D-UserGuide\/files\/GUID-BAB34CE6-DEB6-4880-8244-436369742AE9.htm\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orthographic drawings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can, change the color or linetype of a layer for a viewport.<\/p>\n<p>You can, adjust the linetype or LTSCALE after a view is created.<\/p>\n<p>In Plant 3D 2014 and later versions there are now a pipe break symbols and a cut pipe symbols that can be used.<\/p>\n<p>Annotations can be moved around and adjusted, but they are on the papers space.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, these reminders will help you to successfully produce error free orthographic views. Also, for any other questions you might have with orthographic views please do not forget to refer to the <a href=\"http:\/\/knowledge.autodesk.com\/support\/autocad-plant-3d#?sort=score\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Plant 3D Autodesk Knowledge Network<\/a>.&#160;Here you can search for more orthographic tips and solutions.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone! I hope everyone is in full swing with the New Year and you all are getting started with new Plant 3D projects. With coming back from a long break sometimes we forget trips, tricks, workarounds and also proper workflows. So, I wanted to dedicate this posting to the generation of orthographic views from your Plant 3D models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12380,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[160,14],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-pipes","tag-orthographic-views","tag-plant-3d"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do&#039;s and Dont&#039;s with Orthographic Views - In the Pipes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do&#039;s and Dont&#039;s with Orthographic Views - In the Pipes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello everyone! I hope everyone is in full swing with the New Year and you all are getting started with new Plant 3D projects. With coming back from a long break sometimes we forget trips, tricks, workarounds and also proper workflows. So, I wanted to dedicate this posting to the generation of orthographic views from your Plant 3D models.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"In the Pipes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-01-16T16:55:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-10T15:11:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-800wi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Quentin Contreras\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Quentin Contreras\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Quentin Contreras\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de9e85bb2f8e48c454feabb2176b2f98\"},\"headline\":\"Do&#8217;s and Dont&#8217;s with Orthographic Views\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-16T16:55:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-10T15:11:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":387,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-800wi\",\"keywords\":[\"orthographic views\",\"Plant 3D\"],\"articleSection\":[\"In the Pipes\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/\",\"name\":\"Do's and Dont's with Orthographic Views - In the Pipes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-800wi\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-16T16:55:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-10T15:11:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de9e85bb2f8e48c454feabb2176b2f98\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-800wi\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-800wi\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/16\\\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Do&#8217;s and Dont&#8217;s with Orthographic Views\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/\",\"name\":\"In the Pipes\",\"description\":\"Tips and Tricks from the Autodesk Product Support Team\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de9e85bb2f8e48c454feabb2176b2f98\",\"name\":\"Quentin Contreras\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/134\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/Quentin_Contreras-1-150x150.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/134\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/Quentin_Contreras-1-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/134\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/Quentin_Contreras-1-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Quentin Contreras\"},\"description\":\"Professional 3D Computer Aided Design Specialist with a solid understanding of process plant design utilizing 3D modeling software and piping and instrumentation diagrams. A domain expert for AutoCAD Plant 3D and AutoCAD P&amp;ID. Trained\\\/Instructed Computer Aided Design in educational\\\/work environments.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/in-the-pipes\\\/author\\\/quentin_contreras\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Do's and Dont's with Orthographic Views - In the Pipes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Do's and Dont's with Orthographic Views - In the Pipes","og_description":"Hello everyone! I hope everyone is in full swing with the New Year and you all are getting started with new Plant 3D projects. With coming back from a long break sometimes we forget trips, tricks, workarounds and also proper workflows. So, I wanted to dedicate this posting to the generation of orthographic views from your Plant 3D models.","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/","og_site_name":"In the Pipes","article_published_time":"2015-01-16T16:55:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-10T15:11:13+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-800wi","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Quentin Contreras","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Quentin Contreras","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/"},"author":{"name":"Quentin Contreras","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/#\/schema\/person\/de9e85bb2f8e48c454feabb2176b2f98"},"headline":"Do&#8217;s and Dont&#8217;s with Orthographic Views","datePublished":"2015-01-16T16:55:39+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-10T15:11:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/"},"wordCount":387,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-800wi","keywords":["orthographic views","Plant 3D"],"articleSection":["In the Pipes"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/","name":"Do's and Dont's with Orthographic Views - In the Pipes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-800wi","datePublished":"2015-01-16T16:55:39+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-10T15:11:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/#\/schema\/person\/de9e85bb2f8e48c454feabb2176b2f98"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-800wi","contentUrl":"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c737decb970b-800wi"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/01\/16\/dos-and-donts-with-orthographic-views\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Do&#8217;s and Dont&#8217;s with Orthographic Views"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/","name":"In the Pipes","description":"Tips and Tricks from the Autodesk Product Support Team","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/#\/schema\/person\/de9e85bb2f8e48c454feabb2176b2f98","name":"Quentin Contreras","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2019\/07\/Quentin_Contreras-1-150x150.jpg","url":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2019\/07\/Quentin_Contreras-1-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2019\/07\/Quentin_Contreras-1-150x150.jpg","caption":"Quentin Contreras"},"description":"Professional 3D Computer Aided Design Specialist with a solid understanding of process plant design utilizing 3D modeling software and piping and instrumentation diagrams. A domain expert for AutoCAD Plant 3D and AutoCAD P&amp;ID. Trained\/Instructed Computer Aided Design in educational\/work environments.","url":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/author\/quentin_contreras\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12380"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}