So I was giving a drawing from a previous user, and at first glance everything looks fine. But then I notice the drawing is in 3D.
Some of the lines are drawing in 3D space. The drawing looks fine looking at it from a certain angle, but when I choose the the top view a lot of the geometry moves.
So my question is there anyway to project it to a flat plane?
I'm using AutoCAD Mechanical 2011 on Windows 7 SP1
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Use the command FLATTEN. Unless you need orthographic views of the object and FLATTEN doesn't give you the results you desire....
The way I handle 3D drawings that I only need 2D is as follows:
Create one viewport in a layout tab and view the 3D object leaving enough room for other orthographic views.
Create SOLVIEW viewports of the object which I require. i.e. orthographic views.
Create SOLDRAW projections of the viewports.
By using 3D Tools tab you can manipulate the UCS and rotate your SOLDRAW views to the default WORLD UCS. (typically using Y & X axis)
Once all views are visible correctly in the WORLD UCS, I use OVERKILL to eliminate redundant lines. Then delete any other facets or unnecessary lines.
Delete hidden lines and purge the orthographic view's layers DIMS & HIDDEN.
Thank you. Sorry for the late response.
Never heard of the flatten command, it did exactly what I needed.