Copy section view to another sheet

[digger19]

Can you place a top view and then create section views on this sheet and then take these section views and copy to another sheet and stay associative to any changes?

Inv 11 sp1

[JDMather]

Yes.

[digger19]

Can you tell me the process? I am not getting a copy or move option?

Thx

[SBix26 · Accepted solution]

You can move a view from one sheet to another, by dragging in the browser, and this will maintain links to the parent view.  I don't know of any way to copy views, but I'm still learning. 

I don't think it matters in this case, but do you mean Inventor 11 (five years old now) or Inventor 2011?

[PaulMunford]

To copy a view you need to slect the perant view as well.

[luiww]

Please see if the attached example is what you want.

[CJJohn]

I had the same problem until I realized that you had to grab the view in the browser bar (Mine is on the left) and drag it from there into the page I wanted it on... before I kept trying to grab the actual view and drag it, which didn't work so well.  Hope that makes things a little more clear for somebody out there, I know it would have saved me some time!

[evinne]

yes, thanx, this tip was useful ...to complement it ...you can suppress the parent if it unnecessary in the new drawing, if you want to copy just the section view...COPY won't work separately just for the section view

[jeffrey.jansenUCRHS]

I am having some problems getting a section view placed on a different sheet. I checked your example and that is indeed what I want.

I am using Inventor 2019, is there someone who can elaborate on the process of placing a view on one sheet, make a section of this view and place the new view on a different sheet.

[SBix26 · Accepted solution]

Place the base view, create the section view as always.

Find the new section view in the browser pane, then click-drag it (in the browser) to the destination sheet and drop it there.  That's it.

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[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Yes, Sam is right. Make sure the current sheet containing the section view is active.

Many thanks!

[Ed.Jobe]

Hi @johnsonshiue . Is it possible to put the section view in another dwg file?

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Ed,

Yes, you can move one view from one sheet to another. You need to do that in the browser by dragging the view.

Many thanks!

[Ed.Jobe]

I meant, not to a "sheet" in the same dwg file, but another dwg. What I'm doing now is simulating the section view arrows by using a symbol with a view number and dwg callout on a base view. Then in the other dwg, placing a base view and section view and then suppressing the base view.

I don't see a way to drag the section view to another file.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Ed,

No, unfortunately. The closest workflow is to copy the base view and the section view to another drawing. Then suppress the base view there.

Many thanks!

[samuele.dalmaso]

this changed my life 😁

MAny thanks