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Rotate a drawing view, Button Vanished

TGibson7A8HD — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 21:31:27 GMT

So, creating a drawing, and placing views. When I set my custom view orientation and then go back to rotate the projected view, there is no option for rotate. I'm not sure how or why it has vanished from the menu, I am clicking on the red dots and can find no way to edit was appears in the right click menu and what does not.

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Re: Rotate a drawing view, Button Vanished

SBix26 — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 19:52:49 GMT

More information, please... Which view is the base view, and which is the projected? What was the base view orientation before it was custom oriented?

Sam B

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Re: Rotate a drawing view, Button Vanished

Gabriel_Watson — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 01:08:11 GMT

"You cannot rotate a view that has a dependent section or auxiliary view."
https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-59C0094B-4B2D-4176-ABC0-A9FB8E311316

Re: Rotate a drawing view, Button Vanished

TGibson7A8HD — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:47:27 GMT

It is the base view, it's in prospective. I've been able to do it on every single one I've ever placed until last week, now I cant do it at all.

Re: Rotate a drawing view, Button Vanished

TGibson7A8HD — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:47:59 GMT

It doest, its just a projected view. I've always been able to rotate them prior, now I just cant

Re: Rotate a drawing view, Button Vanished

johnsonshiue — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 22:18:59 GMT

Hi! It is still there. It is just moved to the ribbon. Look at "Rotate a Angle" command in Custom View Orientation tab. Also, this command has become available in general View commands like Zoom, Pan, and so on in all document types.

Many thanks!

Re: Rotate a drawing view, Button Vanished

TGibson7A8HD — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:26:59 GMT

So this is helpful, but its not a full fix. Using this everything looks sloppy, as there is no way to do Vertical or Horizontal alignments on the projected lines.

I can at least accomplish getting the view angles I need, but it looks sloppy and unprofessional without the ability to align the view once its been rotated.

Again, this is just a feature that seems to have vanished. I could do it last week prior to my post, and no longer have the option at all.

Re: Rotate a drawing view, Button Vanished

SBix26 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:38:16 GMT

Using the Rotate at Angle tool that @johnsonshiue suggested, start with an orthogonal view:

Rotate horizontally:

Rotate vertically:

Vertical edges remain vertical.

Not an ideal solution, for sure, but it works. Just remember to adjust the vertical rotation last, so as to maintain the alignment.

In addition, the same thing can be done using the Constrained Orbit tool to adjust one axis at a time using the mouse instead of precise numeric increments.

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2022.2.2 | Windows 10 Home 21H2

Re: Rotate a drawing view, Button Vanished

TGibson7A8HD — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:38:01 GMT

I'll give this a shot. Are you aware if the feature was removed? You certainly seem to understand what I meant.

Re: Rotate a drawing view, Button Vanished

SBix26 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:04:02 GMT

This is the way I have always done custom view orientations, so I don't know about any other tools. I use Rotate View with orthogonal views, but not with anything else.

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2022.2.2 | Windows 10 Home 21H2