Best practice for sketching on multiple planes

[Luke_Daniels]

Instead of drawing a back and right 2D view of the same object next to each other in 2D drafting workspace I would like to sketch them separately on their respective UCSs in (3D modelling workspace) a bit like a skeleton sketch with a view to 3D modelling parts later on. If I do this, what would be best practice to hide all the contents of back view when plotting the right view and visa versa without creating separate layers for each sketch?

[paullimapa]

Assuming you’re drawing on the sides of a 3d solid when you plot with hide on the solid should hide all “the skeletons” behind it

[Luke_Daniels]

I'm just sketching on the origin planes of front and left but with a view to hiding everything in 'left' when I create a viewport for 'front' before locking the viewport and hiding everything in 'front' when I create a 2nd viewport for 'left.'

[paullimapa]

So if your method works keep using it

[Kent1Cooper]

DVIEW and the CLip option.  [Read about it in Help.]

[paullimapa]

I think Dview clipping will only work if the entire elevation view is on the same plane.

But if the elevation plane shifts in & out and since there's no multiple clipping plane options then that would fail.

[Kent1Cooper]

I think this is very dependent on exactly what you mean by "sketch them separately on their respective UCSs."  If you do them as I was imagining, something like this, where the UCS icon is showing World coordinates and the contents were drawn on UCS planes for each of the Left and Front sides:

and if each side's content is pulled away from the common corner [where the UCS icon sits] a little, then when you're in a Viewport looking at the Left content, a DVIEW back CLipping plane just behind the Left-side content will mask off all the Front-side content [and also Rear-side and Right-side if you include those], and vice versa.  Each side can be isolated in that way.

But it depends on "on their respective UCSs" and "I'm just sketching on the origin planes" meaning all on a flat plane for each side -- maybe what you intend is different.  Can you post a sample?

[paullimapa]

this is when it gets tricky

[Kent1Cooper]

True, but since the OP said they're not drawing on a 3D solid, but only sketching in 2D "with a view to 3D modelling parts later on," I don't think that's an issue.  But the possibility is why I asked for clarification and a sample.