I have recently had a couple of customers call in and ask how to take a view that is at an angle and make one of the edges horizontal or vertical? I quickly, in all of my wisdom, say that you need to use the Align Drawing View command under “Tools, Align Drawing View” and select either horizontal or vertical.
The customer says “I am in Tools but I do not see Align Drawing View”. What has happened is the command has been turned off. The help menu explains what the command does but it doesn’t tell you how to turn it on if it gets cut off. What you need to do is go to “Tools” and select “Customize Menu” at the bottom.
Then you need to make sure that “Align Drawing View” is checked.
So, if you need to align a drawing view but cannot find the command, it is probably just turned off. Just follow the steps above and you will be creating the detail drawings that you want.
Phil Whitaker
CATI Technical Support
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