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Keeping Layout Views Current

View or Current View Send Option and Because Ray Trace views are themselves
have Update on Demand specified. See static images of the model, Current Screen
“Send To Layout Dialog” on page 1291. as Image is the only option available when
sending them to layout. See “Ray Tracing”
There are several ways to update a Semi- on page 1121.
Dynamic view:

• Select it and click the Update View Plot Line Views
edit button.
Camera views, overviews, and cross section/
• Select Tools> Layout> Update Layout elevation views using the Vector View
Views> Update All Views . Rendering Technique can be sent to layout as
Plot Lines. See “Rendered and Vector
• Select Tools> Layout> Update Layout
Views” on page 1042.
Views> Update All Live Views .
In Plot Line views, the lines in the layout
• Update on Demand views also update view that represent the 3D model are
automatically when you print the layout automatically generated copies of those in
page that they are on. the original view, allowing them to maintain
Note that views set to Update on Demand the line weights that were specified in the
may experience a loss in quality as you zoom plan. See “Line Weights” on page 1331.
and pan on the layout page. To restore a • Plot Line views are Semi-Dynamic in
view’s resolution, simply update it. that they are linked to the original view
and can be updated.
If a camera view using Perspective • Plot Line views are Static in that they will
Crop Mode is sent to layout as a semi- not update automatically when printed:
dynamic view, it may not look the same as they can only be updated manually by
the original view. See “To use Perspective you.
Crop Mode” on page 1061.
• The Plot Lines themselves are also Static:
Static Views they can be edited using the Edit Layout
Lines tool, but if the view is updated,
Static views are like a snapshot of the model these lines are deleted and replaced. For
taken at a specific time: they do not update this reason, you should only use the Edit
when the plan changes. If changes to the plan
need to be shown in a Static view, that view Layout Lines tool after the model
must be deleted and resent to layout. has been finalized. See “Editing Layout
Lines” on page 1299.
All views sent to layout using the Current
Screen as Image option are Static. They are • Any CAD objects, text, or dimensions
treated as imported images embedded in the drawn in a cross section/elevation view
layout file. See “Picture File Box sent to layout will not be copied and
Specification Dialog” on page 1148. represented by Plot Lines. These objects
are fully Dynamic and will update

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