Creating Multiple Breaks on View

Undo/Redo Buffer Reset
The Multibreaks on View command causes the think3 application to reset its Undo/Redo buffer. Once you start this command, you will not be able to undo it or any previous operation.

1 When you start the Multibreaks on View command, you are prompted to select a view.
Remember that break is applied to the whole view (that is, to all the entities of the view).
2 Click on the view on which you want to insert multiple breaks.

Note
As soon as the view is selected, it is set as open, while all contemporarily open views are closed. If you quit the command using Cancel (), the view will remain open.



3 The program immediately displays a Break Direction selector, which permits the four possible break directions.
Select one of the direction from the drop-down list.



You can delete or reset a break, just by clicking on the corresponding item in the selection list and selecting the Delete or Reset in the context menu.
4 The program displays the 2 Points - Break 1 option, which allows you to select the break direction with respect to the selected direction. Choose one among the two break directions available in the drop-down list.
5 Click some point inside the view and drag it till where you need to have the break. Repeat the step 4 for inserting multiple breaks inside the same view.



You can redefine or edit the break after it has been inserted while the command is active. You can set the previous break as current and drag the lines using the red markers to redefine it.
6 Click one of the following to complete the command action:
Apply to insert multiple breaks in the selected view and keep the command active.
OK to insert multiple breaks in the selected view and quit the command.
Cancel to discard all the operations and quit the command.
The program immediately creates the multiple broken view.




Note
  • You cannot apply breaks on already broken view; that is, drawing views derived by applying the Multibreaks on View command are not going to be broken again.
  • The appearance of the cut line is controlled by the Styles settings on the Break Lines category of the Options/Properties... dialog box.
  • Other factors which affect the appearance of the view, such as the visibility of its view name and the visibility of specific types of entities, are controlled from the various categories under Drawing of the Options/Properties... dialog box.
  • After you create a detailed view, you can change many of these properties from the various categories of the Drawing View.
  • After closing the Multibreaks on View command — you can redefine the breaks, just by right-clicking on it or on its icon in the Drawing Structure and selecting Modify Multi-Broken View from the context menu.
  • You can inherit the breaks applied on the main onto the derived view by selecting the Inherit breaks from main to derived view option.
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