Controlling the Update Behavior of Drawing Views

You can control the update behavior of views in a drawing.

If you make changes to a model, views in the related drawing might become out of date.
  • If the drawing is open when the model changes, then the drawing document property Automatic view update controls the update behavior.
  • If you open the drawing after the model changes, then the system option Allow auto-update when opening drawings controls the update behavior.

Updating Views Automatically in an Open Drawing

You can control whether drawing views update automatically if the drawing is open and you save changes to the related model. You can exclude selected views from the automatic updates.

To turn automatic view update on or off in the current drawing:

  1. Right-click the icon at the top of the FeatureManager design tree and select or clear Automatic view update.
    • If selected, views update automatically if the drawing is open when the model changes.
    • If cleared, views do not update when the model changes.
    While a drawing view updates, its icon in the FeatureManager design tree changes to . A hatch pattern on a view boundary indicates that the view is out of date.
  2. Optional: To exclude views from automatic update, select one or more views and, in the PropertyManager, under Automatic View Update, select Exclude from automatic update.
    The selected views do not update when the model changes.
When you save the drawing, the settings for Automatic view update and Exclude from automatic update are saved within the drawing and remembered from one session to the next.

Updating Views Automatically When Opening Drawings

You can specify to automatically update all out-of-date views when you open a drawing.

To update views automatically when opening drawings:

  1. Click Tools > Options > System Options > Drawings > Performance.
  2. Select Allow auto-update when opening drawings.
    When selected, all views automatically update when you open any drawing.
The system option is not affected by the Automatic view update and Exclude from automatic update properties that you set within drawing documents.

Updating Drawing Views Manually

If a drawing view is out of date, you can update it manually.

A hatch pattern on a view boundary indicates that the view is out of date.

  1. To update a single view, right-click it and click Update View .
  2. To update all views in the drawing, do one of the following:
    • Click Edit > Update All Views.
    • Click Rebuild (Standard toolbar) or Edit > Rebuild.
    To interrupt an update to a drawing, press Esc.