Look at the image below it explains tangential edges more clearly. On selecting this radio button you will see the line(s) at the edges which are tangential to the adjoining edge, for example, a fillet. The last option is a radio button mentioned as “Include tangential edges”. These are hidden lines present in 2D geometry, if you want to show hidden lines then select Show radio button and change color and Linetype of obscured or hidden lines from the drop-down menu. Color and Linetype drop down menu in this panel will change properties of visible lines in the 2D geometry. These are the visible lines which are projected on XY plane along the current view which you have selected. The third option will export the 2D drawing to a new DWG file. Replace existing block radio button will replace any block which you select with the 2D created with the Flatshot tool. The first option “Insert as new block” will ensure that new 2D views generated using Flatshot will be inserted as a block in the current drawing. Flatshot dialogue box as shown in the image below will open, let’s have a look at the options of this dialogue box. Select FLATSHOT tool from expanded Section panel of the Home tab or type FLATSHOT on the command line and press enter. Change your view to Top from View Cube or from views drop down menu. Open the drawing in AutoCAD then switch to 3D modeling workspace and change visual style to Shaded. Using this tool you can create Top, Front and Isometric views of geometry in under a minute.įor explaining this command I will use this sample 3D drawing, you can also download this drawing from this link to follow along. This command can create 2D geometries from a 3D model using its different views on XY plane in model space.

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