CADSTUDENT-
Good post. Its not really a bug in the layout wizard, although the natural application of that approach to creating the next sheet in a layout would seem to include that wizard. Good catch though, as the commands SOLDRAW & SOLVIEW _are_ the ones BEARISLE needs.
BEARISLE-
Don't worry about using the "Layout Wizard" to set up your views. Bypass the wizard entirely.
10 EASY STEPS:
1. Create your model in "Model Space" using any technique that results in the accurate component or assembly you need. Use only SOLIDS constructions.
2. Go to the SOLIDS toolbar, and select the SOLVIEW command.
* Yes you can enter it from the keyboard if you don't have the toolbar loaded, but load the toolbar if possible.
3. Start with the UCS option of the command, until you gain experience, as you'll be starting with a recognizable orientation to start from. With experience, you can branch out, but this will get you started.
3a: use "W"orld to begin with... , and accept "1" as the default scale. No matter what you get onscreen, keep going.
4 Pick a spot in the upper right 1/4 of your area. Then pick a corner of a _rectangle_ that goes around this picked point.
5. Give the view a MEANINGFUL name.
6. KEEP GOING! Create 2 more viewports using the steps above, before you end the command.
7. Return or Cancel to end the command.
* Why the 2 extra viewports? Simple- you can move these viewports into any position, re-size them, and re-adjust them any way you wish, including erasing one if its no longer needed.
8. Go to ANY ONE OF THE 3 VIEWPORTS and click ONCE. You are in MODEL SPACE in THAT viewport! Click back outside it, once, and you're back on the P-Space sheet! Now Zoom-W closely around but outside the viewport.
9. Click back inside. Zoom - Extents, then use any command to get the view of your part you want. Click back outside the viewport.
10. Click on the SOLDRAW command from the toolbar, and pick the VIEWPORT. What you will get is a GENUINE 2D depiction of your 3D part or component!
10 EASY STEPS!
Yes there's always more to it, but this WILL get you started. You can take it from here. Experiment-
* click the square defining the viewport, change ITS color to a shade of grey, and click it to not print. Now it inobtrusive, still visible, and doesn't come out on the plot!
* Try setting up 3 viewports- a front, top, and right, with a 4th for an iso ISO view. Insert a T-Block on the P-Space. Do the previous hint. Plot the results and amaze your firends!
* Click into any view, CTRL-C the line-work, and insert it as a 2-D detail in any 2-D drawing, even the ISO-View!
* Layers and line-types work in wiewports! They can even be different from viewport to viewport!
I can go into alot more detail, but this should get you started. More questions? I'll check back from time to time.
Others- Post some interest here, and I'llhelp out. Its AMAZING how much ACAD-3D has never been explored by those who would detract in order to promote or sell other systems as an alternative to the power we have at our fingertips each day!
Good luck-
C. Fee