View Dependent Edit... Convert Dependency

[designerabc]

I was using the View Dependent Edit command and was interested in the Convert Dependency. Can anyone tell me how this feature works? Thanks

 

[cowski]

Do you have a specific question that the help file did not address?

 

[designerabc]

How does it work? And why would I use it?

 

[ewh]

One example (of several) is if you need an entity to appear in a drawing view, but can only create it in modeling.

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[mmauldin]

I use it to allow text placed on the model to be visible in drafting.

 

[designerabc]

Thanks... I appreciate all the assistance.

 

[cowski]

It can also come in handy if you want to transfer geometry from the model space to the drawing sheet itself. See thread561-302445

 

[JohnRBaker]

Also remember that all annotation (dimension, notes, symbols, etc.) is created as Drafting objects, even if they are created in a modeling view, but since they ARE Drafting objects they will be created as View Dependent Objects. Which means that if you add a note or a label in a modeling view and you would like to see these objects in any other modeling view you can use the 'Convert Dependency' function to convert the View Dependent Objects to Model Dependent which means that they will now be visible no matter which modeling view I decide to display.

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