To make a callout view in Advance Steel, open the drawing, go to Labels & Dimensions tab > Parametric Views panel > Create Callout Views, click the view you want to detail and pick two corners around the area to enlarge. Advance Steel creates an enlarged detail view on the drawing.
Sometimes a view on a shop drawing is too small to show a detail clearly: a tight bolt group, a cope, a small plate. A callout view shows it bigger without making a whole new drawing.
Where is the Create Callout Views tool?
Labels & Dimensions tab > Parametric Views panel > Create Callout Views
How do I make a callout view in Advance Steel?
- Start the tool.
- You’ll be asked to select a view or change the settings. Click the view you want to take the detail from.
- Pick two corners of the area you want enlarged.
- The detail view is created:
What should I know about callout views?
The new view may land off the sheet. Sometimes Advance Steel places the new detail outside the drawing border. Just move it back onto the sheet.
You can change how it looks. Double-click the callout boundary to control how parts and text show up in the detail:
You can make the area bigger later. Stretch the boundary, then click Update Detail in the Management panel of the Labels & Dimensions tab:
The detail view resizes to match the new boundary:
Callout view vs cut view: which should I use?
A callout view enlarges part of a view you already have, looking the same direction. A cut view (section) looks at the part from a new direction, through a cut line. Use a callout when the detail is just too small, and a cut view when you need to see the part from another side. Cut views are on the same Labels & Dimensions tab; there’s an example in camera views in Advance Steel.
For the rest of the drawing process, see Creating drawings in Advance Steel.
