Create an Independent Detail Viewpoint

An Independent Detail drawing is one whose content you create yourself, starting with an empty detail viewpoint. You can then use 2D drawing tools or paste an object or existing drawing.
An Independent Detail drawing is not generated from existing project elements and so is unlinked to any modifications that take place in your plan.
You may wish to create an Independent Detail for your documentation which depicts something that does not otherwise exist in the model - for example, detail of a fence.
These independent Detail Drawings always appear in the Navigator tree structure. They can be marked or unmarked: Independent marked details have a corresponding detail marker on the plan. Independent unmarked details do not have a detail marker on the plan, but they exist as viewpoints which you can open from the Navigator.
Create an Independent Detail viewpoint with a marker
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In Detail Settings or the Info Box, choose “Create New Detail Viewpoint.”
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Define the Marker Reference:
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the viewpoint, or
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the first placed drawing of the viewpoint
The link information of the chosen viewpoint/drawing will appear in the “Reference to” text field.
After the marker is placed and the new Detail is created, you can still go back and change its marker information at any time.
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Choose the single-click geometry method (the first icon among the Info Box geometry methods) and click to place a detail marker on the plan.
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A new, empty Detail viewpoint is created (“independent marked detail”) and listed in the navigator. This viewpoint has no model source.
To open the independent Detail viewpoint, double-click its name in the Navigator or access it with the “Open Detail Drawing” in the marker’s context menu. Use the available 2D drawing tools, place objects, text, labels, or paste an existing drawing into the detail drawing window.
Create an Independent Detail viewpoint without a marker
Use the New Independent Detail command from one of the following locations:
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Context menu of the Detail folder in the Navigator Project Map
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New Viewpoint icon at the bottom of the Navigator Palette Project Map, if a Detail or the Detail folder is selected
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Document > Documenting Tools > Create Independent Detail command.
Independent unmarked details are listed in the Navigator, though they have no associated marker.
Later, if needed, you can attach a Independent Detail viewpoint to a marker: place a linked marker and point the marker to your Detail viewpoint.