You can define what is shown in a part and how the part is shown.

1. On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
2. Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.
3. Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings: Click View creation in the options tree on the left, select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties..
4. Click Part.
5. On the Content tab, select the part representation, whether to show inner contours, hidden lines, own hidden lines, center lines, and reference lines, and which additional markings to show.

   A reference line is a line between the points from which a part is created.

   Note that Bounding box is a good option to use with complex items with an extrema box containing many polygons slowing down drawings, because Bounding box makes drawings faster.

6. On the Appearance tab, select the color and type of the visible lines, hidden lines, reference lines, section lines, own hidden lines, and center lines.

   You can use a standard color or a custom RGB color.

   XS_CENTER_LINE_TYPE overrides the center line type set in the drawing, view, or object level properties. XS_SECTION_LINE_COLOR_RGB overrides the section line color set in the drawing, view, or object level properties.

7. On the Fill tab, set the part and section fill properties.
8. Do one of the following depending on the drawing type:
   • Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings: Click Save to save the view properties. Then return to drawing properties by clicking Close.
   • General arrangement drawings: Click OK to return to drawing properties.
9. Click Save to save the drawing properties, then click OK and create the drawing.

Example: Part representations

Here are some examples of what parts and items look like with different settings defined in the View properties dialog.

Setting	Example
Representation is set to Outline.
Representation is set to Exact.
Edge chamfers is selected in Additional marks.
Representation is set to Symbol.
Representation is set to Symbol with partial profile. You can change the partial profile settings Length and Offset from middle point. In the first example on the right, the default values are used. In the second example, both the length and the offset have been adjusted.
Representation is set to Bounding box.
Representation is set to Bounding box.
Representation is set to Base box.
Representation is set to Exact and Symbol offset is set to 0.00. Center line is selected.
Representation is set to Exact and Symbol offset is set to 10.00. Center line is selected.
Hidden lines is not selected. Hidden lines for other parts are not shown.
(1) Hidden lines is selected. Part's own hidden lines and part's hidden lines that are behind other parts are drawn. (2) Own hidden lines is selected. Hidden lines for the part covered by the part itself are shown.