Creating 3D Drawings - Mastering AutoCAD for Mac - page 531

Set up your drawing view, and then click the Flatshot tool in the Tool Sets palette or enter
Flatshot ↵ at the Command prompt to open the Flatshot dialog box (Figure 19.40).

FIGURE 19.40
The Flatshot
dialog box

Select the options you want to use for the 2D line drawing, and then click Create. Depending
on the options you select, you'll be prompted to select an insertion point or indicate a location
for an exported drawing file. The 2D line drawing will be placed on the plane of the current
UCS, so if you are viewing your model in a 3D view but you are in the world UCS, the 2D line
drawing will appear to be projected onto the XY plane.
Flatshot offers the ability to place the 2D version of your model in the current drawing as a
block, to replace an existing block in the current drawing, or to save the 2D version as a DWG
file. Table 19.1 describes the Flatshot options in more detail.

TABLE 19.1: Flatshot options

OPTION WHAT IT DOES

Destination

Insert As New Block Inserts the 2D view in the current drawing as a block. You're prompted for an

insertion point, a scale, and a rotation.

Replace Existing Block Replaces an existing block with a block of the 2D view. You're prompted to

select an existing block.

Select Block If Replace Existing Block is selected, lets you select a block to be replaced. A

warning is shown if no block is selected.