Floor plan view of inclined steel beam

[Achille Pavlidis]

How to you make a floor plan view of a steel beam that has an inclination of 5 degrees with the horizontal plane?
With sections you can align the section plane to be parallel with the inclination of a wall. The same is not possible with plan views, they are always parallel to the horizontal plane.
So how do you make a plan view with measurements of a steel beam with inclination?

[vistasp]

Would a 3D document with parallel projection work for you, Achille?

[Achille Pavlidis]

Thats a good idea!
thanks vistasp

[vistasp]

 You're very welcome. Glad it helped.

[DGSketcher]

Adjusting the parallel projection settings can be tricky, an easier way to align the view for a 3D document is:

VIEW > 3D NAVIGATION EXTRAS > LOOK TO PERPENDICULAR OF CLICKED SURFACE

I use it quite a lot and is ideal for the problem in hand.

[vistasp]

Dang! I knew there was a simpler method but, for the life of me, couldn't remember what. Shows how little I use this.

[DGSketcher]

Always something new to learn with AC.

[vistasp]

DGSketcher wrote:
Always something new to learn with AC.

Always!

And thank you for pointing out the simpler method!

[Achille Pavlidis]

Thanks guys for your suggestions, they helped a lot.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to achieve what I want. It is not possible to obtain from 3d a usable view of a steel beam in order to produce shop drawings.

I attach 2 images to show what I mean. The first is the 3d view aligned correctly and set to wireframe. The second is the same image of a 3d Document of the same view, but there is no way to obtain the same representation. So it is impossible to use it.

[James B]

In the 3D Document, turn on Hidden Edges?