How to change settings to get preview when placing views in drawing

[Dwight]

Is there a setting to get a preview when placing views in a drawing? I have to turn that option on each time I place a view. I've looked in the settings and googled it, but failed to find it.

Thanks

Dwight

[DanPihlaja]

You should be able to update this once and it will stay on.

If it isn't staying on, then you might have a registry issue.

[Dwight]

I do have that checked, and views preview when I move them.

I'm looking at the "Model View" window when first placing a view from a model. There's a "Preview" check box that causes placement box to preview. It works when I check it, but I'd like to have it on by default.

[Glenn Schroeder]

I do have that checked, and views preview when I move them.

I'm looking at the "Model View" window when first placing a view from a model. There's a "Preview" check box that causes placement box to preview. It works when I check it, but I'd like to have it on by default.

Hello Dwight,

To be honest I never paid any attention to that checkbox before, but just did some experimenting. I opened a new drawing and selected a model to insert. The box wasn't checked, but I checked it before placing the view. I then opened another new drawing using the same template, and this time when I inserted a drawing view the box was already checked.

To sum all that up, that setting seems to be "sticky" instead of following any other setting or template. Are you not seeing that?

[DanPihlaja]

I do have that checked, and views preview when I move them.

I'm looking at the "Model View" window when first placing a view from a model. There's a "Preview" check box that causes placement box to preview. It works when I check it, but I'd like to have it on by default.

Ahh, I misunderstood.

so....
OK, so I just tested this out with SW 2018 SP5:
I created a model view, checked the preview and then placed it.
Then immediately deleted the view and saved that empty drawing as a template.
When I then used that new template, the preview check was checked.
So looks like it works if you save a new template.

[Dwight]

Hello Dwight,

To be honest I never paid any attention to that checkbox before, but just did some experimenting. I opened a new drawing and selected a model to insert. The box wasn't checked, but I checked it before placing the view. I then opened another new drawing using the same template, and this time when I inserted a drawing view the box was already checked.

To sum all that up, that setting seems to be "sticky" instead of following any other setting or template. Are you not seeing that?

I see that during a Solidworks session (SW2018) but not for a new session, even when I close on purpose instead of crashing out.

Thanks for looking. I'm doing a demo video for in-house users, and I wanted to give people the right advice. I'll just say to turn that on to preview. It would have been nice to change our standard settings to include that.

Dwight

[Glenn Schroeder]

I see that during a Solidworks session (SW2018) but not for a new session, even when I close on purpose instead of crashing out.

Thanks for looking. I'm doing a demo video for in-house users, and I wanted to give people the right advice. I'll just say to turn that on to preview. It would have been nice to change our standard settings to include that.

Dwight

I never would have thought it was sticky only in the same session. I assume you've tried turning that on when placing a dimension and then saving the drawing template?

[Dwight]

I never would have thought it was sticky only in the same session. I assume you've tried turning that on when placing a dimension and then saving the drawing template?

I tried it just now. No luck.