Creating symbolic views

Review the procedures for creating rendered symbolic views. For basic view creation procedures, see the Views basics page.

Creating symbolic views 

Creating symbolic views via the Create View command

The Create View command invokes the View Creation dialog/submenu, which displays the following view definitions:

• Standard predefined symbolic view definitions. See the table on the (2026x Refresh1) Symbolic views page for a full list.
• (2026x Refresh1) Custom symbolic view definitions.

To create symbolic views via the Create View command

1. Right-click an element or element symbol that would be the owner of the new symbolic view.

2. In the shortcut menu, click Create View. In the submenu, click the appropriate symbolic view.
   The view is created as a view usage element and named after its owner.

   

   If the Create View command is invoked for:

   • package or namespace - an empty view is created.
   • usage or definition element - a view is created with a docked element symbol representing the element for which the view was created. Learn more >>