Before you start processing the component, you should familiarize yourself with managing PMIs using the Part Navigator.

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List of PMIs

You will find the PMI tab on the left in the Part Navigator. Expand to display a list of all PMIs that you have already created, which you can delete or edit using RMB. By clicking on a particular PMI, it will also light up in colour in your model. 

 

Model View

You can also find the section  Model Views in the Part Navigator. A list of different views, which you already know from the chapter on technical drawings (Top, Bottom, Left, Right etc.) can be opened by expanding (see figure iehe Abbildung "Part Navigator"). By double-clicking on a desired view, your model rotates into the corresponding position. You can assign or move your PMIs to specific views. For example, if you insert a dimension in the "Front" view, it will only be displayed in the Front view, not in the others. By expanding a view, you can find all correspondingly assigned PMIs. With RMT->Display->in Views... you can now move them to another view or copy them into several views by checking the box in front of the desired model view.

The view you are currently in is labeled "(work)" in the Part Navigator.

 

Note:

If you create PMIs in the "Trimetric" or "Isometric" view, they are not located in one of the 3 main planes, but diagonally in the room. If you then move it to a 2D view, the PMI will retain its slanted position and may not be readable in the technical drawing later on. It is therefore sometimes more sensible to create the PMIs in 2D views and then - if desired - copy them into a spatial view.