Model - views[]

Every method of the views[] lane. Each step of a views[] entry returns a view, and the lane's entries are addressed by the identity schema/lanes.ts declares for it.

Method	Description	Arg	Type	Default	Meaning
`view3d`	3D view — 3D camera head (family 3d) — restores the 3D viewport via settings.activeView, AND places on paper as an AXONOMETRIC (the drawing projects in parallel down the camera direction; fov is ignored there). An inline perspective pose (position/target/up/fov), OR a cameras[] key (XOR — not both), which is also the only way to name an ORTHOGRAPHIC 3D view.	`position`	`point`	`[1000, 1000, 1000]`	Eye position [x,y,z] mm.
		`target`	`point`	`[0, 0, 0]`	Look-at point [x,y,z] mm. Must differ from Position — equal points name no view direction.
		`up`	`vector`		Roll reference [x,y,z]. Default [0,0,1] (level with the world).
		`fov`	`number`	`45`	VERTICAL field of view in DEGREES. An inline pose is always perspective — name a cameras[] entry with a `height` for an orthographic one.
		`camera`	`string`		cameras[] entry name (quoted) — XOR with the inline pose args above.
`viewDetail`	Detail — Detail-view head (family detail) — frames a FLAT components[] entry's own 2D content 1:1: no camera, no projection. The one path a detail/chart/diagram takes to paper; a 3D component fails soft with a named error.	`source`	`string`	`''`	components[] key (quoted). Must be flat — the component declares flat: true, or it is flat by inference.
`viewElevation`	Elevation — Elevation-view head (family elevation). direction = 'front'\|'back'\|'left'\|'right'; window optional.	`direction`	`string`	`'front'`	Principal elevation direction.
		`window`	`length[]`		[left, bottom, right, top] mm. Omit = auto-fit.
`viewFilter`	Filter — Stackable filter step — rules array of {key, equals?, notEquals?, override?}. Multiple steps AND together; node enabled toggles the layer.	`rules`	`object`	`[]`	Array of ViewFilterRule objects (key + equals/notEquals/override).
`viewPlan`	Plan — Plan-view head (family plan). cut = world Z height (absent = roof plan, no cut); depth = visible range below cut; window = [left,bottom,right,top] mm crop.	`cut`	`length`		World Z of the cut plane (mm). Omit for a roof plan (no section cut).
		`depth`	`length`		Visible range below the cut (mm). Only meaningful with cut.
		`window`	`length[]`		[left, bottom, right, top] mm in the view plane. Omit = auto-fit.
`viewSection`	Section — Section-view head (family section). plane (sectionPlane node key, quoted) XOR position+direction; depth; window.	`plane`	`string`		sectionPlane node key (quoted). Supplies cut position + direction. Mutually exclusive with position/direction.
		`position`	`point`		Cut point [x,y,z] mm when plane is omitted.
		`direction`	`vector`		View forward [x,y,z] when plane is omitted.
		`depth`	`length`		Visible range beyond the cut (mm).
		`window`	`length[]`		[left, bottom, right, top] mm. Omit = auto-fit.
`viewStyle`	Style — Style step — name of a styles[] entry (quoted or expression). Multiple steps: last wins (validate warns).	`name`	`string`	`''`	styles[] name (quote literals).

Last updated: August 16, 2026📖 2 min readEdit on GitHub