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I know this little piece of information is extremely basic for those with lots more experience in SolidWorks, but believe me, I just found out about this one while working my way through the SolidWorks Drawings training manual. Well, you know there are multiple views you can choose from to display your part or assembly, right?  You have top, bottom, right, left, isometric, trimetric, etc.  Did you know you can also create and name your own custom views? I kind of suspected this was possible, because I had seen some parts used in other manuals that had views you don’t usually find available in the toolbar, like Reverse Isometric and such, but until now I had no idea how to do it. Well, it’s very simple, all you need to do is position your part and assembly just the way you want it or need it to be for your custom view by using Shift and the arrows, dragging it around with your mouse, using Roll, Rotate or whatever way works best for you, then click on View, Modify, Orientation to display a little menu of views (Note: you can also use Spacebar to get to the same menu).

From the menu, choose New View (second icon from left to right).

Type the name you wish to give to your new custom view.

And that’s it! Your new custom view will be available for you next time you need it and it will save you the work of dragging and rotating the part or assembly to achieve that particular orientation again.