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# Views Panel

Open this panel by clicking the Views icon in the top right corner of your screen or by using the <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>V</kbd> shortcut. An overview of all saved views will be displayed here.&#x20;

## Creating Views

Save your current view by clicking the green plus button in the bottom right of the panel. You can give the view a name and optionally assign a location and one or more labels. The view can store the following information:

* Currently opened model(s)
* Active scope, if a scope is set
* Active sections, if any are active
* Selected products, if any are selected
* Current camera position

For each of these parameters you can choose whether or not to include them in the saved view.&#x20;

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## Managing Views

Once a view is created, it will show up in the Views panel. The image below shows the layout of the views panel, including the following elements:

1. Search bar to find specific views
2. Filter and grouping options. You can filter by label, and group by model or label
3. Collapse/Expand all
4. Options for automatically generation plan and elevation views based on the spatial locations in your project. For each building 4 elevation views will be automatically created, and for each floor in each building a plan view will be created
5. Your favorite views. Reorder them to bind up to 5 number keys to your most used views.
6. A group; in this case the views are grouped by label, and the view *Section AA* was assigned the label *Section*
7. Favorite View indicator

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Once a view is created it can still be edited. You can choose to keep, update or exclude any of the parameters outlined in the beginning of this article.

## Views for 2D Drawing Generation

The Views panel is the start of any [2D drawing](/documentation/qonic-dashboard/drawings.md) generated in Qonic. To create views for drawing creation, either:

* Use the automatically generated views mentioned in point (4) above, or
* Create custom views. To generate drawings there is one hard requirement: the view needs to include a **section box**. This contains the necessary information to know the direction, extents and depth of the view being generated.&#x20;

Note that 2D drawings are generated based on the latest public version of the model(s), so make sure to [publish your changes](/documentation/qonic-dashboard/models/model-version-management.md) before generating the drawings.&#x20;