There needs to be a way to align a part that is not square with global X/Y/Z, such as "change view" allowing a named workplane, or another option other than rotate X,y,z or the other two that I don't know how to make them work. I think there should be an option where you select three points, the first two set the horizontal reference, and the third determines the plane for rendering the drawing.

If there is a way to do what I am asking with the rotate by Azimuth/elevation; "rotate current view" by X, Y, Z; or Eye pt/ Reference pt, I would be interested in knowing. I think that when the drawing tool is selected, it should use the current workplane for a starting reference.

Another drawing issue is that align should copy the parent's scale value over. If dimensions cause me to do a "zoom extents", I shouldn't have to copy that value over when I decide to align my other views.

I'm referring to the way the view object that is created when you do a drawing doesn't appear to support named workplanes. If an object is created in a non-orthogonal workplane, it appears I have to copy it somewhere, square it up, then put it in a layer and hide it before I can get a drawing off it.

How do I extract information from a work plane sufficient to create me a view that squares up my object? Perhaps I could draw X, Y, and Z lines out from a corner of my solid, write down the angle to 3 digits, do some math, and then create a view with the rotate X,Y,and Z option, but a CAD program should be able to do that automatically.

Keep in mind, this is a suggestion, not a "HELP!!!" post, which is why I posted it here. The solution at this point is simple; copy the part to a new layer, use rotate transform to get it square with X/Y/Z, then after creating a drawing off this part, hide the layers used to square up the part. I am simply posting to say that there should be a better way.

Thanks. I got it to work. Sorry about the newbie confusion, and that is indeed a much better solution. Maybe the moderator should have waited two weeks for approving me (it took about one week to get signed up). That way, all the newbie questions get figured out. There was a lot I didn't understand in the first week that waiting prevented me from ever posting because I "got it".