# Workflow

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**Smart Views** creates views of selected elements and dimensions anything that is visible in those views, as needed.

**Workflow**

1. **Create Smart Views configuration**

   Select views that should be created and templates that should be applied to them:

   ![](https://239424168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FqtUsszuAWXIZhQhrvjnb%2Fuploads%2Fvv6qdXeNY0NxQ6WXOjxO%2F0.jpeg?alt=media)

2. **Create Smart Dimensions and Smart Tags configurations**

   Once you have set your configurations in Smart Dimensions and Smart Tags, assign them to selected views.

   Example:

   ![](https://239424168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FqtUsszuAWXIZhQhrvjnb%2Fuploads%2FwthDdvRSDYiDbrVEIkrz%2F1.jpeg?alt=media)

   <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>More information about <a href="../smart-dimensions"><strong>how to use Smart Dimensions can be found here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p></div>

3. **Define how views should be named**

   ![](https://239424168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FqtUsszuAWXIZhQhrvjnb%2Fuploads%2FaanBzb3oFV63XBBrFG9o%2F2.jpeg?alt=media)

4. **Save configuration**

5. **Select element(s) in the model for which views should be created**

Click 'Create views'. Views for selected elements will be created based on the most recently opened Smart Views configuration.

For example, a configuration has one Front view selected. I have selected 3 walls, so a Front view for each wall is created.

![](https://239424168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FqtUsszuAWXIZhQhrvjnb%2Fuploads%2FUOhwzqwBRjL1PnpqDt34%2F3.jpeg?alt=media)

Front views of the walls with dimensions created:

![](https://239424168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FqtUsszuAWXIZhQhrvjnb%2Fuploads%2Fqv5nFnnFcuPVFjOoE2td%2F4.jpeg?alt=media)

Or select **Multiple Elements** > **Create View**. In this case, views will be cropped to the boundary defined by selected elements:

![](https://239424168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FqtUsszuAWXIZhQhrvjnb%2Fuploads%2FTTXS9FKeX5UjNnD4QWs5%2F5.jpeg?alt=media)