Show one design in several views

Make named views of one design, each showing chosen parts placed as you like, and hide layers on your own screen.

In short

One design can have many pictures. A view shows the parts you choose, placed the way you arrange them there. A layer is a label you hide or show on your own screen. Views and layers change how the design looks, never what the design is.

Before you start

Who: making, changing or removing a view or a layer needs Edit. Anyone who can open the design looks at a view.
Plan: Designer is part of every plan, Free included. The Free plan limits how many designs a workspace keeps; Plan & usage shows the limit and what you hold. A design holds up to 50 views and 20 layers.
First: nothing. Hiding a layer is your own choice and is not saved.

Steps

Choose "Show" and then "Views and layers…".
Under "Name of a new view", type a name and press "Add view". Or select parts on the canvas first, then press "Add a view of the 3 selected".
Choose what the view shows: parts by name (select them and press "Add the 2 selected"), or "Also show these kinds", "Also show these tags" and "Also show these layers".
Write "Speaker notes" if you will present this view.

Result: choose "Show", then your view under "Show on the canvas". "All parts" brings the whole design back.

In "Views and layers…", find "Layers". Type a "Name of a new layer" and press "Add layer".
Select parts on the canvas and press "Put selected here" on the layer.
Press the layer's "Hide" button to take it off your screen, and "Show" to bring it back.

Good to know

Edits you make inside a view change the design. Moving a part inside a view moves it in that view only.
A part you add while a view is shown joins that view. Auto-layout inside a view places only that view.
"Place parts as in the main drawing" puts a view's parts back where the design has them.
The layers you hide and the view you look at are yours alone. They are not saved and nobody else sees them.
Making, changing or removing a view or a layer needs Edit.
A design holds at most 50 views and 20 layers.
"Present" walks through the views with their notes. See /help/designer/present-a-design.

If something goes wrong

"Name it first." - give the view a name before you press "Add view".
A view shows nothing: it has no parts by name and no kinds, tags or layers chosen. Add some under "Views and layers…".
"You can view this design but not change it. Ask someone who manages it for Edit."