Chapter 5 Creating and Editing Drawing Views

After completing this chapter, you will be able to – Understand drawing options – Create and edit drawing borders and title blocks – Create base and projected drawing views from a part – Create auxiliary, section, detail, broken, break-out, draft, and perspective views – Edit the properties and location of drawing views – Retrieve model dimensions to use in drawing views – Edit, move, and hide dimensions – Select drawing objects using a window or a crossing window – Add automated centerlines Chapter 5 - Objectives

After completing this chapter, you will be able to – Add general dimensions – Add annotations such as GD&T, surface finish symbols, weld symbols, and datum identifiers – Create hole notes – Create chamfer notes – Open a model from a drawing to edit – Manage drawing sheets – Create baseline dimensions – Create ordinate dimensions – Create hole tables – Create general tables – Plot multiple drawing sheets Chapter 5 – Objectives continued

Drawing Options –Retrieve Model Dimensions on View –Center dimension text on creation –Dimension Type –Object Style –View Justification –Display Options –Title Block Alignment

Creating a Drawing –IDW file –Drawing Tools Drawing Views Sketch Drawing Annotation

Creating a Drawing Drawing Sheet Preparation –Default drawing sheet –Edit Sheet dialog box Sheet Format Custom Size

Border Creation –Four lines and zone labels –Default Border –Default Drawing Border Parameters dialog box Sheet margins –Edit

Title Block Creation –Default Title Block Drawing Properties dialog box iProperties –Creating a New Title Block Customized title block Existing, from scratch or AutoCAD data Title block

Title Block Insertion Insert Title Block –Delete existing title block –Drawing Resources Folder

Title Block Fields File iProperties tabs –Summary –Project –Status

Styles Controlling Styles –Project File Yes Read Only No Styles Library –Format Menu Active Standard Styles Editor Update Styles Save Styles to Style Library Purge Styles –Active Standard

Styles Style Library –Central storage location of styles –Style in document takes precedence over a style library –Styles are filtered by the active standard –Local (cached) style in a document is always available for use

Styles Create New Style –Styles Editor tool on the Format menu –Right-click the style on which the new style will be based and select New Style

Styles Edit Styles –Click Styles Editor tool on the Format menu –Click the style you want to edit.

Styles Set Object Defaults –Control how new objects will be formatted –Object Defaults option

Styles Overriding an Object’s Style –Select objects –Select style from the Style drop list

Exercise 5-1 Creating Text and Dimension Styles

Templates –Save your new drawing sheet, border, title block, drafting standard and dimension style as a template file –Save Copy As

Creating Drawing Views –Created from an existing part, assembly, or presentation file –Saving in same directory as the parent file Types.. –Base View –Projected View »Orthographic (Ortho View) »ISO View –Auxiliary View –Section View –Detail View –Broken View

Creating Drawing Views Component tab –File - Options change depending upon selected file Presentation File Sheet Metal iAssemblies Representations –Orientation –Scale from Base –Scale –Label –Style –Style from Base

Creating Drawing Views Model State tab - Options change depending upon selected file –Weldment –iPart –Member (iAssemblies) –Reference Data Line Style Hidden Line Calculation Margin –Scale –Label –Style

Creating Drawing Views Options tab –All Model Dimensions –Model Weld Symbols –Bend Extents –Thread Feature –Weld Annotations –User Work Features –Tangent Edges Foreshortened –Show Trails –Hatching –Align to Base –Definition in Base View –Section Standard Parts –View justification

Creating Drawing Views Using the Drawing View Dialog Box –Base View First view that is created Scale Other drawing views can be projected Orientation - preview image No limit to number of base views –Projected Views Orthographic or isometric From any existing view Preview image No limit

Exercise 5-2 Creating a Multiview Drawing

Creating Drawing Views Auxiliary Views –Created by selecting an edge –Normally projected at 90 degrees

Creating Drawing Views Section Views –Created by sketching a line or multiple lines that will define the plane(s) that will be cut through a part or assembly –Section View tool

Creating Drawing Views Section Views –Half Sections –Aligned Sections –Offset Sections –Modifying Hatch Right-click > Modify Hatch

Creating Drawing Views Detail Views –Drawing view that enlarges an area of an existing drawing view by a specified scale –Detail View tool

Creating Drawing Views Broken Views –Removes a section or multiple sections from the middle of a long part and show just the ends –Broken View tool

Creating Drawing Views Break Out Views –Expose internal components or features –Break Out View tool Boundary Profile

Creating Drawing Views Break Out Views –Depth Options From Point

Creating Drawing Views Break Out Views –Depth Options From Point To Sketch

Creating Drawing Views Break Out Views –Depth Options From Point To Sketch To Hole

Creating Drawing Views Draft Views –2D Views –Parametric –Based on sketch(s)

Drawing View Options Perspective View –Change View Orientation –Perspective views provide a realistic view of an assembly or component

Exercise 5-3 Creating Broken, Section, Auxiliary, and Detail Views

Editing Drawing Views Moving Drawing Views –Bounding box appears - rectangle –Children or dependent –Orthographic or auxiliary view –Detail and isometric views Editing Drawing View Properties –Edit a drawing view –Drawing View dialog box Deleting Drawing Views –Views that are dependent

Editing Drawing Views Drawing View Alignment –Break associativity Label Views –Realign Views Horizontal Vertical In Position

Exercise 5-4 Editing Drawing Views

Dimensions –Retrieve Model Dimensions –Edit and/or Change Dimension Visibility Dimension Value and Appearance –Drawing (Reference) Dimensions

Dimensions –Edit Model Dimension –Change Model Dimensions Value

Copy Dimension Properties Style Layer Text Precision and tolerance Inspection Arrowhead Shape Arrowheads Inside / Outside

Annotations –Adding Centerlines Surface texture symbols Weld symbols Geometric tolerance symbols Text Bill of materials Balloons

Annotations Centerlines –Center Mark –Center Line Bisector –Center Line –Centered Pattern tools Automated Centerlines Centerline Settings –Apply To –Threshold –View Types –Projection

Annotations Adding more detail annotations –Surface Textures –Weld Symbols –Feature Control Frames –Text and Leaders Format Text dialog box

Annotations Text Positioning –Positioning text –Alignment Vertical and horizontal –Offset Apply a line- spacing value Vertical and horizontal positions

Hole and Thread Notes Adding… –Hole & Thread Notes –Hole Note Styles Formatting Apply tolerance values Editing –Side Views

Exercise 5-5 Adding Dimensions and Annotations

Opening a Model from a Drawing to Edit Open file types –Part –Assembly –Presentation

Managing Drawing Sheets New Sheets Copy existing sheet

Creating Sheet Formats Predefined layout that can set –Sheet size –Bor­der –Title block –Views Base Projected

Copying Views Between Sheets Copy views Make sheet active Paste views

Move Views Between Sheets In Browser Move view(s) from active one sheet to another

Baseline Dimensions / Sets Baseline Dimension –Window / cross objects –Individual dimensions Baseline Dimension Set –Window / cross objects –Dimensions held as a set

Exercise 5-6 Creating Baseline Dimensions

Ordinate Dimensions / Sets Ordinate Dimension –Select points or window / cross objects –Individual dimensions Ordinate Dimension Set –Select points or window / cross objects –Dimensions held as a set

Hole Tables Hole –Location –Size –Edit

Exercise 5-7 Creating Hole Tables

Creating Drawings of 3D Wires Consumed sketch Unconsume d Sketch 2D 3D

The Table Command iPatrs iAssemblies Excel Edit

Multi Sheet Plotting plot multiple drawing sheets Click Start > All Programs > Autodesk > Autodesk Inventor 11 > Autodesk Multi- Sheet Plot

Summary ToDo This Set drawing stylesClick Format > Styles Editor Set sheet sizeRight-click the sheet and select Edit Sheet Insert a borderDouble-click the border in the Browser Insert a title blockDouble-click the title block in the Browser Edit a title blockRight-click the title block in the Browser’s Drawing Resources section and select Edit Create an independent viewClick the Base View tool on the Drawing Views Panel Bar or on the Drawing Views toolbar Create a projected viewClick the Projected Views tool on the Drawing Views Panel Bar or on the Drawing Views toolbar. Select the base view, right- click and select Create View > Projected

Summary ToDo This Create an auxiliary viewClick the Auxiliary View tool on the Drawing Views Panel Bar Create a section viewClick the Section View tool on the Drawing Views Panel Bar Create a detail viewClick the Detail View tool on the Drawing Views Panel Bar Create a broken viewClick the Broken View tool on the Drawing Views Panel Bar Create a break out viewClick the Break Out View tool on the Drawing Views Panel Bar Create an overlay viewClick the Overlay View tool on the Drawing Views Panel Bar Creating a draft viewClick the Draft View tool on the Drawing Views Panel Bar.

Summary ToDo This Retrieve a model dimensionClick the Retrieve Dimensions tool on the Drawing Annotation Panel Bar Place a drawing dimensionClick the General Dimension tool on the Drawing Annotation Panel Bar or on the Drawing Annotation toolbar Place center marks and centerlines Click one of the four tools on the Drawing Annotation Panel Bar or on the Drawing Annotation toolbar Place a text noteClick the Text tool on the Drawing Annotation Panel Bar or on the Drawing Annotation toolbar Create a hole/thread noteClick the Hole/Thread Note tool on the Drawing Annotation Panel Bar or on the Drawing Annotation toolbar Create a chamfer noteClick the Chamfer Note tool on the Drawing Annotation Panel Bar or on the Drawing Annotation toolbar

Summary ToDo This Place a leaderClick the Leader Text tool on the Drawing Annotation Panel Bar or on the Drawing Annotation toolbar Create baseline dimensionsClick the Baseline Dimension tool on the Drawing Annotation Panel Bar or on the Drawing Annotation toolbar Create ordinate dimensionsClick the Ordinate Dimension tool on the Drawing Annotation Panel Bar or on the Drawing Annotation toolbar Create a hole tableClick one of the three tools on the Drawing Annotation Panel Bar or on the Drawing Annotation toolbar Create a tableClick the Table tool on the Drawing Annotation Panel Bar or on the Drawing Annotation toolbar Enter drawing propertiesClick File > iProperties Print a drawingClick File > Print

Project Exercise Chapter 5

Applying Your Skills Skill Exercise 5-1 Skill Exercise 5-2