1. Creating Drawings in CAD

2. Creating a Drawing Drawings communicate ideas
Standards define drawing properties
Inventor® process
Create a part
Create a drawing
Place base view
Project views from base (multiview and isometric)
Dimension multiviews

3. Drawing Creation
Create a part (.ipt file)

4. Drawing Creation
Create a drawing file (.idw file)

5. Drawing Creation
Drawing page will look like this

6. Edit Title Block Information
Presentation Name
Course Name
Unit # – Lesson #.# – Lesson Name
Edit Title Block Information
Expand Sheet:1 in the Browser
Select Field Text
Enter info in appropriate fields

7. Creating a Custom Drawing Tutorial
Introduction to Engineering DesignTM
Unit 2 – Lesson 2.4 – Drawing Presentation Standards
Drawing Units
Change drawing units
Go to Tools tab
Choose Document Settings
Under Standard tab,
Change Annotations
Project Lead The Way, Inc.
Copyright 2007

8. Create Base View Select Base in the Create panel
Select part file, scale, and move to position
Choose the orientation on the View Cube

9. Project Views Select Projected Place view locations on the drawing
Right-click last view and select Create

10. Change Isometric Color
Right-click isometric view
Click Edit View
Shaded and Scale to 1/2

11. Dimension Multiview Select Dimension under the Annotate tab
Click reference for extension lines
Move cursor away from view
Click to place dimension

12. Example Drawing