Learning Objectives

Start new files in the Drafting workbench. Generate views using the View Creation Wizard. Generate front views. Generate advanced front views. Generate projection views. Generate auxiliary views. Generate isometric views. Generate section views. Generate aligned section views. Generate offset section cuts. Generate aligned section cuts. Generate detail views. Generate detail view profiles. Generate clipping views. Generate clipping view profiles. Generate broken views. Chapter 13

 Generate breakout views. Edit and modify drawing views. Modify hatch patterns of section views.

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 THE DRAFTING WORKBENCH

A specialized environment for generating 2D drawing views Provides all the tools required to generate drawing views, modify, and apply dimensions and annotations to them

Starting a New File in the Drafting Workbench

Starting a New File in the Drafting Workbench Using the New Tool The New tool is used to start a new file in the Drafting workbench

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The New Drawing dialog box

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The initial screen after starting a new file in the Drafting workbench

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 Starting a New File in the Drafting Workbench Using the Start Menu
Menu: Start > Mechanical Design > Drafting

The New Drawing Creation dialog box

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 TYPE OF VIEWS
Front View Projected View Section View Aligned Section View Auxiliary View

Detail View
Clipping View Broken View

Breakout View
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 GENERATING DRAWING VIEWS

Generating Views Automatically

Tools in the Wizard drop-down

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 Generating Views Using the View Creation Wizard

Menu: Insert > Views > Wizard > Wizard Toolbar: Views > Wizard drop-down > View Creation Wizard

The View Wizard dialog box

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Preview of the front view at the lower-right corner of the geometry area

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Controls provided on the blue knob

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Views generated using the View Wizard dialog box

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 Generating the Front, Top, and Left Views

The Front, Top and Left tool is used to generate the front, top and left views at a time

Generating the Front, Bottom, and Right Views

The Front, Bottom and Right tool is used to generate the front, bottom and right views at a time

Generating All Views

The All Views tool is used to generate the front, top, bottom, right, left, rear and isometric views, using a single tool.

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Generating Individual Drawing Views

Generating the Front View
The Front View tool is used to generate the Front-View of the 3D model

Tools in the Projections drop-down

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The front view generated using the Front View tool

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 Generating the Advanced Front View

The Advanced Front View tool is used to generate the front view. The only difference between this tool and the Front View tool is that in this tool, you can specify the name and the scale of the front view while generating it.

The View Parameters dialog box

The front view generated using the Advanced Front View tool

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 Generating Projection Views

The Projection View tool is used to generate the Projection-Views which are generated by projecting lines horizontally or vertically from an existing view

Projected view (Top view) generated from the front view using the Projection View tool

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 Generating Auxiliary Views

The Auxiliary View tool is used to generate an auxiliary view by projecting lines normal to the specified edge of an existing view.

Reference to be selected for generating the auxiliary view

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Auxiliary view placed above the parent view (Front View)

Auxiliary view placed below the parent view (Front View)

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 Generating Isometric Views

The Isometric View tool is used to generate an isometric view of the model

Isometric view generated using the Isometric View tool

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 Generating Offset Section Views

Offset Section View tool is used to generate section views by chopping a portion of the existing view using a cutting plane defined by sketched lines and then viewing the parent view in a direction normal to the cutting plane.

Full section view

Offset section view

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Half section view

The Sections drop-down

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 Creating the Partial Section View

The partial section view

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 Generating Aligned Section Views

The Aligned Section View tool is used to generate a section view of the component, in which at least one of the feature as at an angle.

Aligned section view

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Aligned section view with the inclined line drawn first

Aligned section view with the vertical line drawn first

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 Generating the Offset Section Cut

The Offset Section Cut tool is used to generate the section view in which only the section surface is displayed. Entities of the view, other than those sectioned, are not displayed in it.

Offset section cut

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 Generating the Aligned Section Cut

The Aligned Section Cut tool is used to generate the aligned section cut, in which only the sectioned surface is displayed. Entities of the view, other than those sectioned, are not displayed in it.

Aligned section cut

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 Generating Detail Views

The Detail View tool is used to display the details of a portion of an existing view

The Details drop-down

Detail view

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 Generating Detail View Profiles

The Detail View Profile tool is used to generate the magnified portion of the view defined by a polygonal profile

Detail view profile

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 Generating Clipping Views

The Clipping View tool is used to crop an existing view by using a circular profile.

The Clippings drop-down

Clipping view

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 Generating Clipping View Profiles

The Clipping View Profile tool is used to crop an existing view using a polygonal profile.

Clipping view profile

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 Generating Broken Views

The Broken View tool is used to display a component by removing a portion of it while keeping the ends of the view intact.

The Break view toolbar

The front view that needs to be broken

Resulting broken view

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A broken isometric view

Zigzag broken lines

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 Generating Breakout Views

The Breakout View tool is used to remove material from an existing view and then display the area of the model or assembly that lies behind the removed portion

Polygon profile drawn to generate the Breakout view

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The 3D Viewer window

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 GENERATING THE EXPLODED VIEW EDITING AND MODIFYING DRAWING VIEWS

Changing the Scale of Drawing Views Modifying the Project Plane of the Parent View Deleting Drawing Views Rotating Drawing Views Hiding Drawing Views

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 MODIFYING THE HATCH PATTERN OF SECTION VIEWS

Figure 44 The Properties dialog box

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 TUTORIAL 1
In this tutorial, you will generate the drawing views of the model of the Motor Cover created in tutorial 2 of chapter 8, refer to Figure A.

Figure A Drawing views to be generated

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The following steps are required to complete this tutorial:

1. Copy the part document of Tutorial 2 of Chapter 8 to the folder of the current chapter. 2. Start a new file in the Drafting workbench with the standard A4 sheet size.

3. Set the projection standard to third angle.

4. Generate the front view, refer to Figure B.

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Figure B The drawing sheet after generating the front view

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5. Generate the top view by using the Projection View tool, refer to Figure C.

Figure C The drawing sheet after generating the top view

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6. Generate the aligned section view from the top view after activating it, refer to Figures D and E.

Figure D Sketch for the section lines

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Figure E The drawing sheet after generating the aligned section view

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7. Generate the detail view, refer to Figures F and G.

Figure F Sketch for the detail view

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 TUTORIAL 2
In this tutorial, you will create the Bench Vice assembly and then generate the front, top, right, and isometric views of the Bench Vice assembly, as shown in Figure A. Figures B through E show the views and dimensions of the components of the Bench Vice assembly

Figure A Drawing view of the Bench Vice assembly

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Orthographic views and dimensions of the Vice Jaw

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Orthographic views and dimensions of the Vice Jaw

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Orthographic views and dimensions of various components of the Bench Vice assembly

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Figure E Orthographic views and dimensions of various components of the Bench Vice assembly

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The following steps are required to complete this tutorial: 1. Create all components of the Bench Vice assembly and assemble them. 2. Start a new file in the Drafting workbench using the A2 size sheet. 3. Set the standard of the projection to third angle. 4. Generate the front view, refer to Figure F.

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Figure F The drawing sheet after generating the front view

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5. Generate the top view, refer to Figure G.

Figure G The drawing sheet after generating the top view

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6. Generate the right view, refer to Figure H.

Figure H The drawing sheet after generating the right view

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7. Generate the isometric view, refer to Figure I.

Figure I Final drawing sheet after generating all the drawing views

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