Auxiliary views

Lecture number five

Second year (all departments)
Dina Belal
Isometric

From Course Text

Auxiliary Views - “The Glass
Box”
The modified glass box shown
below includes a side of the box
that is normal (parallel) to a plane
of interest. Unfolding the box
shows the proper orientation of the
views.

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 Principle orthographic views do not show certain features well. The block below has an
inclined plane with three holes in it. Showing the location and size of the holes is
awkward since the holes appear as ellipses and the inclined plane that is not shown in
true size. .

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 The example on the last page has been modified to use an auxiliary view. Note that
this view shows the inclined plane and the holes in true shape. The size and location of
the holes are more easily shown using an auxiliary view.

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Auxiliary Views in Inventor: Creating auxiliary views in Inventor is easy. Instead of
selecting Projected View to create a projection from an existing base view in a drawing
file, select Auxiliary View (then select the edge view of the surface of interest) and
drag the auxiliary view onto the drawing sheet. Try the example shown below. Note
that the right side view shows the holes as ellipses, but they are in true shape in the
auxiliary view.