Engineering drawings

from a 3D model
• Creating engineering drawings
• Drawing file: settings
• Orthographic views
• Editing & cropping a view
• Auxiliary views
• Section views and cuts
• Broken-out sections
• Detail views
• Broken views
• Assemblies
 2D versus 3D workflow

2D simple
object sketch annotations
(& dimensions)
drawing
engineering
drawing

complex
views &
object sections
part
3D
complex
assembly
3D file changes →
assembly
2D drawing is updated

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 Creating a 2D engineering drawing
• Option A: from 3D file
1- Open existing 3D model
2-

.slddrw → new 2D file

3- Insert views (3D file already selected)

• Option B: from 2D file

1- Create new 2D file
.slddrw 2- Select 3D part
3- Insert views

• 3D file accessible from 2D file

Click on view or construction tree
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 Format/size

A B C D

• Problem: Default → ugly, non-standard title blocks

2

• Solution: Browse → custom formats (.slddrt templates)

4

Download formats with standard title blocks from Moodle 6

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 Edit sheet format
A B C D E F G H

1 1

2 2

3 3

sheet tab
{
4 4

on either
blank area of drawing 5 5

• Edit sheet format → Edit title block 6 6

A B C D E F G H

To quit: upper-right corner

• Add Sheet / Delete: A 2D drawing file may have multiple sheets

Each sheet with its own scale & title block
OK several parts of assembly in same file → one part = one sheet
Never drawings of different parts on the same sheet

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 2D drawing file settings:
Sheet properties
CENT
EURO

CENT
EURO

CENT
EURO

Natural
1:1

1:100 1:50 1:20 1:10 1:5 1:2 2:1 5:1 10:1 20:1 50:1 100:1

Reduction Enlargement

• Click on tab / design tree

• Choose standard scale
• Change projection method { 1st angle = European
3rd angle = American (default)
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 2D drawing file settings:
Document properties

• Line Font

• Drafting standard
DIN (rather than ISO)
Closer to Spanish UNE

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 Saving 2D file settings in a template

Default (Novice) Advanced

• New files take settings from template {

Default (novice): "Drawing"
Advanced : custom-made

• Creating custom 2D template with custom settings

1- Create new 2D file (default 2D Drawing)
2- Modify file settings as desired
3- Save as: Drawing Template (*.drwdot)
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 Adding external templates

C:\ProgramData\SOLIDWORKS\
• Problem: default directory for templates is hidden SOLIDWORKS 2016\templates

Cumbersome addition of external templates (e.g.: UNE templates)

• Solution: add your directory for custom templates
Settings > System Options > File locations

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 Orthographic views
from existing part / assembly

Top
ck
Lef Ba
t

Z X

nt
Fro Rig
ht
Bottom

Drag & drop views

from View palette
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 Orthographic views: alignment
Z

Bottom

Y Y
Y Y

Z X Z X

Right Front Left Back

X
Z
Top

Default: Alignment snap → views aligned with Front

However, views can be displaced by dragging
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 Breaking the alignment
between views
Break
parent alignment a
view
A
projected
view

• Problem: little room on sheet

Or views in different sheets (cut & paste)

• Solution: rearrange projected view

1- Break alignment → move view freely
! 2- Select Arrow option & label (lowercase)
3- Remove view label “a” → Add note “A”
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 Tangent edges

Fillet

ISO
Standard

SolidWorks

SolidWorks does not adhere to ISO standard

Displays tangent edges, instead of edges before filleting (ISO)
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 Centerlines & center marks

• Annotations:

• Centerlines: { local
global
axes of symmetry

• Center marks: holes & slots

Options > Doc. Properties > Detailing
☐Dowel symbols-part
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 Editing a view
Wrong (default) OK (edited)

SolidWorks drawings: not always to accepted standard (ISO)

Tangent edges, circular pattern features, …
Delete View: Also removes dependent views (auxiliary, sections)
Edit edges: Hide/show, line weight,…
Add dimensions, annotations or any sketch required
Follow standard drawing conventions!
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 Editing a view: Convert to sketch

3D view sketch

link

Allows edition as a regular sketch

Only as last resort

Breaks link 3D part ↔ 2D view (no longer updated if 3D changes)
Removes dependent views → convert them before parent view

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 Cropping a view

Crop View: keeps area within closed sketch

Crop View > Remove crop (crtl+Z does not work)

• Applications
Partial/auxiliary views→ remove distorted area (non-parallel to view)
Simplified symmetric view (optional): remove half of the view
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 Auxiliary views Y'

Z'
X'

Y
Π'

Z X

Z'
X'

A
A

a a
Z Reference
edge

1- Auxiliary View from reference edge (→ arrow & label)

2- Crop View: remove part distorted by projection
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 Section views:
arbitrary plane

A
SECTION A-A

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 Section views
through symmetry plane
ΠC

A-A

A
Symmetry plane → {
hide cutting line
remove label "A-A"
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 Excluding ribs from cutting

OK

Wrong
• Ribs / gussets must be left uncut
• Click on the rib (view or design tree)
Only identified if designed in 3D as rib feature

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 Editing crosshatched areas

Wrong

OK

• Edit hatching if required

1- Click on hatched area
2- ☐Material crosshatch
• Thin walls: Solid hatch (optional)
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 Section view vs. section cut
ΠC

Section view Section cut: ! Slice section

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 Transversal section cut

A
A
A-A

B-B
B

1- Section View: ! Slice section

2- Brake alignment (& displace section to desired position)
3- Edit note (if required)

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 Offset
section views

! Foreshorten view
SECTION A-A
A

A
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 Aligned section views

SECTION A-A
ΠA
ΠC
1 2

A
3

A
Foreshorten view

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 Foreshortened section view

SECTION A-A

A
A
1- Draw section line
2- Select section line
3- Section View
!Foreshorten view
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 Half-section views

A-A

A
A
Hide cutting line & remove note!
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 Removing unnecessary views
Ø14
dependent
view

Ø20

parent
view
?

• Solids of revolution: just a (half) section (& ) suffices

Problem: deleting parent view → deleting section
• Solution: Hide parent view (menu: bottom)
Hide dependent views? NO
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 Broken-out sections

Silhouette
edge

1- Select area to section ( spline tool activated)

2- Set depth of cutting plane: select edge in any view
Circular edge → cutting plane through center (and // to view)
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 Detail views

A
A (5:1)

Scale (2:1)

B (5:1)
1- Select area ( tool activated)
2- Choose scale: pull-down menu → standardized
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 Broken views
L

h
L

OK
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 Assemblies: hatching

Wrong

OK

! Auto hatching
Alternate angle of cross-hatching on adjacent parts of assembly

Further edition of hatching may be necessary

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 Parts excluded from cutting

Screw

Pin Key
OK

OK Wrong

Ball Shaft
• Balls: No cut
• Fasteners, keys, shafts, handles, chains: No axial cut
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 Excluding parts from cutting

• Option A: Remove hatching manually (None)

• Option B: ! Don’t cut all instances (section scope)

Exclude parts by selecting them on view / design tree
“Exclude fasteners”: also any Toolbox part, aside from
OK for bolts, screws, pins, keys, nuts
Not OK for washers, rings, bearings, gears
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 Assemblies: labelling parts
9 8
7
10
6
11

12 5

13

14

3 15 4

16
3

2 2

1 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 1

• Leaders change OK 28 27 26 25

Solid point (interior) 29

24

Arrow (contour)
• Drag leader
to point at any view

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 BOM: Bill of materials

• Creation: Insert > Table > Bill of materials

1- Click on view showing assembly
2- Choose table template (to override default)
• Item no. default: order of insertion into assembly
Overriding default: drag row using left tab
Item no. is automatically updated in balloons
• OK if BOM on sheet other than view
1- Add sheet
2- Drag BOM (upper left corner) to sheet tab
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 BOM: Filling cells

• User-made parts: Cells of BOM can be automatically filled in

1- Create part: template with custom property
2- Type in value: File > Properties > Custom
• Standard parts: Type in value into cell of BOM
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