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Lesson 6 Creating A Drawing File and Detailing

The document provides instructions for creating a drawing file in SolidWorks that includes a model view and section view of an existing part file. Key steps include: 1) Starting a new drawing file and selecting a custom sheet size. 2) Inserting a model view of an existing part file and changing the view and scale. 3) Using the section view tool to add a cut line and section view. 4) Adding dimensions using the smart dimension tool. 5) Changing document properties like dimension text font and visible edge thickness.

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Lesson 6 Creating A Drawing File and Detailing

The document provides instructions for creating a drawing file in SolidWorks that includes a model view and section view of an existing part file. Key steps include: 1) Starting a new drawing file and selecting a custom sheet size. 2) Inserting a model view of an existing part file and changing the view and scale. 3) Using the section view tool to add a cut line and section view. 4) Adding dimensions using the smart dimension tool. 5) Changing document properties like dimension text font and visible edge thickness.

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Exercise 6: Creating a drawing file and Detailing

By Isidro V. Marfori III

Drawing files in Solid Works are two dimensional layouts with a specific paper size and model views of a part
file or assembly file. Drawing files are used to produce engineering drawings with details and annotations. In
drawing files, the user does not need to draw each drawing view of a model but rather uses an existing part or
assembly file previously created using Solid Works. The following are procedures in creating a drawing file.

1. Start solid works and create a new drawing file.

Solid works will create a new drawing file and will display the sheet format/size window. This window
is used to set the size of paper and the sheet that will be used.

Selecting standard sheet size will allow the user to use standard sized paper with predefined template.
Templates are usually set of tables with predefined format where the user can place title, scale, notes and
other information for the drawing.

Selecting Custom sheet format will allow the user to define the size of the paper. This option will use a
blank template. This means that a plain paper without predefined template will be used.
2. Select the custom sheet format and input 279.4 for the width and 215.9 for the height and click the OK
button.

This will display a blank paper and as default, solid works will initiate the insert new model view
command as seen in the left side of the screen.

The drawing file user interface is basically the same when creating a part file but with small differences.
The first difference is the command manger. In drawing files, the command manager has three modes
namely, the drawing, sketch and annotations. The feature mode has been removed. Although, the
features toolbar can be accessed, it cannot be used in drawing files.
Another change is the navigation. In drawing files, there is no 3d orbit since we
are now working with only two dimensional space. However, pan and zoom is
still functional.

Note:
Part files cannot be edited or modified through drawing files. You must open
the part file in order to edit or modify it.

3. Click the browse button located at the bottom of the model view properties.
This will display the open window. From this, you must select a part or
assembly file to be used for the model view. Before doing this, make sure you
have the exercise 3 ready, since this will be used for the model view.

4. Locate the exercise 3 and click the open button.


5. Place the model view approximately at the left area of the paper by clicking any area at the location.
6. Select the model view by clicking on it to display its properties at the left side of the screen. A green
dashed rectangle should appear at the model view once it has been selected.

7. Select left from the model view properties by double licking the item.

This will change the model view from front view to left view in the graphics window.

8. Scroll down the properties of the model view until the scale section is displayed.
9. Select Use custom scale.
10. Click the drop down button and select 1:2 from the list.

This will change the size of the model view to a scale of 1:2.

11. Select the section view icon from the command manager at its drawing mode.

This will initiate the insert section view command. You must create a line that crosses any existing
model view.

12. Click approximately at the top of the model view. Make sure that the point is at the center of the model
view. Do this by first, placing the cursor at the top quadrant of the circle of the model view until the
quadrant symbol appears. Then, move the cursor upwards making sure that the blue dashed line will still
appear. At a distance away from the circle, click the mouse.
13. Click approximately at the bottom of the model view. Make sure the line being created is vertical.

14. Place the section view at the right space of the paper layout by clicking the appropriate area.

This will automatically place a section symbol at the left side view while the section view will
automatically create hatch at the cut line.

15. Place appropriate dimensions using the smart dimension tool located at the command manager on its
sketch or annotation mode.
Note:
In part file, smart dimension will set the length, diameter or angle of an entity while in drawing file, the
smart dimension will not set the length, diameter or angle but will simply display it. A smart dimension
in the drawing file will be displayed in grey translucent color. Though dimensions are displayed in grey,
they will be printed in black.

16. Open the options window through the tools from the main menu.
17. From the options window, select the document properties tab.

Through this window, we can change the setting of the drawing files such as dimension text font type,
font size, arrow size and thickness.

18. Select annotation font from the main list and then dimension from the annotation type list.

This will display the choose font window for the dimension font.
19. Select Arial for the font type and 10 points for the font size.

20. Click the OK button.


21. Select line font from the main list of the document properties window.
22. From the type of edge list select visible edge and set its thickness to thick(2).

23. Click the OK button.


The thickness of the model view visible edges to a thicker line. The dimension font will also become
smaller and the font type will become arial.

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