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Dedication .............................................................................................................. 3
Preface ................................................................................................................... 15

Part 1. Introducing Autodesk Inventor and Drawing Sketches

Chapter 1. Introduction to Autodesk Inventor ........................................................ 21 - 42
Installing Autodesk Inventor ......................................................................................................................... 22
Getting Started with Autodesk Inventor .................................................................................................. 22
Starting a New Inventor File .......................................................................................................................... 23
Invoking the Part Modeling Enviornment ................................................................................................ 24
Ribbon .......................................................................................................................................................... 26
File Menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 28
Quick Access Toolbar ............................................................................................................................. 28
InfoCenter ...................................................................................................................................................28
Browser ........................................................................................................................................................ 29
ViewCube .................................................................................................................................................... 29
Navigation Bar ........................................................................................................................................... 29
Status Bar .................................................................................................................................................... 30
Invoking the Assembly Environment ......................................................................................................... 30
Invoking the Drawing Environment ............................................................................................................ 32
Invoking the Presentation Environment ................................................................................................... 34
Identifying Inventor Files ................................................................................................................................ 36
Creating and Accessing a Project ................................................................................................................ 36
Invoking a Marking Menu ............................................................................................................................... 38
Customizing the Color Scheme ................................................................................................................... 39
Choosing the User Interface Theme ......................................................................................................... 39
Exporting Files to Other CAD Formats .................................................................................................... 40
Saving Files ........................................................................................................................................................... 41
Opening Existing Files ...................................................................................................................................... 41
Summary .............................................................................................................................................................. 42
Questions ............................................................................................................................................................ 42

Chapter 2. Drawing Sketches with Autodesk Inventor ......................................... 43 - 112

Invoking the Part Modeling Environment ................................................................................................ 45
Invoking the Sketching Environment ......................................................................................................... 48
Working with the Selection of Planes ........................................................................................................ 49
Specifying Units ................................................................................................................................................. 50
Specifying Grids and Snap Settings ............................................................................................................. 51
Creating a Line Entity ....................................................................................................................................... 53
Tutorial 1 ................................................................................................................................................................ 55
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 .................................................................................................................................... 60
Creating an Arc by using the Line Tool ..................................................................................................... 60
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Tutorial 2 ............................................................................................................................................................... 61
Hands-0n Test Drive 2 .................................................................................................................................... 69
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Creating a Circle ................................................................................................................................................ 69

Creating a Circle by using the Center Point Circle Tool ............................................................ 69
Creating a Circle by using the Tangent Circle Tool ....................................................................... 71
Creating an Ellipse ............................................................................................................................................. 72
Creating an Arc .................................................................................................................................................. 73
Creating an Arc by using the Three Point Arc Tool ..................................................................... 74
Creating an Arc by using the Tangent Arc Tool ............................................................................ 75
Creating an Arc by using the Center Point Arc Tool ................................................................... 76
Creating a Rectangle ........................................................................................................................................ 77
Creating a Rectangle by using the Two Point Rectangle Tool .................................................. 77
Creating a Rectangle by using the Three Point Rectangle Tool .............................................. 79
Creating a Rectangle by using the Two Point Center Rectangle Tool .................................. 80
Creating a Rectangle by using the Three Point Center Rectangle Tool ............................... 81
Creating a Slot .................................................................................................................................................... 82
Creating a Slot by using the Center to Center Slot Tool ............................................................ 82
Creating a Slot by using the Overall Slot Tool ................................................................................ 83
Creating a Slot by using the Center Point Slot Tool .................................................................... 84
Creating a Slot by using the Three Point Arc Slot Tool .............................................................. 85
Creating a Slot by using the Center Point Arc Slot Tool ............................................................ 85
Creating a Polygon ........................................................................................................................................... 86
Creating a Spline ................................................................................................................................................ 88
Creating a Spline by using the Control Vertex Spline Tool ....................................................... 89
Creating a Spline by using the Interpolation Spline Tool .......................................................... 90
Creating an Equation Driven Spline ................................................................................................... 91
Creating a Bridge Curve ......................................................................................................................... 93
Editing a Spline ................................................................................................................................................... 93
Editing an Interpolation Spline ............................................................................................................ 93
Editing a Control Vertex Spline ........................................................................................................... 94
Tutorial 3 .............................................................................................................................................................. 95
Tutorial 4 ............................................................................................................................................................ 103
Hands-0n Test Drive 3 ................................................................................................................................... 110
Hands-0n Test Drive 4 .................................................................................................................................... 111
Hands-0n Test Drive 5 .................................................................................................................................... 111
Summary .............................................................................................................................................................. 111
Questions ............................................................................................................................................................ 112

Chapter 3. Editing and Modifying Sketches .......................................................... 113 - 158

Trimming Sketch Entities .............................................................................................................................. 114
Trimming Sketch Entities Up to their Nearest Intersection .................................................... 114
Trimming Sketch Entities by Defining Boundaries ..................................................................... 115
Trimming Sketch Entities Dynamically ........................................................................................... 116
Extending Sketch Entities ............................................................................................................................. 116
Extending Sketch Entities Up to their Nearest Intersection ................................................... 116
Extending Sketch Entities by Defining Boundaries ..................................................................... 118
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Splitting Sketch Entities ................................................................................................................................. 118

Offsetting Sketch Entities ............................................................................................................................. 119

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Creating a 2D Fillet ........................................................................................................................................... 121
Creating a 2D Chamfer .................................................................................................................................. 122
Patterning Sketch Entities ............................................................................................................................ 125
Creating a Rectangular Pattern ......................................................................................................... 125
Creating a Circular Pattern .................................................................................................................. 128
Creating Construction and Centerline Entities ..................................................................................... 131
Mirroring Sketch Entities ............................................................................................................................... 132
Moving a Sketch Entity .................................................................................................................................. 134
Creating a Copy of Sketch Entities ............................................................................................................ 136
Rotating an Entity ............................................................................................................................................ 137
Scaling Sketch Entities ................................................................................................................................... 138
Stretching Sketch Entities ............................................................................................................................ 140
Tutorial 1 .............................................................................................................................................................. 141
Tutorial 2 ............................................................................................................................................................. 150
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 ................................................................................................................................... 157
Hands-0n Test Drive 2 .................................................................................................................................. 158
Hands-0n Test Drive 3 .................................................................................................................................. 158
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 158
Questions .......................................................................................................................................................... 158

Chapter 4. Applying Constraints and Dimensions .............................................. 159 - 204

Working with Constraints ............................................................................................................................. 159
Applying Constraints ..................................................................................................................................... 160
Applying Horizontal Constraint ........................................................................................................ 160
Applying Vertical Constraint .............................................................................................................. 160
Applying Coincident Constraint ....................................................................................................... 160
Applying Collinear Constraint ........................................................................................................... 161
Applying Concentric Constraint ....................................................................................................... 161
Applying Parallel Constraint ............................................................................................................... 162
Applying Perpendicular Constraint .................................................................................................. 162
Applying Tangent Constraint ............................................................................................................. 162
Applying Smooth Constraint .............................................................................................................. 163
Applying Symmetric Constraint ........................................................................................................ 163
Applying Equal Constraint .................................................................................................................. 164
Applying Fix Constraint ........................................................................................................................ 164
Controlling the Display of Contraints ...................................................................................................... 164
Controlling Constraint Settings .................................................................................................................. 165
Applying Dimensions ..................................................................................................................................... 168
Applying a Horizontal Dimension .................................................................................................... 169
Applying a Vertical Dimension ........................................................................................................... 170
Applying an Aligned Dimension ........................................................................................................ 170
Applying an Angular Dimension ........................................................................................................ 171
Applying a Diameter Dimension ....................................................................................................... 172
Applying a Radius Dimension ............................................................................................................. 173
Applying a Linear Diameter Dimension ......................................................................................... 174
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Controlling Dimension Settings ................................................................................................................. 175

Modifying/Editing Dimensions ................................................................................................................... 176
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Working with Different States of a Sketch ............................................................................................. 177

Under Constrained Sketch .................................................................................................................. 177
Fully Constrained Sketch ..................................................................................................................... 177
Displaying Available Degrees of Freedom .............................................................................................. 179
Tutorial 1 .............................................................................................................................................................. 179
Tutorial 2 ............................................................................................................................................................. 187
Tutorial 3 ............................................................................................................................................................ 196
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 .................................................................................................................................. 202
Hands-0n Test Drive 2 ................................................................................................................................. 202
Hands-0n Test Drive 3 .................................................................................................................................. 203
Summary ........................................................................................................................................................... 203
Questions .......................................................................................................................................................... 203

Part 2. Creating and Editing 3D Models/Components

Chapter 5. Creating Base Feature of Solid Models ............................................. 205 - 250
Creating an Extrude Feature ....................................................................................................................... 207
Creating a Revolve Feature ......................................................................................................................... 216
Navigating a 3D Model in Graphics Area ............................................................................................... 220
Navigating a 3D Model by Using the Navigation Tools ........................................................... 220
Navigating a 3D Model by Using the Mouse Buttons ............................................................... 225
Navigating a 3D Model by Using the ViewCube ........................................................................ 225
Changing the Visual Style of a Model ....................................................................................................... 227
Realistic ..................................................................................................................................................... 228
Shaded ....................................................................................................................................................... 228
Shaded with Edges ................................................................................................................................. 228
Shaded with Hidden Edges ................................................................................................................. 229
Wireframe ................................................................................................................................................. 229
Wireframe with Hidden Edges .......................................................................................................... 229
Wireframe with Visible Edges Only ................................................................................................. 229
Monochrome .......................................................................................................................................... 230
Watercolor ............................................................................................................................................... 230
Sketch Illustration .................................................................................................................................. 230
Technical Illustration ............................................................................................................................ 230
Tutorial 1 ............................................................................................................................................................. 231
Tutorial 2 ............................................................................................................................................................ 238
Tutorial 3 ............................................................................................................................................................ 243
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 .................................................................................................................................. 246
Hands-0n Test Drive 2 .................................................................................................................................. 247
Hands-0n Test Drive 3 .................................................................................................................................. 247
Hands-0n Test Drive 4 .................................................................................................................................. 248
Hands-0n Test Drive 5 .................................................................................................................................. 248
Hands-0n Test Drive 6 ................................................................................................................................. 249
Summary ........................................................................................................................................................... 249
Questions .......................................................................................................................................................... 249
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Chapter 6. Creating Work Features ...................................................................... 251 - 288

Creating Work Planes .................................................................................................................................... 252

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Creating a Work Plane Through Selected Geometries ............................................................. 253
Creating a Work Plane at an Offset Distance .............................................................................. 254
Creating a Work Plane Parallel to a Face/Plane ........................................................................... 255
Creating a Work Plane in the Middle of Two Faces/Planes ..................................................... 256
Creating a Work Plane through the Midplane of a Torus ......................................................... 256
Creating a Work Plane at an Angle .................................................................................................. 257
Creating a Work Plane Passing Through Three Points ............................................................. 258
Creating a Work Plane Passing Through Two Coplanar Edges ............................................... 258
Creating a Work Plane Tangent to a Face through an Edge ................................................... 259
Creating a Work Plane Tangent to a Face through a Point ..................................................... 259
Creating a Work Plane Tangent to a Face and Parallel to a Plane ....................................... 260
Creating a Work Plane Normal to an Axis Through a Point .................................................. 260
Creating a Work Plane Normal to a Curve ................................................................................... 260
Creating Work Axes ........................................................................................................................................ 261
Axis Tool ..................................................................................................................................................... 261
On Line or Edge Tool ............................................................................................................................. 262
Parallel to Line through Point Tool ................................................................................................... 263
Through Two Points Tool .................................................................................................................... 264
Intersection of Two Planes Tool ....................................................................................................... 264
Normal to Plane through Point Tool ................................................................................................ 264
Through Center of Circular or Elliptical Edge Tool .................................................................... 265
Through Revolved Face or Feature Tool ........................................................................................ 265
Creating Work Points .................................................................................................................................... 265
Point Tool ................................................................................................................................................. 266
Grounded Point Tool ............................................................................................................................ 266
On Vertex, Sketch point, or Midpoint Tool .................................................................................. 267
Intersection of Three Planes Tool .................................................................................................... 267
Intersection of Two Lines Tool ......................................................................................................... 268
Intersection of Plane/Surface and Line Tool ................................................................................ 268
Center Point of Loop of Edges Tool ................................................................................................. 269
Center Point of Torus Tool .................................................................................................................. 269
Center Point of Sphere Tool .............................................................................................................. 270
Creating a User Coordinate System ........................................................................................................ 270
Tutorial 1 ............................................................................................................................................................. 272
Tutorial 2 ............................................................................................................................................................ 278
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 .................................................................................................................................. 286
Hands-0n Test Drive 2 ................................................................................................................................. 286
Hands-0n Test Drive 3 .................................................................................................................................. 287
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 287
Questions .......................................................................................................................................................... 287

Chapter 7. Advanced Modeling - I ........................................................................ 289 - 350

Using Advanced Options of the Extrude Tool .................................................................................... 290
Using Advanced Options of the Revolve Tool ..................................................................................... 296
Working with a Sketch having Multiple Profiles ................................................................................... 297
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Projecting Geometries ................................................................................................................................. 300

Projecting Geometries onto the Sketching Plane ...................................................................... 300
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Projecting Intersecting Edges onto the Sketching Plane .......................................................... 301

Projecting 2D Sketch onto a Face ..................................................................................................... 302
Projecting Geometries of a .DWG File ........................................................................................... 303
Creating a Section View ............................................................................................................................... 304
Creating a Half Section View ............................................................................................................. 305
Creating a Quarter Section View ..................................................................................................... 306
Creating a Three Quarter Section View ......................................................................................... 308
Editing a Feature and its Sketch ................................................................................................................. 308
Editing a Feature and its Sketch ........................................................................................................ 308
Displaying Earlier State of a Model .......................................................................................................... 309
Re-ordering Features of a Model ............................................................................................................... 310
Measuring the Distance between Entities ............................................................................................... 311
Assigning an Appearance ............................................................................................................................. 312
Assigning Appearance by using the Appearance Tool .............................................................. 312
Assigning Appearance by using the Appearance Drop-down List ...................................... 314
Copying and Pasting an Appearance by Using the Adjust Tool ............................................ 315
Applying a Material ......................................................................................................................................... 315
Applying a Material by Using the Material Tool .......................................................................... 316
Applying a Material by Using the Material Drop-down List .................................................... 318
Assigning Finishes/Manufacturing Data ................................................................................................. 319
Calculating Physical Properties .................................................................................................................. 321
Tutorial 1 ............................................................................................................................................................. 322
Tutorial 2 ............................................................................................................................................................ 330
Tutorial 3 ............................................................................................................................................................ 342
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 .................................................................................................................................. 348
Hands-0n Test Drive 2 ................................................................................................................................. 348
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 349
Questions .......................................................................................................................................................... 349

Chapter 8. Advanced Modeling - II ....................................................................... 351 - 428

Creating a Sweep Feature ............................................................................................................................ 352
Creating a Sweep Feature Along a Path ......................................................................................... 353
Creating a Sweep Feature Along a Path with Fixed Orientation .......................................... 356
Creating a Sweep Feature Along a Path and a Guide Rail ....................................................... 357
Creating a Sweep Feature Along a Path and a Guide Surface ................................................. 359
Creating a Sweep Feature by Sweeping a Toolbody Along a Path ......................................... 361
Creating a Loft feature ................................................................................................................................... 361
Creating a Loft Feature with Sections ............................................................................................ 363
Creating a Loft feature with Sections and Guide Rails .............................................................. 370
Creating a Loft feature with Sections and a Centerline ............................................................ 372
Creating an Area Loft feature ............................................................................................................. 374
Creating a Coil feature .................................................................................................................................. 377
Creating an Emboss Feature ....................................................................................................................... 382
Creating a Mark Feature .............................................................................................................................. 385
Creating a Rib Feature ................................................................................................................................... 387
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Creating a Rib Feature Normal to the Sketching Plane ........................................................... 388

Creating a Rib Feature Parallel to the Sketching Plane ............................................................ 393

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Applying an Image on a Face of a Model ................................................................................................ 395
Creating a Shell Feature ................................................................................................................................ 397
Tutorial 1 ............................................................................................................................................................. 401
Tutorial 2 ............................................................................................................................................................ 410
Tutorial 3 ............................................................................................................................................................. 419
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 .................................................................................................................................. 426
Hands-0n Test Drive 2 .................................................................................................................................. 427
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 427
Questions .......................................................................................................................................................... 427

Chapter 9. Patterning and Mirroring .................................................................. 429 - 468

Creating a Rectangular Pattern ................................................................................................................ 430
Creating a Circular Pattern .......................................................................................................................... 439
Creating a Sketch Driven Pattern ............................................................................................................. 442
Suppressing Features and Pattern Occurrences ................................................................................. 445
Unsuppressing Features and Pattern Occurrences ........................................................................... 444
Mirroring a Feature or a Body .................................................................................................................... 446
Tutorial 1 ............................................................................................................................................................. 449
Tutorial 2 ............................................................................................................................................................ 458
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 .................................................................................................................................. 466
Hands-0n Test Drive 2 ................................................................................................................................. 467
Hands-0n Test Drive 3 ................................................................................................................................. 467
Summary ........................................................................................................................................................... 468
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................... 468

Chapter 10. Advanced Modeling - III ................................................................... 469 - 540

Creating Holes ................................................................................................................................................ 470
Creating Threads ............................................................................................................................................ 478
Creating Fillets ................................................................................................................................................. 482
Creating Edge Fillets ............................................................................................................................. 482
Creating Face Fillets .............................................................................................................................. 492
Creating Full Round Fillets .................................................................................................................. 493
Creating Chamfers ......................................................................................................................................... 495
Splitting a Face and a Solid Body .............................................................................................................. 499
Splitting a Faces of a Model ................................................................................................................ 499
Splitting a Solid Body ............................................................................................................................. 501
Creating 3D Sketches and Curves ............................................................................................................ 502
Creating a 3D Sketch by Using the Line Tool .............................................................................. 503
Creating a Helical Curve ..................................................................................................................... 506
Creating a 3D Intersection Curve ..................................................................................................... 510
Creating a Silhouette Curve ................................................................................................................. 511
Creating a 3D Projected Curve ........................................................................................................... 513
Creating a 3D Curve on a Face ............................................................................................................ 515
Creating 3D Curves by Projecting Existing Geometries ............................................................516
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Tutorial 1 .............................................................................................................................................................. 517

Tutorial 2 ............................................................................................................................................................. 531
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Hands-0n Test Drive 1 .................................................................................................................................. 538

Hands-0n Test Drive 2 .................................................................................................................................. 539
Summary ........................................................................................................................................................... 539
Questions .......................................................................................................................................................... 539

Part 3. Working with Assemblies

Chapter 11. Working with Assemblies - I .............................................................. 541 - 624
Working with Bottom-up Assembly Approach ................................................................................... 542
Working with Top-down Assembly Approach .................................................................................... 542
Creating an Assembly using Bottom-up Approach ........................................................................... 542
Inserting Components in the Assembly Environment ...................................................................... 543
Working with Degrees of Freedom ........................................................................................................... 547
Applying Constraints ..................................................................................................................................... 548
Applying Assembly Constraints ....................................................................................................... 548
Applying Motion Constraints ............................................................................................................ 559
Applying Transitional Constraints ................................................................................................... 563
Applying Constraint Set Constraints .............................................................................................. 565
Applying Joints ................................................................................................................................................ 566
Applying a Rigid Joint ........................................................................................................................... 566
Applying a Rotational Joint ................................................................................................................. 570
Applying a Slider Joint .......................................................................................................................... 574
Applying a Cylindrical Joint ............................................................................................................... 576
Applying a Planar Joint ......................................................................................................................... 578
Applying a Ball Joint .............................................................................................................................. 579
Editing Constraints and Joints .................................................................................................................... 581
Deleting Constraints and Joints ................................................................................................................ 582
Moving and Rotating Individual Components ..................................................................................... 582
Moving a Component by using the Free Move Tool ................................................................. 583
Rotating a Component by using the Free Rotate Tool ............................................................. 584
Tutorial 1 ............................................................................................................................................................. 585
Tutorial 2 ........................................................................................................................................................... 600
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 ................................................................................................................................... 617
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 623
Questions .......................................................................................................................................................... 623

Chapter 12. Working with Assemblies - II ........................................................... 625 - 666

Creating an Assembly by using the Top-down Approach .............................................................. 626
Editing Assembly Components ................................................................................................................. 634
Editing Assembly Components within the Assembly Environment ................................... 635
Editing Assembly Components in the Part Modeling Environment ................................... 636
Patterning Assembly Components ......................................................................................................... 638
Creating an Associative Pattern ....................................................................................................... 638
Creating a Rectangular/Circular Pattern ....................................................................................... 640
Mirroring Components of an Assembly ................................................................................................. 640
 Copying Components of an Assembly ................................................................................................... 643
Creating Bill of Material (BOM) of an Assembly ................................................................................ 645

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Tutorial 1 ............................................................................................................................................................ 647
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 .................................................................................................................................. 663
Summary ........................................................................................................................................................... 666
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................... 666

Part 4. Creating Animation and Exploded Views

Chapter 13. Creating Animation and Exploded Views ....................................... 667 - 704
Invoking the Presentation Environment ................................................................................................ 668
Capturing Actions on the Timeline ......................................................................................................... 670
Capturing Tweaks on the Timeline ........................................................................................................... 671
Editing Time and Properties of a Tweak ................................................................................................. 676
Deleting a Tweak ............................................................................................................................................. 677
Creating a Snapshot View ........................................................................................................................... 678
Creating a Linked Snapshot View ..................................................................................................... 679
Creating an Independent Snapshot View ..................................................................................... 681
Editing a Snapshot View .............................................................................................................................. 682
Renaming a Snapshot View ........................................................................................................................ 683
Deleting a Snapshot View ........................................................................................................................... 683
Publishing a Snapshot View to a Raster Image ................................................................................... 684
Creating an Exploded View in a Drawing File ........................................................................................ 685
Creating a New Storyboard ........................................................................................................................ 687
Creating a New Scene .................................................................................................................................. 689
Playing Animation of a Storyboard .......................................................................................................... 690
Publishing Animation to a Video File ...................................................................................................... 690
Tutorial 1 ............................................................................................................................................................ 692
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 .................................................................................................................................. 703
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 703
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................... 704

Part 5. Creating Drawings

Chapter 14. Working with Drawings .................................................................... 705 - 780
Invoking the Drawing Environment ......................................................................................................... 706
Editing the Sheet Size ................................................................................................................................... 707
Editing/Creating the Title Block ................................................................................................................ 708
Editing the Drafting Standard ...................................................................................................................... 711
Creating the Base View of a Model ........................................................................................................... 714
Creating Projected Views ............................................................................................................................ 728
Working with Angle of Projection ............................................................................................................. 730
Defining the Angle of Projection ............................................................................................................... 732
Creating Other Drawing Views .................................................................................................................. 733
Creating an Auxiliary View .................................................................................................................. 733
Creating a Section View ....................................................................................................................... 735
Creating a Detail View .......................................................................................................................... 740
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Creating an Overlay View .................................................................................................................... 742

Creating a Break View .......................................................................................................................... 744
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Creating a Break Out View ................................................................................................................. 746

Creating a Slice View ............................................................................................................................. 749
Creating a Crop View ............................................................................................................................ 750
Deleting a Drawing View .............................................................................................................................. 751
Applying Dimensions .................................................................................................................................... 752
Applying Drawing Dimensions .......................................................................................................... 752
Applying Model Dimensions ............................................................................................................. 756
Adding a Text/Note ........................................................................................................................................ 758
Adding a Surface Finish Symbol ................................................................................................................ 759
Adding a Weld Symbol ................................................................................................................................. 760
Adding a Hole and Thread Note .............................................................................................................. 760
Adding the Parts List / Bill of Materials (BOM) ................................................................................... 761
Editing the Parts List / Bill of Materials (BOM) ................................................................................... 764
Adding Balloons .............................................................................................................................................. 765
Adding Balloons Automatically ........................................................................................................ 766
Adding Balloons Manually .................................................................................................................. 767
Tutorial 1 ............................................................................................................................................................. 768
Hands-0n Test Drive 1 .................................................................................................................................. 777
Hands-0n Test Drive 2 .................................................................................................................................. 778
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 778
Questions .......................................................................................................................................................... 779

Index ...................................................................................................................... 781 - 788

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