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Extracting Drawings
College of Engineering
Engineering Education Innovation Center
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Formal Drawings
Definition: Detailed multiview representations of a
finished part
Formal Drawing
Components:
1. Extracted Drawings
• Extracted Views
• Detailed Features
• Title Block
2. Dimensions
• Size and Type of Features
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Extracted Views
Purpose: create 2D
engineering drawings
from solid models
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Top View
Isometric
View
Part File to Drawing File
Place Base View
Project Top, Right
Isometric View
Base View
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Right View
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Detailed Features
• Automatically Aligned
Features
• Hidden Lines
• Orthographic Views
• NOT on Isometric
Views (unless
necessary)
• Circular Features
• Centerlines
• Centermarks
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Title Block
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Specific to Company
Part Name
Scale
Units
Author
Date
Any Other Necessary
Information
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SolidWorks: OSU Title Block
The OSU Title Block is already loaded on the
First Year Engineering Computers and is the
same as what is in the EEIC Templates folder
on the course drive
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To locate uncheck the “Only
show standard formats” box and
scroll to the bottom of the list
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SolidWorks: Drawing File
Select the correct part
file from open
documents or using
the “Browse..” button
to select closed files
Open a new Drawing
file and use the
“Model View” button
to place a base view
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SolidWorks: Model View Options
Choose base view
(usually front view)
Display hidden lines
for orthographic
views
Choose appropriate
scale using the sheet
scale or a custom
option
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SolidWorks: Extracted Views
Place projected views by
left clicking in the
appropriate directions and
spacing
Insert base view by left
clicking once at the correct
location
Press “Esc”
when finished
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SolidWorks: Changing Options
The size of all the
views can be changed
by selecting the base
view and changing
the scale
The isometric view
can be selected in
order to change it’s
display properties to
a solid part without
edge lines
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SolidWorks: Circular Features
Center Marks and
Centerlines must be
added to define
circular features in
Orthographic views
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SolidWorks: Title Block
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Finished Drawing
Right click and select
“Edit Sheet Format”
Double click
to edit Title
Block Text
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Helpful Hints – Saving a Drawing Template
After making any desired changes in Document Properties and filling
out the Title Block with your name and other fixed data and exiting
the Edit Sheet Format mode:
1. Click on File / Save as
2. Rename the file (perhaps your initials)
3. Open the menu under Save as type by clicking the
arrow to the right
4. Then select Drawing Templates [*.drwdot]
5. Click on Save
6. In the future, this named template will appear
whenever you perform a New along with the other
Part / Assembly / Drawing options
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Extracting Drawings Wrap Up
Extracted Views
• Part file to drawing file
Detailed Features
• Aligned
• Hidden
• Circular
Title Block
• Author
• Units
• Scale
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Homework Assignment
Problem 6.4 (qq)
Model part and create 2D
Drawings with all necessary
formatting (to be used in next
class)
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In-Class Assignment
Open this part file
and use it to extract
2D drawings. Add all
necessary formatting.
(Hint: Centermarks
and Centerlines)
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