I want to crate a drawing template for tooling fabrication. I want the standard tool profile as part os a predifined view. Then be able to input model geometry into that view. we currently use CADKEY to create those drawings. Is there a way to do this in Solidworks
Deepak,
Would this require the standard tool profile to always be on a set plane? Once the tool profile is determined a plane could be generated with the name "profile" and the predefined view could use that plane?
Jim not sure if you are talking about view in models or drawings.
Pre-defined views are used in drawing where you can add them in the drawing template and when you start the drawing from the model, the views get auto populated with the views from the model.
Right, but if one part is modeled with the desired view being on the top plane and the next part is modeled with the desired view being on the right plane, the predefined view will not automatically drop in will it? That is where I am thinking that creating a new plane for the desired view and then having the predefined view using that plane would give consistent results.
OK, understood now.
I've never tried that but thinking logically it should work.
Hi Gary,
Not really sure what you are trying to do. When making a drawing for a part file the view palette in the Task Pane will show ten or more views. Drag and drop the one you want.
As a sidebar, we use CadKey as well. We switched to SolidWorks as our main design software and I couldn't properly do my job without also using Cadkey.
Thanks
we have found that to be the case as well.
I am new to the forum here.
See drawing. This is a CADKEY Template. The tool profile is part of the template. We have to take geometry form solidworks into CADKEY
and manipulate it to insert it onto the tool profile. Trying to find a way to do this all in Soldworks.
In the model, you can always re-define the standard view orientation. If your predefined drawing view is for the front, you can set the model's preferred view as "Front" and all will be as expected in the drawing.
Daen
You can add predefined views into the SOLIDWORKS drawing template. And it would populate once you drop a model.