Is it possible to cut surface parts in assembly? Ok, here is what I want to do:
I want this whole assebly cut in half:
Like this:
So it can be easily done with "section view" in actual assembly. But the problem is that I need this to be shown like this in drawing sheet. Is it possible?
Ari, as far as i know you cant, but you could create configuration of each part that requires a trim and apply thoes config in the assembly-Surfaces cant be cut only trimmed.
Cant you apply a section view inside drawing?
hope it helps
Modifying each surface part with trimmed configurations is way over my head. It just takes too much work for the goal I'm looking for. And section view doesn't cut surfaces in drawing, just solids.
ps. You guys dont have a clue how much I hate surface parts at my work . But for some reason, persons who hande the composite (and glassfiber) parts always does them as surface. They say that those are too complex to make as solid parts. Can it be true? I have tried to thicken those parts, but the Solidworks always gives some errors.
yip , for composite models, you never need thickness in a model, you only need to know the layup thickness. I think surface parts are great, very powerful technique, The config thing is not difficult to setup neither.
You could try the thicken command under the surface menu. If you add thickness (even 1mm) so that it is now a solid, then they should section in the drawing.
why cant you save it as a named veiw then bring it in to a drawing?
use the section veiw to cut as you want
Umm.. how do you do that? I have saved my section view as view orientation if thats what you meant? How do I get it to shown in drawing? I checked the Solidworks help and it said "
| View orientation | Saves the section view as a named view in the Orientation dialog box. The view is not available in drawings. |
"
Was that you meant? Or is there some other way?
You need to save the section view as Drawing annotation view but unfortunately surface won't appear as sectioned in the drawing
So it will shown in the sameway that section cut made in drawing itself? Thats the main problem in the first place. Looks like I have to use Display states and hide the other side surfaces. The problem here is that floor example is a U-shape so i cannot see the inside of the other side. Here's image to explain:
I have been trying to get a sectioned solid view into a drawing, but without success.
I tried saving it as an annotation view, but it seems from the screenshot that only the view orientation and section plane are saved.
While the name of the view is presented for selection in the drawing, the sectioned model view that I worked hard to create is not presented on the view pallete.
Having sectioned the view in the model, I don't want to repeat that work in the drawing.
Am I overlooking something?
Hi John
Are you able to include the file, or have you tried just creating the section view in the drawing using the section view tool itself instead of
trying to so it as an annotation view from the model?
When you save section view in part/assembly then make sure you choose Drawing annotation view.
Then in the drawing, in the View Palette you should see view(s) with section arrows. That is the parent view you need to insert first and only after that you can put the section views saved in part/assembly.
I have done that, but the section view which is offered in the drawing pallete is oriented with the section plane in the plane of the paper.
While this was standard back in the days when I slaved over a hot drawing board, it is not the orientation I chose for optimal presentation in the model view.
I want a section view with custom orientation and dimensions. It seems that drawings offer dimensions but not custom orientation, and model view offers custom orientation but not assembly dimensions.
you can create a custom view within a drawing - try relative view.
hope it helps
Perusal of SW Help shows that there are many types of drawing view, but none of them is the same as the view I see in my model window, which is the view I posted but sectioned by the lighter coloured vertical plane which is not parallel to the screen.
