SolidWorks 2011 Parts Bible - Matt Lombard [221]
8. Press Ctrl+Q; the view updates, removing the cross-hatching.
9. Click the section line and press Delete. Answer Yes to the prompt. You may also need to separately delete the sketched section line.
10. Create a new section view using a jogged section line, as shown in Figure 15.36. In order to do this, you must pre-draw the jogged section line, and press the Section View button with the part of the line that you want to use to project the new view.
Figure 15.36
Creating a jogged section view
11. Next, click the Detail View button on the Drawings toolbar. This activates the Circle sketch tool.
12. Sketch a circle in the Front view, located in the lower-left section of the drawing. Try not to pick up any automatic relations to the center of the circle. One way to prevent this is to hold down the Ctrl key when creating the sketch.
13. Place the view when the circle is complete. Note that the view was created at a scale of 1:2. The sheet scale is 1:4, and so the detail is two times the sheet scale. The Detail View is shown in Figure 15.37.
Figure 15.37
Creating a Detail View
14. Drag the circumference of the circle and watch the view dynamically resize.
15. Leave the Detail circle selected so that the center of the circle is highlighted. Drag the center of the circle around the view. The effect is like moving a magnifying glass over the part. If you drag the center with the Ctrl key pressed, then you will not pick up any automatic sketch relations when you drop it somewhere.
16. Click the Broken-out Section View tool on the Drawings toolbar. Draw a spline on the Right View similar to the one shown in the image to the left in Figure 15.38. Use a section depth of 1 inch; splines take a little practice.
Figure 15.38
Creating a Broken-out Section View
17. Click inside the view border but outside of the part in the Top view (in the upper-left section of the drawing). Press Ctrl+C.
18. Click the Add Sheet icon to the right of the sheet tab in the lower-left corner of the drawing that says Sheet1, and select Add New Sheet. If you used the template that I provided, a message may appear, saying that SolidWorks cannot find the format. This is because I only supplied you with the template file, not the format as a separate file. In any case, switch to the B size format and accept.
19. Click any spot inside the sheet and press Ctrl+V. SolidWorks pastes the copied view from the other sheet. Delete the section line. You may also need to delete the sketch lines separately.
20. Click the Projected View tool from the Drawings toolbar, and then click the pasted view. Practice making a couple of projected views, including dragging one off at a 45-degree angle to make an isometric. Make sure that one of the views is a side view showing the angled edge, as shown in Figure 15.39. Once you create the views, click model edges in the views and drag them around to a better location.
21. Select the angled edge from one of the side views and click the Auxiliary View toolbar button. While placing the view, press and hold the Ctrl key to break the alignment. You can resize the view arrow by selecting the corners and dragging. If you drag the line itself, then you can move it between the views. Alternatively, with the view arrow selected and the PropertyManager displayed, you can deselect the green check mark icon in the Arrow panel at the top of the window to turn off the arrow.
22. Create a new drawing from the New dialog box. Select a template without predefined views on it, so the Inch B Bible Template (no Views).drwdot will work. If you select a default SolidWorks template, you need to verify that the template uses Third Angle rather than First Angle Projection. An easy way to do this is to switch the drafting standard from ISO to ANSI in Tools⇒Options⇒Document Properties⇒Drafting Standard. If the automatic Model View interface appears in the PropertyManager, click the red X icon to cancel out of it.
Figure 15.39