bgz Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 For the "Dearly-Wish" List: I dearly wish that I could simply design a 3D object in a design sheet, generate several viewports on a sheet with various 2D projections of my object, and then annotate the viewports with dimensions. Unfortunately, VW doesn't "remember" that my object is composed of circles, or holes drilled in a pattern, etc., and so it is impossible to dimension them accordingly... I usually end up carrying a bunch of extraneous 2D objects with my design just so I can do proper dimensioning. This is not a good solution.... -OR- I end up drawing all the projections in 2D myself, and then do a post-drawing 3D construction for an isometric view - hey wait, didn't I buy a 3D CAD tool? Does anybody out there using VW Machine Design have a good solution or workflow for creating "standard" 3-projection machine drawings with dimensions from even the simplest of 3D parts? Thanks, bz Quote Link to comment
Charlie_P Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Unfortunately I'm using a similar workflow... There isn't any other realistic way to do it - seems as though this is part and parcel of the 3d alignment problem discussed on other threads. There was a plug in once on vectordepot to change dimensions to 3d objects which at least lets one dimension a 3d drawing but that doesn't address the main problem. All you can do is make sure that the relevant constraints are turned on - especially "multiple divisions" under "snap to distance" and "snap to edges" under "snap to object" As to third angle projection - does "create multiple views" under the "Machine design" menu do the right sort of thing for you? I tend to use that plus drawing over the top with lines of zero width to get the extra snaps. That 3d dimension tool is at http://www.vectordepot.com/plug-ins/ Cheers Charlie Quote Link to comment
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