Unlink View in UG Drafting
Unlink View in UG Drafting
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Hi Guys,
Is there a way to unlink a Detail View from it's parent view in UG Drafting?
I'd like to modify the model but ensure the detail view remains unchanged.
If there is no easy way, is there a way I can export the Detail View as a DXF, and re-import it as a seperate entity?
Cheers,
Andy James
Draughtsperson
Is there a way to unlink a Detail View from it's parent view in UG Drafting?
I'd like to modify the model but ensure the detail view remains unchanged.
If there is no easy way, is there a way I can export the Detail View as a DXF, and re-import it as a seperate entity?
Cheers,
Andy James
Draughtsperson





RE: Unlink View in UG Drafting
RE: Unlink View in UG Drafting
But if you want it you can just turn the view to "reference" in the view style meny (general tab).
Note that the view will not be visible in UG but will when plotted.
RE: Unlink View in UG Drafting
The reason for this was to have "before" and "after" machining views.
I was going to copy the detail view so there would be two of them. The intention was then to 'unlink' one of them before I modified the model to show the after effect.
(I don't want to create 2 large models for this minor change in views)
I have tried exporting to a DXF file, but does not export the detail views..... any ideas?
P.S. I'm using UG v18.
Thanks,
Andy.
RE: Unlink View in UG Drafting
1)Go to drafting.
2)Make a layer to work were you want the before parts to be.
3)Expand that view
4)Choose "extract curve"->"all in work view"
5)Go out from expand
6)Use "visible in view" on that view and make only the layer you chosen earlier to visible.
RE: Unlink View in UG Drafting
I wonder if turning the view into a Reference View would work? I don't have any experience working with Reference Views, so I'm taking a shot in the dark here.
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
RE: Unlink View in UG Drafting
RE: Unlink View in UG Drafting
Move the solids that are going to be modified to their own layer. Extract wave or promoted bodies from them on another layer. Perform the machining operations on the promoted or wave bodies.
In your "before" detail view, make the promoted or wave layer invisible. In the "after" view, make the original bodies layer invisible.
Hope that helps!
RE: Unlink View in UG Drafting
1. Create a new drawing Drawing->New.
2. Move the required view to the created drawing sheet.
3. Export the Sheet as CGM ( or you can choose the display)
4. Open a new UG file
5. Import the CGM and save the file
6. Import the new UG file into the drawing where you want to use the view as reference.
7. If you are happy with this, goahead and modify your model and update the drawing.
This is one of the ways !!
Best of luck
RE: Unlink View in UG Drafting
RE: Unlink View in UG Drafting
Also sometimes the designer would like to show an assembly of a latch for example in both the extended and retracted positions. Do what vrn72 suggested it works for us I'm sure it will work for you also.
Wayne Huseby
Drafter/Checker
Goodrich Corp
Jamestown, ND 58401
701-253-7799
RE: Unlink View in UG Drafting