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Cant resize border/ outline of a view in a drawing in SW 2005???

Cant resize border/ outline of a view in a drawing in SW 2005???

Cant resize border/ outline of a view in a drawing in SW 2005???

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I have noticed that I can no more change the size of the broken dashed border/ outline of a view in a drawing in SW 2005 . Is it that SW has lost that particular option in the 2005 version or do I need to check any system option for that?

RE: Cant resize border/ outline of a view in a drawing in SW 2005???

SolidWorks eliminated that option and tightened te view window.  

RE: Cant resize border/ outline of a view in a drawing in SW 2005???

So I understand that I can no longer resize a view border and am looking for another way to accomplish this.

I have a rather large (geometrically, not number of components) which I need to produce assembly instructions for.  I have created configurations in which I have cut away (using assembly cuts) geometry which I don't want to show on my drawing.  My assembly is of a bunch of trim components which get mounted on a wall.  I have the wall modeled showing corners and such and the assembly cuts remove portions of the wall I am not concentrating on.  The components I'm not interested in are hidden.

My problem is that the view borders are sized as if the entire assembly is visible.  This poses a problem because adjacent views overlap and it's a total crap shoot as to which view notes are being placed in.  I know I could lock view focus every time I'm working in a particular view, but that gets to be a pain.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Dave Gowans

RE: Cant resize border/ outline of a view in a drawing in SW 2005???

dgowans,

On your drawing view try croping the view by first drawing a box, circle, etc.(as long as it completes a closed entity) around what you want to be visible and the select crop from your drawing toolbar.

You can also crop exploded views by doing the following:

After inserting your exploded view use a square, circle or polygon to define your crop area, and then right-click. Go to properties for that view and uncheck "Show in Exploded State". Crop the view as you normally would. Right-click on the view again, go back to properties and check "Show in Exploded State".

Hope this all made sense.

Best Regards,
Jon

Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Solidworks 2005 SP3.1

RE: Cant resize border/ outline of a view in a drawing in SW 2005???

Yup, that was my biggest gripe in 2005, it's a problem select views to move sometimes, or if you have overlapping views.

John

RE: Cant resize border/ outline of a view in a drawing in SW 2005???

You could try finding the view in the tree, right click on it, selecting 'lock view focus' and adding the notes afterward. That's what I do.

Also, if you name your views (in the tree), you will have a much easier time selecting them.

Hope that helps

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