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Breaking views
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Breaking views

Breaking views

(OP)
I have 2 views (front and top) of a part in a drawing. These are very long parts, so I am gonna break view them. Now if I insert Break View lines in the 2 views individually, then there is no way to guarantee that AFTER breaking, these views will be equal in length to each other. I can align the break lines by eyeballing them but that's not good enough. Can I break 2 or more views "together" so that they still appear the same length AFTER breaking?

Thanks

RE: Breaking views

Also, dimension the views before you break them.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 2005 SP0.1

RE: Breaking views

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what you need to do is create your front view with the break lines where you want them. "Break the view". Then create a projected view of that broken view.

Both views will be equally the same in length.

Best Regards,
Jon

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

RE: Breaking views

I forgot to add.

That if you change the location of the breaks in your front view the projected view will not update accordingly. At least it doesn't on Solidworks 2001Plus.

Hopefully this is a bug that was fixed in later versions.

(Wish the company I currently work for could have enough money to upgrade the company to 2005)

Best Regards,
Jon

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

RE: Breaking views

In the view properties of the 2nd view there should be an option to Align breaks with parent.  This option is broken in 2004 though (no pun intended :)and you must use jksolids method.

RE: Breaking views

ctopher ... Why? Have you found problems when dimensioning after inserting the break?

& all the best.

RE: Breaking views

yes, for example, if I have a cable assy and want to dimension the length, it will not let me do it after it is broken. It was like this in 2004 all SP's and still in 2005 SP0.1.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 2005 SP0.1

RE: Breaking views

I haven't ever come across this problem.
Are you sure you did not have some filter turned on preventing you from selecting model edges.

That would be the only reason I could think of of why you can't select model edges to dimension.

Best Regards,
Jon

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

RE: Breaking views

yes, I checked filters, nothing filtered.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 2005 SP0.1

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