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Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

(OP)
Is it possible to show a different configuration, in a section view, from the view it was cut from?

RE: Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

Not that I know of ... that could be very confusing for the person reading the drawing?

Sorry if I sound sarcastic but, that's saying ... here's a section view of the part below, only it's not really the part below, it's from a part that's not shown on the drawing!!!

You could certainly fudge it by having the "real" config sectioned outside of the drawing border, breaking the alignment & moving the view ... but why on earth would you want to?


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RE: Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

I agree with CBL. It is not common to do that because it does not make sense. But if you need to, do what CBL wrote, and the veiw that is outside the border can be hidden.

Chris
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RE: Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

diamondcat,

You can work around this by inserting a view of the configuration you want in the section, taking the section view, then hide the original view.  Then put a new view in with the other configuration.  You can align them with the align tools.

Timelord

RE: Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

Yes you can fake it like Timelord suggests, you don't necessarily need to hide them either, you can just put them off the paper.

It is bad practice and drafting standards as others have mentioned.  When I started the job I am at now, the engineers had hundreds of faked drawings, dimensions and the like.  It has cost the company allot of money in scrap parts and so on, plus the cost of recreating the drawings.  Now when someone calls for a reference on the old team, you can imagine the type of reference they get.  It is something to think about.

Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

RE: Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

(OP)
Thanks for the ideas.

Just to clarify...
The configuration I am talking about is an assembly configuration.  I just wanted to show a pneumatic cylinder extended in one view and retracted in the section.  I wouldn't show a different configuration of a part between mating views, I understand how confusing that could be.

Thanks again

RE: Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

Check out the SW Help files regarding Alternate position views


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RE: Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

Just right click the view and go to properties.  Then select the configuration that you want shown.

RE: Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

crjones ... you cannot do that in a section view & if you do that in the sections parent view, the section also changes.


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RE: Diff Config. in Section from Parent View?

Unforunately I found out by accident.  Not all views update with a change to the parent or child view.  In producing drawings of multi-configuration parts, we do the first configuration.  Then 'save as' the drawing to the other configurations and fix the properties to the configuration we want.  I found that views not projected directly off view 1 do not automatically update.

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