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Long Part on a Short Drawing

Long Part on a Short Drawing

Long Part on a Short Drawing

(OP)
Let me explain.

I have a designed and modeled a slender shaft which is 16mm diameter and 1300mm long, there are no features on the shaft apart from a keyway near each end and one in the middle.

How do I draw this shaft at a scale of 1:1 on an A3 drawing sheet? In 2D Autocad I just used to draw the short bits of the shaft local to the keyways and break the rest out so it was in three seperate short bits.
Is there an easy way to achieve this using SW-2006 for both plan and elevation views to be linked still, I would still like to be able to place a correct dimension over the full length of the shaft by just picking the two outboard end points.

Thanks
Phil

RE: Long Part on a Short Drawing

Phil,

Use the break function:

Broken View
You can use a broken (or interrupted) view in a drawing. Broken views make it possible to display the drawing view in a larger scale on a smaller size drawing sheet. Reference dimensions and model dimensions associated with the broken area reflect the actual model values.

You can specify the gap between the break lines and the extension of the lines beyond the part geometry in Tools, Options, Document Properties, Detailing. The gap between the break lines is the gap when the break lines are first inserted, and also the gap after the view has been broken. You can specify the line font for the break lines in Tools, Options, Document Properties, Line Font.

You can apply the Break View and Un-Break View commands to multiple views.

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
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RE: Long Part on a Short Drawing

(OP)
Thats brilliant.

I just tried it out and it works a treat.

Thanks for the ultra quick response.

I'm off on the 2006 advanced and sheet metal courses in a couple of weeks, that should be fun. No really !!

Phil

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