Edit standard views in an assembly
Edit standard views in an assembly
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Is there anyway that I can be able to edit the standard views in the assembly after I have inserted parts? I am a beginner to Solidworks and did not properly mate the first item that I brought into the assembly to the orgin. I have finished my assembly but the views are more like isometrics now then front and top. Can anyone help me fixed this problem? Is there anyway that I can select a surface and make that view the top view? Can I just mate the origin to a side of a part to change the views? Let me know if you have any ideas or suggestions.
Thanks,
Tim
Thanks,
Tim






RE: Edit standard views in an assembly
To fix this in the future, design your parts according to the XYZ triad. This is an option you can turn on and see in the bottom left corner.
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RE: Edit standard views in an assembly
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RE: Edit standard views in an assembly
Using this technique is good, but beware if there are drawings already created with standard views, they will update and essentially get screwed up. It is best to use good modelling techniques and good forethought, but sometimes these things can't be avoided.
-Dustin
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RE: Edit standard views in an assembly
RE: Edit standard views in an assembly
Be aware that the Orientation technique is not permanent. Anyone at any time can hit the reset button and eliminate the new orientation.
RE: Edit standard views in an assembly
It will save you far more headaches taking the extra steps in the beginning.
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RE: Edit standard views in an assembly
Essentially you are going to mate your assembly to one of the default planes.
RE: Edit standard views in an assembly
-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional
RE: Edit standard views in an assembly
Re-aligning the first part would then take all the subsequent parts with it.
RE: Edit standard views in an assembly
Not to hijack the thread, but what are your thoughts on rebuild times and assembly efficiency. My understanding is/was that the deeper mates go, the slower they are to resolve. Essentially, two parts must be rebuilt in order for the mate to rebuild. If the mate is to the top level planes, only one part needs to be rebuilt.
I definitely agree that the ability to re-orient the base part and not screw up the model is desirable, but does that outweigh the (potential) increase of resources on a model.
This could be a moot point and I could be totally off base if the assembly rebuilds all parts before resolving all mates. Does anyone know this to be the case?
-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional
RE: Edit standard views in an assembly
To be honest, I've never even bothered to compare rebuild times for efficiency. Most of my assys are relatively small; typically less than 100 unique parts, so large assy performance isn't an issue.
One of the first projects I had in SW was to tidy up a fairly complex piece of equipment. The models had been created by a user who was not an engineering type and was self-taught on SW. The end result of what he had created was impressive considering this, but the methods used to create and assemble the parts was terrible. I ended up recreating almost everything. One of the biggest problems was caused by everything being mated to the top level assy planes. Since then I have never made that same 'mistake'. I would rather suffer the performance hit (if there is one) than have to fix something like that again.