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Shading different components in an assembly drawing

Shading different components in an assembly drawing

Shading different components in an assembly drawing

(OP)
Hi All,

I have an assembly drawing which involves insulation, soft wood and hard wood. I was wondering if there is any way I can set it up so when I create a drawing it will shade the different materials (cross hatch, light grey etc)so as to make it easier for the boys in the factory to read.

I have attached an image of one of the drawings so as you can see what I mean.

Thank you all I appreciated any help.

Craig

RE: Shading different components in an assembly drawing

Hi Craig,

Setting material properties in the parts allows you to assign the hatching/fill style but this only shows up when you take a section through the part...

One way would be to apply a different colour (not too dark) to the parts and in the drawing turn the view from lines to fill (blue box).

Good luck

Angus

  

RE: Shading different components in an assembly drawing

Cahop,

   You have a bunch of options.  

   On 2007, changing the view from outline to filled-in, is a change from vector graphics to pixelized.  You do not want to do this on your orthogonal views.  

   You can add a 3D view and set that to filled-in.  This will help people visualize your assembly.  You do need to set the colours carefully on your models.

   Can you provide E-drawings to your factory?

   Do you have a PDM system that lets the users view the 3D models attached to the drawings?

   I have always thought that it would be cool to set up a web page with PDFs of the drawings, and JPEGs of the 3D views, and all sorts of helpful remarks.  This is not nearly as complicated as it sounds.  As far as I am concerned, the best editor for HTML on a Windows machine is NOTEPAD.  The resulting page does not have to be pretty, just readable.
    

               JHG

RE: Shading different components in an assembly drawing

Cahop,

  Or you could just do the AutoCAD this by using the AREA HATCH/FILL command to fill in the different materials on the drawing.

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John H. Dunten, CD
Certified Drafter

RE: Shading different components in an assembly drawing

(OP)
thanks all for the help, all i did for the first drawings were just do the hatch/fill option. what are the advantages of using something like the E-drawings as opposed to the drawings that I have been using for the guys on the factory floor???

RE: Shading different components in an assembly drawing

Cahop,

   Drawings are two dimensional representations of whatever it is you are designing and/or documenting.  2D is an abstraction that gives a lot of people difficulty.  An isometric view or an arbitrarily rotated view will make visualization a lot easier to a lot of people.  Allowing them to examine and rotate a 3D model is even better.

               JHG

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