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Scaling parts in a drawing

Scaling parts in a drawing

Scaling parts in a drawing

(OP)
I'm running SolidWorks 2007

I'm working on a big assembly drawing with an exploded view to show the locations of the parts. The overall assembly is very large and is scaled at 1:20 on a D size paper. Some of the parts within the drawing are as small as 1in and I would like to scale these parts up within the drawing to better show the detail. If need be I will insert these parts as separate drawings and scale them, but I would like to know if there is a way to scale individual components within the same drawing view.

Thank you for your help.

RE: Scaling parts in a drawing

I think you would have to scale the part models, which you probably would not want to do. If you scaled each part, the scale on the dwg would be "none".
The best way, IMO, is to create another view showing the part(s) at the scale you need..

Chris
SolidWorks 09, CATIA V5
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RE: Scaling parts in a drawing

Hi, biggreen1:

Scaling differently within a view for different components is not per any standards, and is also misleading.  Additional detailed view(s) is the way to go.

RE: Scaling parts in a drawing

(OP)
First, thank you for your replies.

I know this isn't standard, but it's not critical that it is. There will be no dimensions to the drawing, only showing where specific parts are located. The drawing is for a boat being developed for ONR, and the parts are various inserts such as 10-24UNC threaded inserts which are to be molded in (yes, the boat is plastic). The boat is 7 meters (24ft) and the inserts are no larger than 3in, hence the scaling problem. Even on a D size print, the inserts appear as little more than dots. I have previously done it where I add a balloon note to the inserts, and place a scaled up view of each insert under the BOM, but the molder has requested that the inserts be scaled up on the drawing to save time from having to reference the BOM. Again there are no dimensions to the drawing, and the scale itself doesn't matter, it's only to show the locations of the inserts.

Thank you again for any help.

RE: Scaling parts in a drawing

Hi, biggreen1:

Detailed views solve your problem. Why do not you use them?

RE: Scaling parts in a drawing

(OP)
Detailed views are essentially what I used on the last drawing. The molder has requested that all the components be scaled up to show detail as opposed to having to reference a detail view. To show a detail view and leader to all the individual components would be very impractical as there are over 200 separate inserts in the assembly. I'm posting an url to a picture of the previous drawing to help clear up some confusion.

Justin
http://stanleywidmerassociatesinc.com/

RE: Scaling parts in a drawing

Don't explode them so far and you will be able to use a detail view effectively.  You can explode one and just call out the locations on the others and label the view as typical for those locations.

RE: Scaling parts in a drawing

Just add new model views of the parts into the drawing sheet, and scale the view, not the model.

RE: Scaling parts in a drawing

One way to achieve what you are asking for is to create a configuration for each fastener that has a scale feature which enlarges the fastener.  Then you can create a big fastener configuration of the overall assembly that uses the big fastener configuration of all of the fasteners.  The exploded view for the drawing could then be based off from this configuration.

Eric
 

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