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Shaded 2D views & ISO standards

Shaded 2D views & ISO standards

Shaded 2D views & ISO standards

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A general question for the forum. I like the option of being able to shade views on 2D drawings. NX5 is the first 3D package I have used that allows this option.

I usually use this option on iso. views, or where it helps in understanding the components - especially useful on customer drawings.

Does anyone know what the official line is on actually creating 2D drawings with shaded (ie rendered) views. Is it acceptable within the drawing standards to include extra views that are shaded? (I.E. in relation to ANSI standards or similar)

Solid Edge; I-Deas 7 to 12; NX4 & currently NX5.

RE: Shaded 2D views & ISO standards

It depends on how your standards are to be written and interpreted, most are written without anything CAD specific in mind. But the interpretation issues goes to whether you read them to mean that everything is permissible except what the standard says is forbidden, or the other way around. I haven't read my ISO standards over a coffee in some time so I imagine that there is still no mention of shaded views. If they work for you then use them. My customers love them and seem to relate better to the presentation of the drawings when they are shaded.

I output all my drawings to PDF because the system supports this quite well. The PDF and plotting dialogs have option for printing out the drawings as shaded views or wireframe which can be toggled on and off. So you can create your drawings with shaded views (My templates are set up to do so), and then decide how to output depending on what the customer requires. I do use this because for larger projects I output the data without the shading to make smaller PDF files or sheets that can be faxed to manufacturers.

Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

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