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Basic Concepts of Creating Drawing Views
Drawings and documentation are often the true products of design because
they guide the manufacture of a mechanical device.
Mechanical Desktop adds an important dimension to drawing creation by
doing most of the work for you. Traditional 2D orthographic, isometric, aux-
iliary, section, and detail views of parts and assemblies can be automatically
created.
Mechanical Desktop creates these views complete with dimensions derived
from the models. You can then add annotations or more dimensions.
Because the views are derived from the models, they are updated as you make
changes to your design.
In Mechanical Desktop, you can set up multiple layouts for complex models
that require more than one drawing sheet to document.
Planning and Setting Up Drawings
Before you create drawing views, plan the views you need. Set up dimension-
ing and text styles and the drafting standard for your dimensions and other
annotations.
To customize your drawing, use system parameters to specify drawing char-
acteristics. You can define parameters in a prototype drawing so that they are
automatically set before you begin a new project.
For this exercise, open the file partview.dwg in the desktop\tutorial folder. The
file contains the saddle bracket model from the previous tutorial. It has been
created in a prototype drawing that contains a predefined drawing style and
title block.
NOTE Back up the tutorial drawing files so you still have the original files if you
make a mistake. See “Backing up Tutorial Drawing Files” on page 40.