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Learning Objectives
• Generate standard drawing views.
• Generate different types of views.
• Generate the view of an assembly in the exploded state.
• Work with interactive drafting.
• Edit drawing views.
• Change the scale of the drawing views.
• Delete drawing views.
• Modify the hatch pattern of the section views.

 THE DRAWING MODE

 STARTING A DRAWING DOCUMENT
• Starting a New Drawing Document Using the New
SolidWorks Document Dialog box

Figure 1 The New SolidWorks Figure 2 The initial screen of the drawing document
Document dialog box with the Sheet Format/Size dialog box

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• Starting a New Drawing Document from the

Part/Assembly Document

Figure 3 A new drawing document with the View

Palette task pane

• TYPES OF VIEWS
• Model View
• Projected View
• Section View
• Aligned Section View
• Auxiliary View
• Detail View
• Broken View
• Broken-out Section View
• Crop View
• Alternate Position View

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 GENERATING STANDARD DRAWING VIEWS

• Generating Model Views
CommandManager: View Layout > Model View
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Model
Toolbar: Drawing > Model View

Figure 4 Previewing
the thumbnail view of
the assembly

• Reference Configuration
• Orientation Rollout
• Import Options Rollout
• Display State Rollout
• Display Style Rollout
• Scale Rollout
• Dimension Type Rollout
• Cosmetic Thread Display Rollout
• Options Rollout

Figure 5 Partial view of the Model

View PropertyManager showing
the standard view options

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• Using the View Palette to Place the Drawing Views

Figure 6 The View Palette

• Generating the Three Standard Views

CommandManager: View Layout > Standard 3 View
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Standard 3 View
Toolbar: Drawing > Standard 3 View

Figure 7 The Standard 3 Figure 8 Three standard views created using the
View PropertyManager Standard 3 View tool

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• Generating Standard Views Using the Relative View Tool

CommandManager: View Layout > Relative View (Customize to add)
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Relative To Model
Toolbar: Drawing > Relative View (Customize to add)

Figure 9 The Relative View

PropertyManager

Figure 10 Faces to be selected Figure 11 Resulting view

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• Generating Standard View Using the Predefined View Tool

CommandManager: View Layout > Predefined (Customize to add)
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Predefined
Toolbar: Drawing > Predefined View (Customize to add)

Figure 12 The Drawing

View PropertyManager

Figure 13 Various predefined views Figure 14 Views created after populating

the predefined views

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 GENERATING DERIVED VIEWS

• Generating Projected Views
CommandManager: View Layout > Projected View
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Projected
Toolbar: Drawing > Projected View

Figure 15 Front view generated

from the top view

• Generating Section Views

CommandManager: View Layout > Section View
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Section
Toolbar: Drawing > Section View

Figure 16 Full section view Figure 17 Half section view

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Figure 18 Partial view of the

Section View PropertyManager

• Creating the Partial Section View

• Creating the Surface Section View

Figure 19 A partial section view Figure 20 A surface section view

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• Generating the Section View of an Assembly

Figure 21 The Section View dialog box Figure 22 Section view of an assembly
with some of the components excluded
from the cut

• Generating Aligned Section Views

CommandManager: View Layout > Section View flyout > Aligned Section View
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Aligned Section
Toolbar: Drawing > Section View flyout > Aligned Section View

Figure 23 Aligned section view Figure 24 Aligned section Figure 25 Aligned section view when
view when the vertical line the inclined line is drawn first
is drawn first

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• Generating Broken-out Section Views

CommandManager: View Layout > Broken-out Section
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Broken-out Section
Toolbar: Drawing > Broken-out Section

Figure 26 Sketch for creating Figure 27 The Broken-out

a broken-out section view Section PropertyManager

Figure 28 Preview of the broken-out section view

Figure 29 Broken-out section view

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• Generating Auxiliary Views

CommandManager: View Layout > Auxiliary View
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Auxiliary
Toolbar: Drawing > Auxiliary View

Figure 30 The Auxiliary Figure 31 Reference edge to be selected

View PropertyManager to create the auxiliary view

Figure 32 Auxiliary view created with Figure 33 Auxiliary view created with
the Flip Direction check box cleared the Flip Direction check box selected

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• Generating Detail Views

CommandManager: View Layout > Detail View
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Detail
Toolbar: Drawing > Detail View

Figure 34 The Detail View

PropertyManager

• Detail Circle Rollout

• Style Area
• Per Standard
• Broken Circle
• With Leader
• No Leader
• Connected

• Detail view Rollout

• Full outline
• Pin position
• Scale hatch pattern
Figure 35 Detail views generated using the Detail
View tool

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• Cropping Drawing Views

CommandManager: View Layout > Crop View
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Crop
Toolbar: Drawing > Crop View

Figure 36 Closed profile to crop the view Figure 37 Resulting crop view

• Generating Broken Views

CommandManager: View Layout > Break
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Break
Toolbar: Drawing > Break

Figure 38 Break lines added to the view Figure 39 Multiple break lines

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Figure 40 Curved break lines Figure 41 A broken

Isometric view

• Generating Alternate Position View

CommandManager: View Layout > Alternate Position View
SolidWorks menus: Insert > Drawing View > Alternate Position
Toolbar: Drawing > Alternate Position View

Figure 42 The Alternate Figure 43 Alternate position view Figure 44 Alternate view
Position PropertyManager of an isometric view.

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• Generating Drawing Views of the Exploded State of an Assembly

Figure 45 Drawing view of the exploded state of an assembly with

explode lines

 WORKING WITH INTERACTIVE DRAFTING IN

SolidWorks
 EDITING AND MODIFYING DRAWING VIEWS
• Changing the View Orientation
• Changing the Scale of Drawing Views
• Deleting Drawing Views
• Rotating Drawing Views

Figure 46 The Rotate Drawing View dialog box

• Manipulating the Drawing Views

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 MODIFYING THE HATCH PATTERN IN SECTION VIEWS

Figure 47 The Area Hatch/Fill

PropertyManager

 Tutorial 1
In this tutorial, you will generate the front view, top view, right view, aligned section
view, detail view, and isometric view of the model created in Tutorial 2 of Chapter 8.
Use the Standard A4 Landscape sheet format for generating these views.
(Expected time: 30 min)

1. Copy the part document of Tutorial 2 of Chapter 8 in the folder of the current chapter.
2. Open the copied part document and start a new drawing document from within the
part document.
3. Select the standard A4 landscape sheet format and generate the parent view using
the Model View tool, refer to Figure 48 on the next slide.

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4. Generate the projected views using the Projected View tool, refer to Figure 48.

Figure 48 Drawing sheet after generating the front, top,

right, and isometric views

5. Generate the aligned section view using the Aligned Section View tool, refer to
Figures 49 and 50.

Figure 49 Sketch to be used Figure 50 Sheet after generating the aligned section view
as the section sketch for the
aligned section view

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6. Generate the detail view, refer to Figure 51.

Figure 51 The detail view derived from the top view

7. Save and close the drawing document.

 Tutorial 2
In this tutorial, you will generate the drawing view of the Bench Vice assembly created
in Chapter 12. You will generate the top view, sectioned front view, right view, and
isometric view of the assembly in the exploded state. (Expected time: 45 min)

1. Copy the folder of the Bench Vice assembly from Chapter 12 to the c14 folder.
2. Create the exploded view of the Bench Vice assembly, refer to Figure 52.

Figure 52 Exploded view of the assembly

with explode lines

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3. Start a new drawing document from within the assembly document using A4 landscape
sheet format. Generate the top view using the Model View tool, refer to Figure 53.

Figure 53 Top view generated using the Model View tool

4. Generate the section view using the Section View tool, refer to Figure 54.

Figure 54 Section view generated

using the Section View tool

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5. Generate the right side view using the Projected View tool, refer to Figure 55.

Figure 55 Right-side view generated using the

Projected View tool

6. Generate the isometric view and change the state of the isometric view to the exploded
state, refer to Figure 56.

Figure 56 Drawing sheet after generating all the views

7. Save and close the drawing and assembly documents.

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 Exercise 1
In this exercise, you will generate the front view, section right view, isometric view, and
the alternate position view on the isometric view of Exercise 1 of Chapter 11. You need
to scale the parent view to the scale factor of 1:3. The views that you need to generate
are shown in Figure 57. (Expected time: 30 min)

Figure 57 Views of Exercise 1

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