SolidWorks Tutorial 10

Drawing of the Axle Support

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 Tutorial 10: Drawing of the Axle Support

In this tutorial, we will make some technical drawings of the 3D model of the axle support
that we created in Tutorial 9. This tutorial is design to continue with the files you made in
Tutorial 9. If you did not finish the previous tutorial or lost the files, ask you teacher about
them.
Creating a 2D drawing is not very difficult. We will show you a number of examples of
single part and assembly drawings. Also, we will show you how to make an exploded
view.

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Inner Tube Drawing

Work plan

The first part is the inner tube of the axle support. We will put three views on the drawing
sheet and an isometric view.

1 Start SolidWorks and open the part [Link]. You created this file during the last
tutorial.
2 Click on New in the standard Toolbar to
open a new file.

3 Select the drawing template

and click on OK.

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4 Select B (ANSI) Landscape

from the list as shown and
click on OK. 1

5 An empty drawing sheet will

appear. If the command Model View does not
start automatically, click on Model View in the
CommandManager.

6 Set the first view now:

1 Click on the part Pipe. 2
2 Click on Next.

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7 Make sure the settings in

the PropertyManager
match the ones on the
right.
1 Select the Front for the
first view.
2 Put it somewhere on the
sheet.

8 After you have positioned

the first view, the Projected
View command will start 4
automatically.
3
Move your cursor around the 1
front view that you put in first.
Click three times to set the three
views as shown.
Click on OK.
2
If the Projected View command
does not auto-start, click on the
View Layout tab in the
CommandManager and after
that on Projected View.

Tip: There is another method for placing views in a drawing. You can use the Task Pane
command. You have done this before in Tutorial 6 (Step 41). As always in
SolidWorks: use the method that you prefer!
9 Set the units to MMGS in the bottom right of the window.

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10 To change the main

settings of the drawing,
right click at a random
point on the drawing
sheet (not on a view).
Then, select 1
Properties...

11 Make sure to check the

following settings:
1
1 Name the drawing:
Pipe.
2 4
2 Select a Scale of 1:2.

3 Paper size is B (ANSI)

Landscape.
3
4 Select Third Angle
(American Projection)
or First Angle
(European Projection)
as Type of projection.
5 Click on OK.
5

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12 The views intersect

now. To change their
positions, drag (click
and hold your mouse
button and move your
mouse) the dotted
frame that is visible
around the view by
moving your cursor
over it.

13 Position the views as

shown on the right.

14 Click on the
Annotation tab in the
CommandManager, and
then on Model Items.

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15 Set the following features in the

PropertyManager:
1 Select the option Entire model at
5
Source/Destination.
2 Check the option Import items into all
views.
3 Select the first option: Marked for
1
drawing under Dimensions.
4 Check the option Eliminate 3 2
duplicates.
5 Click on OK.

4
16 The dimensions will
now be displayed in
the drawing.

Tip: While modeling a part you will set a number of dimensions. You do this in sketches
and features. What we did just now, is nothing more or less than copying these
dimensions onto the drawing. So SolidWorks did not come up with something by
itself.
When you do a sloppy job while modeling, it will show up in the dimensions on the
drawing. Luckily, you can remove or change the dimensions manually and you can
also add them to the drawing. In the following few steps, we will show you how.

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17 We will show the invisible lines

(dotted lines) in the drawing
now. 3
1 Click on the side view.

2 Select the second option

Hidden lines visible under
the Display Style in the
PropertyManager.
3 Click on OK.

18 Do the same for the front view.

2
1

19 Next, we want to put a

number of dimensions
in one other views. For
example: the
dimension between the
holes in the tube (35
mm) is now in the
right-side view but we
would rather show it in
the front view.
1 Drag the dimension
from the right-side
view holding the <Shift> key.
2 Release the dimension somewhere in the front view.

3 Then, release the <Shift> key on your keyboard.

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20 Next, drag the

dimension to the right
position.
Make sure the
dimension is aligned
with the dimension 52
which is above it. While
dragging, you can see
(yellow) auxiliary lines
that indicate if the
dimensions are actually
aligned.

21 To shift the arrows on

both sides of the
auxiliary lines, do the
following:
1 First, select the
dimension by clicking
on it.
2 Click on the round dot
you see beside the
arrow.
The arrows will now
move inside of the lines.

22 Move a few more

dimensions like you did in step 19:
The tube diameter (Ø60) and the thickness of the
material (3) are moved to the top view.
The drawing must look like the illustration on the
right.

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23 The dimension Ø5 can be removed.

1 Click on the dimension.

2 Push the <Del> key on the

keyboard.

24 We want to change the

dimension Ø6 to M6,
because it is a screw
thread.
1 Select the dimension in
the drawing. 1
2 Replace the text <MOD-
DIAM> with the capital
M under Dimension
Text in the
PropertyManager. The
field text will read:
M<DIM>.
3 Click on OK.

25 Finally, we add a
centerline to the
right-side view.
1 Select the tube in
the ride-side view. 2
2 Click on 4
Centerline.
3 Click the option
Select View in the
PropertyManager.
4 Click on OK.
1
3

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26 The drawing is now finished. You have to

fill in your name in the right bottom corner,
in the title block.
1 Right-click at a random position on the
sheet (not on a view or dimension). 1
2 Click on Edit Sheet Format in the menu.

The drawing will disappear temporarily.

27 Zoom in on the right

bottom corner.
Double-click on the 2
text Comments and
type Name: and then
fill in your own name.
Click on OK.

1
28 Right-click somewhere
on the page and select Edit Sheet.
29 Save the file as Axle_stand.SLDDRW.
1

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30 Print the drawing.

You can find the most
important settings for
the printer commands
in Tutorial 6.
Ask your teacher for
the right settings for
the printer.

Support Block Drawing

Work plan

Next we will make a drawing of the support block. In this drawing we will learn how to
work with cross-cuts. You will also see how to change dimensions in a drawing.

31 Add a new sheet to the file first:

1 Right-click on the tab at the bottom of the
screen.
2 Select Add Sheet in the pop-up menu.

You have two tab sheets now; you can

toggle between the drawings if you want to.

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32 Right-click somewhere
on the new drawing sheet
and select Properties... 1
Name the sheet:
Support.
Make sure the settings
match those of the first
sheet (step 11).

33 Click on View Layout in

the CommandManager, and then
on Model View. 2
1

34 When the Support is opened, select

it in the list in the
PropertyManager. If not, click on
Browse... and find the file on your
hard dive or on your memory stick.

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35 Click on the sheet to place

the front view.

36 The command
Projected View
will start
automatically now.
Also set the top
view and the
isometric view of
the support block.

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37 Let’s make a cross-cut!

1 Click on Section View
in the
CommandManager.
2 Select Vertical for the
Cutting Line type. 1
3 Set the cursor on top of
the midpoint of the
upper horizontal line
and click.

38 Click OK in the pop-up

menu.

39 Next, the cross cut will appear

and you can place it beside the
view.

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Tip: When you accidently shift the cross-cut line, colored shading will appear in the
cross-cut drawing. This indicates that the model has to be updated.
In such a case, click on the Rebuild button in the standard toolbar. The colored
hatching will disappear.

40 To get a better view

of the countersink
hole, we will open a 2
part of the front view.
Click the Sketch tab 1
and after that on
Circle in the 3
CommandManager.
Set the circle just 4
about the same as in
the illustration on the
right.
41 Make sure the circle is
selected (it turns blue).
Click on the View
Layout tab in the
CommandManager. 2 3
Click on Broken-out
Section.
1

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42 Check the options Preview

in the PropertyManager.
3 2
Click on the edge of the hole
in the top view. The cross-
cut will run through here.
If the preview looks good,
click on OK.
1

43 To put a centerline in the

hole, use the following steps:
1 Select the first edge from the hole.

2 Hold the <Ctrl> key and select the second

edge from the hole. 3
3 Click on the tab Annotation in the
CommandManager.
4 Click on Centerline. 2
5 Click Select View in the PropertyManager.
1
6 Click on OK.

The centerline is a bit short now, but you can

drag the end to extend it.
44 Add the other
centerlines too, so the
drawing will end up
looking like the
illustration on the
right.

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45 Set the dimensions in the

drawing now.
Click on Annotation in the
CommandManager and then
on Model Items.
Use the same setting as in the
last drawing (step 15). Make
sure that the option Hole
Wizard Profiles is also
checked.
Click on OK.

46 Shift the dimensions where

necessary so your drawing looks orderly.
Select the three dimensions as shown on the
right.
Push the <Del> delete key on the keyboard
to remove them.

47 Next, set two new dimensions. Click on

Smart Dimension in the
CommandManager and set the dimensions
of 60 and 100 like in the illustration.
You have also used Smart Dimension in
sketches so you should be familiar with this
command.

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48 Replace the dimension R20 with Ø40 in

the same way.

49 At some point you will see the auxiliary

lines from the dimensions running through
the view. You can easily drag the endpoint
of the lines to the outside of the view or
cross-cut.

Tip: Notice that we have inserted dimensions in the drawing in two different ways:
1 By importing them from the 3D model.
2 By putting them in the drawing manually with the Smart Dimension
command.
There is an important difference between the two kinds of dimensions. When you
double-click on an imported dimensions, you will get a small menu in which you
can change it. When you do so, the 3D model will also change! So be careful with
this function. They are also called Driving Dimensions.

It is not possible to change a manually placed dimension. If you double-click on

those, nothing happens. These are Driven Dimensions.

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50 Fill in the right

bottom corner of
the drawing as you
have done before
(in steps 26 to 28)
Click on Save to
save the file.

Assembly Drawing

Work plan

Finally, we will make the drawing of the assembly. For this we use one of the views and an
exploded view. To put an exploded view in the drawing, we have to make it in the
assembly first.

51 Open the file Axle_stand.SLDASM.

Click on Exploded View in the CommandManager.

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52 Click on the pin.

At the pin, three arrows and rotation
rings appear and you can now drag
or rotate this part in three different
directions.

53 Drag the part using the blue

arrow, so the pin will end up
beside the assembly.
Click somewhere beside the
model to un-select the pin.

54 Drag a frame around the top of

the support to select all parts of it.
Drag from the right to the left, so that the tube
will be selected as well! 1

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55 Next, drag all selected items upward

using the vertical arrow. Make sure
the inner tube will extend above the
base tube.

56 Drag the two little screws

just below the support block
one by one until they are just
outside of the model.
You can easily rotate the
model during this operation,
but remember to put it back
into the trimetric position.
This is the only way that you
will get a clear idea about
how the drawing will look at
the end.
57 Drag a new frame around
the top, but drag it from
left to right this time. The
tube is not selected now.
1
Make sure the support is
completely in the selection
frame, including the
‘invisible’ part that is
inside the tube.

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58 Drag the selected parts upward

again.

Tip: If the part is not directly in the right spot, you can always click on it a second time
and drag it to a new position. However, this will create a new Explode Step and
make your model more complex.
It is much better to find the step you want to change in the PropertyManager and
then click on it. A blue arrow will appear on the part, and you can change its
position by dragging the blue arrow.

1
2

59 Rotate the model a little so you can see

two of the screws in the bottom of the
support block.
Select the two screws.

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60 In order to be able to shift

the screws in the right
direction (at the same
angle as the screw holes)
follow the next few steps:
1 Click on the field
Explode Direction in
the PropertyManager.
2 Click on a plane from 2
the screw.
The arrows now change
direction, and you can
shift the screws in the 1
right direction.

61 Move the other two

screws in the same way.
Raise the insert.
The parts are all in the right
position now.
Click on OK the in
PropertyManager.

62 To get a better idea about how the

parts of the product fit together, the parts
are often connected with lines.
Click on Exploded Line Sketch in the
CommandManager to do so.

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63 Select the two

surfaces as
shown in the
right.

64 Does the line from the screw start at the head of the screw and
look like the image on the right? Click on the gray arrow at the
beginning of the line. The direction will reverse now.
When the line is ok, click on OK in the PropertyManager.

65 Make a similar line

for one of the
screws in the 5
support block.
Select the three 3
surfaces as shown.

4
1

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66 Draw all connection lines in the exploded view in the

same way.

67 The assembly has now

turned into an Exploded 1
View. But how do we
return to the normal
assembly?
1 Go to the 3
2
ConfigurationManager
2 Right-click on
ExplView1.
3 Select Collapse.

To return to the explode

view again, select Explode in the same menu.
Try the option Animate explode/collapse. You will see the parts moving away from
and toward each other.

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68 Make sure the assembly

is exploded and save the
file.
Return to the drawing
again that you were
working on.
Push the R on the
keyboard.
Click on
Axle_stand.SLDASM.

69 Add a drawing sheet to

the file.
Click on Add Sheet.

70 Click on the View Layout tab in the

CommandManager.
Select Model View.
Select the file Axle_stand. 1
Click on Next.

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71 Make sure the option Trimetric is

checked in the PropertyManager.
Put the view in the drawing sheet.

72 The exploded view may be

enlarged a little.
1 Select the exploded view. 1
2 Select Use custom scale.

3 Change the Scale to User

Defined in the
PropertyManager.
4 Set the Scale to 1:4.

2
3
4

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73 Next, we will put the front view on the sheet.

1 Click once more on Model View in the CommandManager.

2 Select the file Axle_stand.

3 Click on Next. 1

74 Select the Front View in

the PropertyManager.
Put the view on the
drawing sheet.
Automatically, the
command Projected View
will start up. Click on OK
to end this command. 2

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75 The front view is still exploded, but this is not

meant to be. To change this, right-click on the 1
view and select Show in Unexploded State.

76 Change the Scale to 1:2 as you have

done in step 72.

77 We will set the part numbers to the

exploded view.
1 Select the exploded view.

2 Click on the Annotation tab in 2

the CommandManager. 3
3 Click on AutoBalloon.

The part numbers now appear around the exploded view.

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78 Click on the option

Left in the
PropertyManager to 3
set all part numbers on
the left side of the
exploded view.
You can drag the
numbers to put them
in better positions.
Click on OK.

79 Finally, we will add a

parts list.
1 Select the exploded view first. 2
2 Click on Tables in the
CommandManager. 3
3 Select Bill of Materials.

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80 Click OK in the
PropertyManager.
1

81 Put the parts list

on the drawing
sheet.

82 We must give our

assembly drawing a name
now. It is still called Sheet1
(or another number).
2
Right-click on the tab which
contains the assembly 1
drawing.
Select the option Rename in
the menu.
83 Type in another name for the drawing,
for example: Assembly.

84 Fill in your name in the right bottom corner.

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85 Save the drawing

and print it.

What are the main features you have learned in this tutorial?

In this tutorial you have made three drawings and learned the most important functions for
making a drawing. You have:
 Placed views onto a drawing sheet.
 Set dimensions in drawings, both automatically and manually.
 Made some cross-cuts, including complete and partial cross-cuts.
 Made an exploded view.
 Added part numbers and a parts list to an assembly drawing.
There are a lot more functions to use when making drawings, but the things you know now
will enable you to draw any product you want.

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