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Drawing challenge: Create a View Crop

Tom_Servo — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:16:24 GMT

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-BEBE65CF-79A7-47DE-A4B9-3B70BDA30269

Create a "Crop Operation Using an Existing Sketch".

I couldn't get it to work and was hoping someone could elaborate on the provided instructions.

Re: Drawing challenge: Create a View Crop

Frederick_Law — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:42:57 GMT

An example, picture, file of what you're trying to do?

Re: Drawing challenge: Create a View Crop

Tom_Servo — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:54:07 GMT

I too thought it would be more helpful if the Inventor help document included more detail.

A crop in inventor is a way to control the bounds of a view.

Boss: "hey let's get rid of all those other parts in that detail."
Designer: "okay boss, I will just open up the drawing and crop down my view so it won't be within the view boundary."

Re: Drawing challenge: Create a View Crop

johnsonshiue — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:37:06 GMT

Hi Tom,

Inventor drawing sketch has multiple modes. It can be confusing indeed. To create a Crop view, you need a sketch attached to the view, not just a sketch on the sheet. First, select the view to be cropped and the create the sketch. Draw a close boundary (any curves will do) -> Finish Sketch. Then crop it.

Many thanks!

Re: Drawing challenge: Create a View Crop

swalton — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:41:22 GMT

Are you trying to crop a Base or Projected View, or are you trying to crop a Detail View?

The crop tool may have some limitations depending on the type of the parent drawing view.