topic Re: SET DESTINATION OF SLICE VIEW IN DRAWINGS in Inventor Forum

SET DESTINATION OF SLICE VIEW IN DRAWINGS

ryanTPVFU — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 13:42:59 GMT

In drawings, I am trying to figure out how someone has it so that when you create a sliced view, it automatically appears in a rectangular sketch. I cannot find where the link is that makes this happen or how to re-create it.

Anyone know how?

Thanks

Re: SET DESTINATION OF SLICE VIEW IN DRAWINGS

SBix26 — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 15:48:27 GMT

What version of Inventor? Embed a screenshot, at least-- I don't understand what you mean.

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2022.2 | Windows 10 Home 21H2

Re: SET DESTINATION OF SLICE VIEW IN DRAWINGS

ryanTPVFU — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 16:24:13 GMT

Inventor 2022

I have attached a hand drawing below. Hope that better explains.

Re: SET DESTINATION OF SLICE VIEW IN DRAWINGS

SBix26 — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 18:08:33 GMT

What you're showing is a detail view. When you select the Detail View tool, you can choose between a round and a rectangular shape.

Hope that helps,

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2022.2 | Windows 10 Home 21H2

Re: SET DESTINATION OF SLICE VIEW IN DRAWINGS

ryanTPVFU — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 18:19:47 GMT

I drew the "Detail or Section" (I meant to say CROP instead of Detail...oops) view as a square just to show that whatever choice I made it automatically goes into the boundary of the "destination sketch"

I am working on a drawing made from someone else in Inventor. No matter where I draw a sketch on the base view, it just goes into the "Destination" sketch. If I move that "destination sketch" the crop will always fall into it

Re: SET DESTINATION OF SLICE VIEW IN DRAWINGS

SBix26 — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 19:16:30 GMT

I'm having trouble understanding your terminology. You wish to crop the base view, but it always ends up as a detail view? Can you record a screencast of you using the Crop View tool on the base view? What does it mean: "the crop will fall into it"?

If you could post a drawing and its associated part, along with a picture illustrating what you'd like to see happen, maybe we could figure it out.

Re: SET DESTINATION OF SLICE VIEW IN DRAWINGS

ryanTPVFU — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 20:32:47 GMT

-Draw a random rectangle, anywhere

-Put a base view down, anywhere

-Do a crop view of that base view, anywhere

How do you get that crop view to automatically show up in the random rectangle, how do you link them or constrain them?

Re: SET DESTINATION OF SLICE VIEW IN DRAWINGS

SBix26 — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:01:27 GMT

You don't, that's not something that Inventor can do. But the end result of what you're describing sounds exactly like a detail view.

You don't start with a random rectangle and try to link a view into it, you start with a base view, and create a detail view from it, which may be circular or rectangular in shape. Detail views are typically at a larger scale than the base view but aren't required to be. A detail view remains associated to the base view, so if the detail definition is altered (moved or resized) the detail view does the same. The detail view can be moved anywhere on the sheet, or even to another sheet. Here's an example using the rectangular shape option:

Does this look like what you want?

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2022.2 | Windows 10 Home 21H2

Re: SET DESTINATION OF SLICE VIEW IN DRAWINGS

swalton — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:07:06 GMT

Do you want a Detail or a Crop view? They are different tools and results in Inventor. @SBix26 has covered the Detail view operation.

Crop Views alter a Base view to hide some portion of the model geometry. Think cropping a picture with a photo editor.

The crop view workflow as I understand it.

Place a base view.
Select the Crop tool.
Select the base view from step 1
Use the circular or rectangular tool to define the crop boundary
Finish the command
The view created in step 1 will be cropped.

If you want to use a sketch to define the crop boundary:

Place a base view.
Select the base view and start a sketch
Draw the crop boundary
Select the Crop tool.
Select the sketch from step 3
Finish the command
The view created in step 1 will be cropped.

See: https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-BEBE65CF-79A7-47DE-A4B9-3B70BDA30269