3d drawing from a model view based on the current UCS

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Im having troubles creating a 3d drawing from my model view- It seems to always be creating a plan view even though I set up the axis to my liking. Any help, please? Could anyone show me how to do it? I would greatly appreciate it.

[muleman1]

see if this screencast helps at all

[johnjmbennett]

Set your view direction in the model, by view cube, or rotate the model .

Then the key is to set the UCS to follow the view orientation, There is a command on the AS tool palette that allows the ucs to do this "View UCS" .

The view should then produce as if you are looking down the zee Axis.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for taking the time to reply, muleman1 but it's not exactly what I'm trying to do- you've created a 3d view for the whole structure- im trying to get a 3d view of a specific part- thus I've created a model view, set UCS based on my view (as suggested by johnjmbennet as well) and right-cliked on the view and selected a view direction along the z axis:

and then I tried to create a drawing but all I get is plan view not a 3d view

Any ideas?

[johnjmbennett]

Check the drawing style you are trying to use, has the view direction control set to "by UCS", if set to different it may just ignore the view UCS.

Not at my PC today.

[Anonymous]

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@johnjmbennett wrote:
Check the drawing style you are trying to use, has the view direction control set to "by UCS", if set to different it may just ignore the view UCS.

Not at my PC today.

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Tried with different styles and still no luck.

[Anonymous]

In your model you have a 2d workframe set to plan view and are using a camera process to create drawing so you will get a plan view of your drawing each time. Use the workframe to set your view, change the UCS to front view (UCS - V) then use a drawing style not a process to create your drawing that uses an object selection and a pickbox. Then adjust your back and front clipping within the drawing. 

[muleman1]

sorry, I'm far from expert and far from smart,"LOL! If i understand know I think you can get what you want by setting a camera at ucs. If that is what you need and would like me to, I can make another screencast. Camera work really well for views like you want

[Anonymous]

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@muleman1 wrote:

sorry, I'm far from expert and far from smart,"LOL! If i understand know I think you can get what you want by setting a camera at ucs. If that is what you need and would like me to, I can make another screencast. Camera work really well for views like you want

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Well, that's what I'm trying to do here- to get a drawing from a camera view but all I'm getting is plan drawings. Sometimes I need to produce a certain view where I'm cutting elements by specific plains so I need to know how to do it by working with cameras and model views. If you know what I mean and are able to show me I would greatly appreciate it 🙂

[muleman1 · Accepted solution]

sorry if I didn't understand at 1st. see if this screencast helps. you can place the ucs anywhere at any angle and the 'camera at ucs' tool will produce a view directly related to the position of the camera. 

[Anonymous]

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muleman1 wrote:

sorry if I didn't understand at 1st. see if this screencast helps. you can place the ucs anywhere at any angle and the 'camera at ucs' tool will produce a view directly related to the position of the camera. 

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Thank you so much! This gets me the closest to what I want 🙂