I've tried googling this issue but get a lot of 3d printer results, and nothing that I can find in regards to drawings.
I have a cylindrical part, with a cut put in at a 45 degree angle. I am trying to make a drawing for this part with the dimensions for that cut.
All of this information is in the sketch geometry, but I cannot seem to get the model as shown in the drawing to rotate onto a 45 so that I can dimension the part accordingly.
Can anyone show me how to do this? I see crazy complex designs that autodesk shows as examples, how do people make blueprints for these parts to be manufactured?
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Hi,
please share your design to take a look at and for qualified hints.
günther
Hello,
The design is really quite simple, take a round part, and put a 45 degree flat on it.
Unfortunately I have learned not to share parts, as I cannot access the part I shared, which Autodesk *guesses* that is why I cannot access the part.
I will make you an example so that you can hopefully show me how to dimension.
Why did you model the part at 45°?
That requires extra work.
If the part was sitting on the table in front of me, I could rotate 45° and it is the same part - doesn't change by rotating.
So why not model in position for drawing view?
(You could rotate the body, but I never understood why people will create extra workplanes to mode at rotated angles.)
That's nothing like I was envisioning! Just goes to show how important an image or model is when posting a question.
Anyway... in the model workspace you can create a named view which is normal to your angled plane. You can then insert this view into your drawing.
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Marcus Wakefield
I expect the real part has more features than this example.
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Marcus Wakefield
Thank you, I did not know that was even an option.
For those in the future that may stumble upon the post looking for the same feature, here is a quick video on how to do a named view:
You're welcome, that's what we're all here for. By the way, this is what I thought you meant before you posted a model:
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Marcus Wakefield
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