Tilting object in drawing

[tomae]

I have a part with a compound angle on it.  In the drawing I have a top view and I want to project the compound end of that view but then tilt it up at a 12-degree angle so I can dimension the two partial dovetails.  

Attached is a part and an associated drawing where I create a detail (not exactly what I want).  I rotated it around, as I will want to do in my drawing (to illustrate it is at an angle), but then I want to tilt it up 12 degrees so I am looking directly down the side of the dovetails.  A hand drawn version is in the attached photo.

Is there a way to do this?

-Tom

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

You need to create a Named View to take to the drawing.  The Screencast will show you how to first get the view and the save the Named View.

[tomae]

Cool thanks, that is exactly what I needed!

-Tom

[tomae]

A related followup question if you don't mind....

Is there a way to add geometry to a named view that doesn't appear in the other views of a drawing?  I want to use dowel pins in my new view to measure between.  I added them, updated and saved the named view but the pins then appear in the other views of the drawing.  I'd love to confine them just to that named view!

-Tom

[hamid.sh. · Accepted solution]

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@tomae wrote:

A related followup question if you don't mind....

Is there a way to add geometry to a named view that doesn't appear in the other views of a drawing?  I want to use dowel pins in my new view to measure between.  I added them, updated and saved the named view but the pins then appear in the other views of the drawing.  I'd love to confine them just to that named view!

-Tom

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Think of Name View as a saved camera angle (just like top, front, etc.); it doesn't have anything to do with hiding/showing bodies. To achieve what you want you can add one base view at Named View orientation and the other one at the orientation you want. For the latter uncheck pin component(s) from the browser so it's not shown.

[tomae]

Many thanks Hamidsh!!  2 for 2 today 🙂

[tomae]

So, pushing my luck...  😉

If I have a part in my drawing with an angle on one end and I want to dimension that angle with respect to a vertical line, but there is no vertical line there, what is the best way to do that?  I can use the sketch feature to draw a line in and dimension my part in relation to the sketch line, but that doesn't stay associated and seems hack-ish.    I have also managed to use the Centerline and Rotate features to do the same thing, but same result, it works but isn't associated.  (pdf attached of what I am trying to do)

-Tom

[hamid.sh. · Accepted solution]

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If I have a part in my drawing with an angle on one end and I want to dimension that angle with respect to a vertical line, but there is no vertical line there, what is the best way to do that? ...

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I just tried this and it seems you can achieve what you want by adding a sketch line in the Design workspace. Then in Drawing show sketch folder and that sketch from the Browser. It is associated as far as I tried:

Note that line is shown by dashed style; I don't see a way to change its style.

[tomae]

Thanks again Hamidsh.  3 for 3! 😁  This is definitely a hack (like the others I mentioned) but I think this it is the best one yet.  The dimension does (still) become disassociated if you hide the sketch in the drawing, but as long as you leave that sketch viewable, the dimension stays associated.

I had asked a local friend about this issue and he said that this might be one of the roadmap improvements under "Line and Layer Control", there are words there that might be related to fixing this.

(https://app.mural.co/t/autodesk2145/m/timerahart2/1475171276107/0945259b7c22117012173ea2be3c9151fec1...)

-Tom