Hydraulic cylinder shown in retract and extend positions in same drawing view

[bengee5454]

hi all,

Having recently changed jobs I now find myself having to create a drawing of a hydraulic cylinder. I wish to show it fully retracted and fully extended in the same drawing view. Is this possible?

or do i have to lay 2 views over each other - this can't be the case surely......

Cheers,

Ben

[swalton]

I typically create 3 position representations in the cylinder model.

• Fully Retracted
• Fully Extended
• Flexible (single constraint with limits set between the retracted and extended length)

In the cylinder drawing file, I create a Base View and set the Position Rep to Fully Retracted.  I then create an Overlay View and change the Position Rep to Fully Extended.  I can also change linetypes, shade and other visible styles.

I end up with a single view in the drawing of the cylinder in both positions.

I use the Flexible position rep in various assemblies that consume the cylinder. 

[Paul.Normand]

You can check out the procedure to create positional reps here:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-34C28C35-45CA-4476-9336-30146F7C9471

and overlay views here:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-00BDBDC4-CFA8-4BC2-936E-4028BB9FF0BF

[bengee54]

That was exactly what I was after, I've been away from IV for a year, could not remember.

Added to that, I  had the unfortunate task of using SolidWorks for 4 months - which was far from ideal!