Using model sketches in drawing sketch

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I am trying to find the best workflow for calling out paint notes in a part drawing.  My current tactic is to make a sketch in the model, place a drawing view and "get model sketches", then hatch the sketched area.  The problem I am running into is the hatch.  I create a sketch associated to the drawing view, but am unable to project the model sketch geometry into the drawing sketch. 

Is there a setting that I am missing here?  My fall-back is to use the model sketch to do a split face, then project the edges into the drawing sketch, but this adds a step of displaying tangent edges, which I don't always want.  This also creates some other issues downstream of the design process, which are annoying, but not insurmountable. 

The final option that i can think of is to simply do all the detail in the drawing.  This is not ideal as it requires jumping back and forth between the assembly and part, and manually entering dimensions taken from the assembly.  I would like an option that maintains some associativity to the assembly, so the areas can be reviewed in the model, and the drawings update themselves. 

Any other ideas?

[JDMather]

Is your drawing sketch at the Sheet level or is it at the View level.

If you had Attached your files here I could have done a quick test.

[Anonymous]

Drawing sketch is at the view level.  Files are attached.  Thanks for your time!

Also, I'm using 2017.4. 

[JDMather]

Well, I didn't find a solution.

The only thing that occurred to me is - paint has thickness, correct?

How about adding a modeled paint swatch part to the assembly?

[Anonymous]

@JDMatherThanks for trying.  I think that adding something to the model, or leaving it only to the drawing is going to have to be the way. 

Anyone know of a reason that the sketches behave this way?  Thinking about submitting an idea if no-one can think of a good reason. 

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Cody,

I am wondering if extruding the sketch in the part as a surface is a solution. Like you and JD already find out, model sketch geometry cannot be projected to a drawing sketch. However, you can always extrude the circles as surfaces. The surfaces can be included in the drawing view but they can remain invisible in the part. Also, surface edges are first-class view edges, which can be projected to any drawing sketch.

Would it work for you?

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

Thanks @johnsonshiue.  I will give the surface a try, but I was hoping for a no modeling solution.

[JDMather]

Rather than Extrude as surface, I was also thinking Boundary Patch surface.