Custom 3D Sections views from .prt or .asm to use for drawings in Inventor

[alexander.naljot]

Hello dear Autodesk team,

it would simplify the plan derivation process significantly,  if you can also use your own views, which you have defined in the part or assembly, in the drawing.

here you can see custom 3D section in assemblyhere you can see that that the custom view will not accepted for drawings

[Ben-Cornelius]

I would like the option to allow section views from model view representations on drawing views

[Anonymous]

It'd be nice to also have an "auto section around Origin" as well.  This saves the step of creating a base view, moving it off to the side and then sectioning it so that you can show the OD/ID changes on a shaft.  And then sectioning it so that you don't get the center lines off to one side.

[Anonymous]

EDIT: I just checked with a later version of Inventor and it looks like this is already possible. We are using Inventor 2011 here.

Seconded. I've never understood why this wasn't possible from the beginning. On several occasions I've had to either create a blank sketch and turn on "cut graphics" for a half section view, or create a throwaway assembly with one part in it just to look at a three-quarters section of that part.

[sth]

Dear Community Mates,

I was wondering that I wasn't able to find this idea here - I was sure someone posted it already. I apologize creating this if the idea already exists ere 

We're wondering why the ability to create a first view from a Design View section in our drawings is missing hence this improves the model centered Design approach. (And in some scenarios Designer require to have the base view already as a section view)

We're sure that this would improve the Design expirience with Inventor: - and this'll bring another core PTC feature into the Inventor world  :smileyhappy

Here's what we think should be able:

The workflow for assemblies would be the same . but more efforts for me to create the pictures 

I hope some of you agree with us that this feature would help to make Inventor greater than ever 

[inv.ideareview]

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[mikko.m]

Option to allow section views from model view representations on drawing views.

Raising this idea

[mikko.m]

Raised this idea.

[Anonymous]

It would be great to have the possibility  to Change the view type after creation. For example, it should be possible to switch a standard view to a section view. Currently, you have to delete the view with all dimensions and annotations and create a new one. In my opinion, the best way is to create a section in the 3D-Model and just "activate" the section on the drawing. In this case, you can also decide, if you want a complete section or just a break out.

[sth]

Hi Mikko,

sounds very familiar with this here:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/create-drawing-views-from-part-assembly-design-view-wi...

I'm glad to see that this feature will help others too .

Cheers,

Thomas

[JEHADESIGN]

I use View representation in assemblies very much and often as Section View. (Attached Snit1)

When creating a Base View on a drawing it it possible to display it as a View generated in the assembly.

But it is only possible to display the view without the Section View on the drawing. (Attached Snit2)

Therefor I suggest that the Section View also are transferred to the drawing environment.

Claus

[WCrihfield]

I thing there should be an option to save the section view status to the DesignViewRepresentation, so it can be selected from the drop down list when creating a view within a drawing.

If this can't be done with DesignViewRepresentations, then create a fourth type of Representation tool that we can use to accomplish this.

  I often want to show the section view of my Parts/Assemblies in an ISO view, but there's no quick, easy way of doing this.

I know how to use the Section tool in a drawing, and how to use the Break Out tool, but neither does what I want to do.

To use the Section view tool, you must first have another view that you place the slicing line & section view symbols on, and my other views are always straight on views (Top, Front, Right, etc.).

It would just be soooooo much easier if we could just save the way we can see it in the model side, and transfer that over to a drawing view, without so much trouble.

[utec]

I also have the same need, that is, to obtain the three-quarter and one-quarter section views also on the IDW table as in the view in the IAM environment.

I attach some sample images.

[luca_pinto]

it would be very useful!!

[leonque]

I fully support this idea.

A section view in a drawing always depend of a previous parent view. There are cases where it worths the time to slice a view and play with depth of field, but most of the time, you simply need to show a detail you might have already check by a half, quarter or 3/4 erts section view on the design environtment. 

The option to save that section view and reuse it , both on the design or drawing environtments would be of great help. 

[DRoam]

@Discussion_Admin, could the following duplicates be merged into this one?

• Allow section views from model view representations on drawing views (by Ben-Cornelius) 
• Allow section views from model view representations on drawing views (by mikko.m) 
• View types / Section view 
• Drawing Section View 
• Save Section View status in DesignViewRepresentation, so is available in Drawing 

Thanks

[AlexNaljot]

Dear AD Team,

it is great Idea!. In Microstation (Bentley), this possibility has been available for a long time.

[Yijiang.Cai]

Many thanks for posting the idea, and tracked as [INVGEN-74208]

[Yijiang.Cai]

Many thanks for posting the idea, and tracked as [INVGEN-74208]

[WCrihfield]

Yay, new activity here! 😃  Never give up on this idea.  Adding this ability would be really great and save a lot of time.  Any view of the model we can see or create in the model environment, we need to be able to recreate just as easily, of not easier in a drawing documenting that model.  It would be great to create something like a shaded ISO view of a model directly with the 1/4 slice out of it, without having to create several one or more other preparatory views that we do not want or need in the process.  One thought would be to add the model section view tools to the special environment that you enter when you are editing a view and click the drop-down list under the view cube, and choose "Custom View Orientation..." option.

That special environment lets us set the view to a custom orientation, but it currently only offers the following tools.

Just passing some thoughts through the keyboard here, but maybe we could add the model section view tools in there too, and allow their effect to be maintained in the view after finished editing it.

But I would still prefer to just be able to save this view set-up in the model the way I want it, one way or another, before the drawing is even created, then be able to specify that special view set-up when creating or editing the drawing view later, without it being just an inaccurate 'raster'.