Part V: Creating Drawings
- Expand the Task pane and activate the View Palette (the tab that looks like a drawing
icon). Click the ellipsis button (...) and browse for the assembly named Chapter 21. SF
casting assembly.sldasm. This is shown in Figure 21.37.
FIGURE 21.37
The View Palette
- Drag the Back view onto the drawing. Notice that when you use this technique, the
views do not resize automatically, regardless of the setting at Tools ➪ Options ➪
Drawings ➪ Automatically Scale New Drawing Views.
- Delete any view that you have created using this method. Open Windows Explorer,
browse to the assembly, and drag it into the drawing. The views that you create using this
method are equivalent to the Standard 3 View tool. This time, the views auto-size.
- Select the Front view and change it to the Back view. Notice that the rest of the views
change to reflect the new parent view. You will get a warning about this change.
- Zoom in on the Back view. Change the view to show Tangent Edges With Font through
View ➪ Display. You can also change this from the view RMB menu.
- Click the Alternate Position View toolbar button. Type a name in the PropertyManager
for a new configuration and click the green check mark icon. SolidWorks opens the
assembly model window.
- Rotate the handle 90 degrees and click the green check mark icon. SolidWorks returns
to the drawing and shows the new position in a dashed font, as shown in Figure 21.38.
