Creating a 2D Drawing

You can create a 2D drawing to add to the electrical project drawings after you insert the components.

To create a 2D drawing:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D menu, click Create 2D drawing .
    • In the menu, click Tools > SOLIDWORKS Electrical > Create 2D drawing .

    SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D uses the SOLIDWORKS features to create the drawing. A 2D drawing opens in the graphics area but, unlike in SOLIDWORKS, there is no title block. This drawing has the dimensions of the title block of the scheme specified in the electrical project configuration.

  2. Use the View Palette to drag the views to use.
  3. Click SOLIDWORKS Electrical Drawing > Create marks to generate the component marks in a view.
  4. Click Project drawing to generate a new drawing with a title block.
    The file is saved in EWG format in the Drawings directory for the electrical project.
The drawing is added to the list of drawings for the electrical project.