Weldment Drawings

In this lesson you create a drawing for the part you created in the Weldment Parts lesson. The drawing includes views of the part and a cut list with custom properties.

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Open the part you created in the Weldment Parts lesson.
    • Browse to the location where you downloaded the tutorial sample files and open weldment_box2.SLDPRT.
  2. Click File > Save As New and save the part as My_weldment_box2.SLDPRT.
  3. Click New (Standard toolbar) and open a new drawing.
  4. Optional: If prompted to choose a sheet format and size, click OK to use the standard sheet format A (ANSI) Landscape.
  5. In the PropertyManager, do the following (if the PropertyManager does not appear, click Model View (Drawing toolbar) or Insert > Drawing View > Model):
    1. Under Part/Assembly to Insert, select My_weldment_box2.
    2. Click .
    3. Under Orientation, in More views, select *Trimetric.
    4. Under Scale, select Use custom scale and select 1:20.
    5. Under Dimension Type, select True.
  6. Click to place the view as shown.
  7. Click to close the PropertyManager.