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Appendix R5–6Engineering Drafting

Chapter 6 delineates the concepts of engineering drafting. You output orthographicviews from solid parts and orthographic and presentation views from assemblies ofcomponents. This appendix complements Chapter 6 by delineating the new features inAutodesk Inventor 5:

⇒ Broken View

⇒ Delete Line Weight

⇒ Text Style

⇒ Full Dimension Formatting

⇒ Alternate Dimensions

⇒ Baseline Dimension

⇒ Hole Table

⇒ User-Defined Symbol Precise Placement

⇒ Leader Behavior

⇒ Copy and Paste Symbols

⇒ Multicolumn Parts List

Broken ViewIn R5, the broken views can have multiple breaks and are in the context of the view itself, and you candynamically adjust the view breaks. Now you will construct a cylindrical solid part and then an engineeringdrawing of the solid part.

1. Start a new part file. Use metric template.2. Construct a circle of 10 mm diameter and extrude the circle a distance of 100

mm. (See Figure 6–1.)3. Save and close your file. (File name: BrokenView.ipt)

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Figure 6–1Sketch extruded

4. Start a new drawing file.5. Select Create View from the Drawing Management panel or toolbar.6. With reference to Figure 6–2, construct a drawing view of the component

“BrokenView.ipt” that you constructed.7. Select Projected View from the Drawing Management panel or toolbar.8. Select the drawing view and select a point on the left side of the drawing view

to indicate a location.9. Right-click and select Create. (See Figure 6–3.)

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Figure 6–2Drawing view being constructed

Figure 6–3Projected view being constructed

10. Select Broken View from the Drawing Management panel or toolbar and selectthe projected view.


11. In the Broken View dialog box shown in Figure 6–2, select Structural Styleand Horizontal Orientation.

12. Select two points to indicate the location of the break.

Figure 6–4Broken view being constructed

A broken view is constructed. (See Figure 6–5.) Save you file. (File name: BrokenView.idw)


Figure 6–5Broken view constructed

Delete Line WeightIn R5, you can include additional line weight in a drawing. You can delete the added line weight if it is notused in the drawing. Not perform the following steps to add a line weight and then delete it.

1. Select Format>Standards.2. In the Drafting Standards dialog box, type 10 at the Line Weight box and press

the Enter key to add a new line weight. (See Figure 6–6.)3. To remove the added line weight, select the Delete Line Weight button.4. Select the Cancel button.


Figure 6–6Drafting Standards dialog box

Text StyleIn R5, you can define as many text styles as need during the construction of an engineering drawing. Nowyou will define text styles in an engineering drawing.

1. Select Format>Text Styles.2. In the Text Styles dialog box, set text parameters and specify a text style

name.3. Select the Save and Close buttons.

A new text style is constructed.


Figure 6–7Text Styles dialog box

Full Dimension FormattingIn R5, you can manipulate the format of the dimensions. Now you will set the dimension style in anengineering drawing.

1. Select Format>Dimension Styles.2. In the Dimension Styles dialog box, select the New button.

A new dimension style is constructed.

Figure 6–8Dimension Styles dialog box

Alternate DimensionsIn R5, you can display dual unit values with different levels of precision in the dimensions of an engineeringdrawing. Now you will set alternate dimensions in a dimension style.

1. In the Dimension Styles dialog box, select the Alt Units tab.


2. In the Alt Units tab, check the Display Alternate Units box. (See Figure 6–9.)3. Select the Save and Close button.

Display of alternate units is set in the new dimension style.

Figure 6–9Alternate dimensions selected

Baseline DimensionIn R5, you can construct baseline dimensions. To learn how to construct baseline dimension, you willconstruct a solid part with a number of through holes and then an engineering of the component part.

1. Start a new part file. Use metric default.2. With reference to Figure 6–10, construct a rectangle and extrude it to a solid.3. Establish a sketch plane and construct a number of points. (See Figure 6–11.)4. Construct a set of through holes. (See Figure 6–12.)5. Save and close the file. (File name: Holes.ipt)


Figure 6–10Solid part being constructed

Figure 6–11Points constructed


Figure 6–12Holes being constructed

6. Start a new drawing file.7. With reference to Figure 6–13, construct a drawing view.


Figure 6–13Drawing view constructed

8. Select Baseline Dimension from the Drawing Annotation panel or toolbar.9. Referring to Figure 6–14, select two points on the screen to describe a

selection box, selecting an edge and all the holes.10. Right-click and select Continue.11. Select a point to indicate the location of the dimensions.

A set of baseline dimensions is constructed. (See Figure 6–15.)


Figure 6–14Edge and holes selected

Figure 6–15Baseline dimensions constructed


Hole TableIn R5, you can construct a hole table to delineate the location of all the holes or selected holes in a drawingview. To construct a hole table for all the holes in a drawing view, perform the following steps.

1. Select Hole Table-View from the Drawing Annotation panel or toolbar.2. Select the drawing view.3. Select an end point of an edge in the drawing view (see Figure 6–16) to

indicate the origin of the dimensions.4. Select a point to indicate the location of the hole table.

A hole table is constructed. (See Figure 6–17.)

Figure 6–16Origin point selected


Figure 6–17Hole table constructed

User-Defined Symbol Precise PlacementIn R5, you can define insertion point and connection points while constructing a sketched symbol forinsertion to an engineering drawing. An insertion point is an user-defined point on the sketch where thecursor is attached when the symbol is being inserted to the drawing. If there is no insertion point defined,the cursor will attach to the center of the symbol geometry. A connection point is a point that you use tosnap the symbol to geometry of the drawing to position the symbol precisely. You can define as manyconnection points to a symbol but you can only have one insertion point. You can also use the insertionpoint as the connection point. Now you will define a symbol with insertion point and connection point.

1. Select Format > Define New Symbol.2. Referring to Figure 6–18, construct a symbol.3. Select the point indicated in Figure 6–19 and select Insert Point from the Style

list of the Command Bar toolbar.4. Select the point indicated in Figure 6–20 and select Connection Point from the

Style list of the Command Bar toolbar.5. Select Format > Save Sketched Symbol.6. In the Sketched Symbol dialog box, specify a name “Symbol.”

A sketched symbol with an insertion point and a connection point is constructed.


Figure 6–18Symbol constructed

Figure 6–19Insert point selected


Figure 6–20Connection point selected

Now you will insert this symbol to your drawing.

1. Select the symbol from the browser, right-click, and select Insert. (You maysimply double-click the symbol.)

2. Select a location to place the symbol. (See Figure 6–21.) (Note that the symbolis attached to the cursor at the insertion point.

3. Right-click and select Done.The symbol is inserted. To learn how to use the connection point, perform the following steps:

1. Select the symbol at the connection point.2. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the symbol to a new location

indicated in Figure 6–22, and release the mouse button.The symbol is precisely located in the drawing.


Figure 6–21Symbol being inserted

Figure 6–22Symobl precisely relocated


Leader BehaviorIn R5, you can place a leaderless symbol on an edge by double-clicking. By dragging off the symbol, youconstruct an extension line. By dragging the symbol away from the associated edge, you construct a leader.To remove the leader, you drag the symbol back to the edge. Now you will perform the following steps toinsert a symbol.

1. Select Surface Texture Symbol button from the Drawing Annotation toolbar.2. Select a location near the edge of the drawing view indicated in Figure 6–23.3. Select a point indicated in Figure 6–24, right-click, and select Continue.4. In the Surface Texture dialog box, select the OK button.5. Right-click and select Done.

A symbol is inserted and a leader line is placed. Now you will reposition the symbol.

1. Select the symbol and drag it to the edge of the drawing view.The leader line is removed automatically. (See Figure 6–25.)

Figure 6–23Symbol being placed


Figure 6–24Leader line placed when symbol is relocated

Figure 6–25Leader removed


Copy and Paste SymbolsIn R5, you can copy and paste feature control frames, surface texture symbols, datum ids, datum targets,weld notes, and user-defined leadered and leaderless symbols. This way, you can save a lot of time forinserting a number of identical symbols in a drawing. Now perform the following steps to copy and paste asymbol.

1. Select the symbol indicated in Figure 6–26, right-click, and select Copy.2. Right-click and select Paste. (See Figure 6–27.)3. Select a location to paste the copied symbol. (See Figure 6–28.)4. Right-click and select Done.

Save and close your file.

Figure 6–26Symbol being copied


Figure 6–27Right-click and select Paste

Figure 6–28Symbol being pasted


Multicolumn Parts ListIn R5, you can divide a parts list of very large assemblies into multiple columns and you can control wherethe next column begins in the parts list. Figure 6–29 shows the engineering drawing of an infant scooterwhich has a large number of component parts. To split the parts list, perform the following steps:

1. Select the parts list, right-click, and select Edit Parts List. (See Figure 6–30.)2. In the Edit Parts List dialog box, select a sub-assembly item, right-click, and

select Column Split.3. Select the OK button.

The parts list is split into two. (See Figure 6–31.)

Figure 6–29Engineering drawing of an assembly having large number of component parts


Figure 6–30Parts list being edited

Figure 6–31Parts list split

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