Pulling 2d drawings from a model

[irwin5338]

I am using AutoCAD 2008 in an office setting. We are trying to move to using AutoCAD 3d to model and then create drawings from the model.

 

However, we tried to use the 3d clip command and if your clipping planes are set to see a section around the middle of the object you wont pick it up.

 

For instance, we are designing a building and when i cut a section in the plan view to get a right side view if I am in the middle of a beam the beam wont disply. However, if I pick up the beginning or end of the beam it will display. By turning "DISPSILH" to 1 the beams will print out on the paper, they just wont display on screen. Any help on how to get it to display on screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Patrick Hughes]

Take a look at these three commands: SOLVIEW, SOLDRAW and SOLPROF

 

They take some practice.

[ReMark]

I'm confused. While the heading for this thread mentions pulling 2D drawings from a model most of the post centers around the use of clipping planes. Which is it?

[irwin5338]

We are using clipping planes to generate the 2d view to display what we want to see. Then we are printing them and using them as our plans or blueprints. However if our clipping planes are inside both ends of a beam, the beam shape disappears until we print using display silhouette set to 1. I need it to dispaly on screen like it is on paper but I can't find a way to do that.

[ReMark]

Thank you for clearing that up.

[ReMark]

Have you ever considered using the sectionplane command?

 

Sectionplane

 

"Creates a section object that acts as a cutting plane through a 3D object."

 

You can check it out by referencing your Help file.

[irwin5338]

Yes I mentioned that to everyone and they don't like the idea of having to re-cut sections if something changes.Thats why i resorted to using the clipping planes because that stuff lets them update automatically. We also had the option for solidworks, cadworks, or autoplant and nobody wanted to learn something new. So I am kind of in a tough position here.

[Noahma]

Yes I mentioned that to everyone and they don't like the idea of having to re-cut sections if something changes.Thats why i resorted to using the clipping planes because that stuff lets them update automatically. We also had the option for solidworks, cadworks, or autoplant and nobody wanted to learn something new. So I am kind of in a tough position here.

 

You might actually want to look into Autocad Architecture if you are doing Architectural drawings, it has all of the tools you would need to do this effectively, it is built on the Autocad platform. There is a learning curve to it, but there is a familiarity due to it being based on Autocad.

[irwin5338]

Company won't spend money on a nice program, so we have to struggle through plain vanilla AutoCAD

[Noahma]

Company won't spend money on a nice program, so we have to struggle through plain vanilla AutoCAD

 

that really stinks, because you are putting way to much effort into plain ole autocad than you should have to. Maybe if you were to show them the Autocad Architecture 30 day trial, they might consider otherwise.