SOLVIEW, SOLDRAW Help

[RFurball]

Thanks to this forum I just discovered the SOLVIEW and SOLDRAW commands. I am just learning to use them so I have a few questions.

 

1) First of all are the layers created linked to the object or are they copies? I assume they are copies. If I update the model do I have to run another command to update the newly created layers?

 

2)I have created 5 views (top, front, back, left and right) which in turn created 3 new layers each. Can I combine these into one layer?

 

3) What is the difference between SOLVIEW and SOLPROF

 

4) I am trying to make a dimension drawing for a solid model. Why are threre 3 dim layers, one for each SOLDRAW command I ran? Can I delete the -DIM layers?

 

5) I have not played around with it much but can I use DVIEW-CLIP on the viewports? Should I have clipped before I ran SOLDRAW? How do I recover if I did not clip to begin with? Should I delete the lines I don't want from the -HID layer I created?

 

These commands sure seem to beat my old way of redrawing the object in 2D and then dimensioning. I just have to learn to efficiently use these commands.

[ReMark]

SolProf creates a 2D block. SolView creates a specific view of your 3D object. As you are aware this view is not 2D.

 

Layers are tied to their respective views. So, for example, if you have a view named TOP then AutoCAD will automatically create TOP-VIS (visible), TOP-HID (hidden), and TOP-DIM (dimensions). If you cut a section through an object AutoCAD will create an additional layer with the designation of -HAT (for crosshatch).

 

I would be very careful about combining layers. Think about what you want you final 2D views to look like and the flexibilty multiple layers give you.

 

Yes, you can delete the -DIM layers and substitute your own dimension layer if you wish.

[JD Mather]

Solview creates a standard othographic 2D view of your 3D model depending on UCS selected. With solview you can project one orthographic view off of another. You can also create section views.

 

Solprof creates a 2D view of your 3D model from current view orientation. Solprof is generally used to create non-orthoganal views.

 

Suggestions:

Before using sol* commands go to shademode 2d/

Make sure your hidden linetype is loaded.

 

After running sol* and soldraw you should have 2D views in paperspace that include hidden line representation.

 

There will be different layers for dimensioning in each viewport with correct freezing in other viewports so that the dimensions in say the top view do not show up as lines in say the front or right side viewport.

 

Set dimscale to the reciprocal of your view scale before dimensioning in the modelspace through the paperspace viewport.

 

You might go back and set your layer line colors and line weight - it is a good idea to set up standards to import these so set up a common convention for naming the layers when creating the views.

 

With 2010 you might use annotative dimensioning in paperspace.

[RFurball]

Thanks for the replies. I did create 5 views with SOLVIEW and then CLIPed the views to show what I wanted. However when I used SOLDRAW the CLIPed images appeared. Is there a way for me to CLIP?