How to make sectional view layout on paper space from 3D drawing?

[Elcyclista]

Hello everyone!

 

I have a 3D drawing in model space which I want to print with different views. I know how to make viewports for top orthographic view, side, front and 3D perspective view, but I can't figure out how to make a sectional view viewport from the 3D drawing as well.

 

Also, I can't figure out how to have autocad place hidden lines and centerlines for me. Thanks very much and any help would be greatly appreciated. :]

[JD Mather]

Delete the viewports you have created.

Make sure you have hidden and center linetypes loaded.

Change the 3D to shadmode 2dwireframe (not required - but will make your job easier.

Go to paperspace.

Start the solview command to create your viewports (follow the command line prompts - takes some practice).

Run soldraw on the solview viewports to create the 2D projections.

 

You will also have to learn how to control visibility (of layers) by viewport.

 

or

upgrade to a modern 3D CAD program that does all of this for you (more or less automatically).

[ReMark]

2D views can be generated from 3D content in a variety of ways in AutoCAD 2011 using the following commands.

 

1. Flatshot

2. SectionPlane

3. SolProf

4. SolView/SolDraw

[Elcyclista]

Hmm... I created a viewport using solview, then I tried using soldraw but it says "non-solview viewport ignored". It is a viewport that was created using solview though. Am I choosing the wrong viewport type?

 

Under solview I first go to UCS, then world, then I place the viewport in paper space. Then I tried using soldraw on that viewport but then I get the above error message.

[ReMark]

You are in your layout with no viewports showing when you run SolView for the first time. Is that correct?

[Elcyclista]

Ahh... I got it you guys. Thanks a ton. I was doing it right but wasn't going through the entire list of options correctly after typing in solview. My final project came out geat. :]

[SLW210]

Glad to hear you got it sorted.

 

I moved this to AutoCAD 3D Modelling & Rendering forum.