DreadPirateRoberts Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Hi all, I'm sort of new to Inventor 2013 and was wondering if you could help with something... I want to take a 3D assembly that I made in Inventor, create a orthographic projection, and create a 2D view of it only in the XY plane as a .dwg. I know I can convert the assembly to a .dwg and open it in autoCAD 2013, but this still maintains the z components (which normally would be good, but not in this case). Is there a way I can project/map the 3D drawing onto the XY plane to get an orthographic view that is actually 2D? I maintain a large database of part drawings, but the program that accesses this database can only read drawings that are 2D; isolated to the XY plane. I could, of course, in AutoCAD draw a Front, Top, Side etc. view and upload that, but orthographic projects would be ideal. Also...drawing in 3D is much more fun than 2D. Thanks for any help you can give! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Simply start a new dwg in Inventor and place your view (Inventor will create the 2D view for you). This is covered in the Help>Learing Tools>Tutorials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 1. Make a drawing of the part in Inventor. 2. Export this drawing as a .DWG. 3. ???? 4. PROFIT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadPirateRoberts Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 hmmm... I started a new dwg in inventor and placed my view, no problem there. But now I'm having trouble editing it in AutoCAD (specifically, removing all blocks but one and specifying the name of the remaining block, and placing the drawing on a new layer. These are all steps necessary to get it to work in my database). Can I not edit that .dwg in AutoCAD? Im searching in the Autodesk Wikihelp, but I haven't found that to be too helpful in other endeavors... Not sure why I'm having so much trouble if its only a 4 step process Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadPirateRoberts Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 2D-Orthographic.dwg Something like this would be the ideal result. You see the orthographic projection, but it is NOT a 3D image. It is strictly on the XY plane, and is editable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Open the 3D Inventor dwg in AutoCAD, set your ortho view and type flatshot. One of many ways to do it but I find this one very easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadPirateRoberts Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 The flatshot command seemed to do the job. I was able to manipulate my part in 3D to the desired view, then type FLATSHOT to project that image onto the XY Plane. I was then able to select that block and edit away! Thanks all, for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Glad you got it figured out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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