How to obtain different views from one 3d object in your layout?

[Black240SX]

Hey, sorry making this my first post, but I am in a bind for a final project for a class. I have a 3d object and I am making my title block. I remember a few semesters ago being taught how to get your front, top, right and iso view from inserting the 3d object into the layout. I can't remember for the life of me how. The layout already has the object in it but it's only the main view.

 

I am using auto cad 2006.

 

Thank you soo much for your help.

[nocturne00]

are SOLVIEW and SOLDRAW the commands you are after?

[Black240SX]

Thats really close but the command I was thinking of works differently. If I remember right it had you insert the 3d object and you click where you want the front view press enter, then move up and click where you want the top view press enter, move to the right for the right view press enter, then finally up at an angle for the ortho. What you told me helped me get the right and top views but I'm not 100% sure how to work them.

 

Thank you for your help and patients.

[ReMark]

Follow nocturne00's advice. I think your memory is a bit cloudy.

[ReMark]

Another option is to use the FLATSHOT command. Not sure if it is available in 2006. have you heard of it?

[EMS_0525]

are you talking about just having different viewports showing different views of one object?

[Black240SX]

@ReMark: FLATSHOT isn't recognized in the 2006 version

 

@EMS_0525: I am trying to show different views of one object.

 

I remembered today that that feature I was thinking about was in Mechanical desktop.

 

I guess I am going to fool w/ the solview and soldraw commands.

 

If anyone has any other ideas I would appreciate it.

 

Thank you everyone for your help I really appreciate it!

[ReMark]

I think what EMS was hinting at was to setup four viewports and show a different view in each viewport (top, front, right and iso) without actually extracting the 2D geometry. That means no need to go through the Solview and then the Soldraw command. I've used the same method for a 'down and dirty' approach to demonstrate an idea to an engineer without bothering with 2D linework.

[ReMark]

Look under View, Viewports, New Viewports, give it a name and then select Four: Equal. For the Setup option select 3D (you'll get the four views you mentioned).

[nocturne00]

Thanks for jumping in guys, i thought i missed some command in 3d but it was a mech'l desktop feature after all.

dont forget to use "hidden" Visual style. one disadvantage of showing the 3d model itself is that you wont be able to show the hidden lines in projecting the views.

So you might end up using solview and soldraw instead

[ReMark]

What about MView?

[Jack_O'neill]

Thats really close but the command I was thinking of works differently. If I remember right it had you insert the 3d object and you click where you want the front view press enter, then move up and click where you want the top view press enter, move to the right for the right view press enter, then finally up at an angle for the ortho. What you told me helped me get the right and top views but I'm not 100% sure how to work them.

 

Thank you for your help and patients.

 

Mechanical Desktop laid out views like you are describing. You simply picked which face you wanted to be the front view, picked where you wanted it to be, then it would do the top side and iso views for you just as you described, but plain old autocad don't do that. You can fake it by creating 4 viewports in paper space with the mview command, then setting different views in each viewport. Not as neat and easy as MDT, but it works.

[Sittingbull]

It also works for model space. Should you want several viewports to model in (3dsmax style).

http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2011/ENU/filesAUG/WS1a9193826455f5ffa23ce210c4a30acaf-75d9.htm

 

SB