Making a Virtual Drawing With Software
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Making a Virtual Drawing With Software
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This is for beginners (otherwise more attention to detail would have been incorporated).
I am using the example of a Wheels Base Plate.
Step One
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Begin by loading up your Inventor Software.
Step Two
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In the "Get Started" tab, Select New.
Step Three
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Under Templates, Select English, and then under Drawing, "ANSI (in).dwg will be the drawing file to select. When selected, click Create to establish.
Step Four
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Under Drawing 1, right click on Sheet:1 to then click "Edit Sheet".
Step Five
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In the new window, under Size will be a drop down box where you will select size B rather than D. Select OK when done.
Step Six
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Under Place Views tab, select Base to choose the previously modeled part you wish to model.
Step Seven
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Select "open an existing file", select your desired file, and click Open.
Step Eight
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Scale the part to better fit the page (while keeping in mind that you will need additional space for three additional views).
Step Nine
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Click and drag the object to its first position (being a frontal view).
Step Ten
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Glide your cursor from the object over and click to establish its additional side view.
Step Eleven
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Again, glide cursor from the first view up and and then click to establish that view (Top view).
Step Twelve
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For this last view (isometric view), glide your cursor between your two other views and click to finalize.
Step Thirteen
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Press OK on the open window and finalize all views.
Step Fourteen
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Right click on the isometric view drawing view and and click edit view.
Step Fifteen
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Under the Style section, select the shaded button command, and then click OK.
Step Sixteen
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Under the Annotate tab, Select Text command.
Step Seventeen
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Move your cursor down to the title box in the bottom right and click to prompt text box.
Step Eighteen
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Type in the title you want that pertains to the part you're modeling and then select OK.
*Keep in mind that you can also add an additional text box explaining your organization and/or your name in the box above the title box.
Step Nineteen
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Under the File tab, save the drawing to desired place.
Step Twenty
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For the purpose of sharing this work virtually, under the File tab, select Export, and then PDF. Select save in the promoting window do desired location.