Break out view "No other projection on sheet"!

[ElconCAD]

thread561-100123
Hello, I am having trouble creating a breakout view on a sheet with a single view. The side projections currently exist in another sheet. With no way to choose a base point for the depth, is there a workaround? Thanks.

Refer to this post, I am stuck on step 6 as directed by "joshin".

https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=100123

 

[ewh]

Create the view on the sheet with the parent view then move it to the desired sheet.

"Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively."
-Dalai Lama XIV

 

[Toost]

That point, if it is possible to snap in the view you have, do that .
The only reason to snap in a different view is that it might be simpler to select the point there.
You can turn Off hidden line processing in this view, such that all edges etc are visible, do the section and then turn hidden line back on.

regards,
Tomas

 

[ElconCAD]

ewh, View already exist in 1st page with a ton load of drafting annotations ect. Although your suggestion does indeed work. Its seems that solution is mostly ideal for smaller asm with smaller parts list. Working on massive asm makes moving heavily annotated views between sheets scary. Additionally creating a temp view and deleting it after breakout is made works as well. Not as elegant as my newly found solution though.

Toost, I was unable to select another reference any other points in this particular view. There are solids bodies obstructing the object view path on the Z-axis. A couple of views do show the object with reference points on the z axis. Like the top and sides views. However they reside in sheet 1 were as my detail view resides in sheet 2.

My newly found solution: I create a associated point on object I would like to reference on the Z-Axis of my view in question and then when I am on step 6 of the breakout I simply select that point on my feature list. Done.

Thanks to ewh and Toost for there input and reply. Cheers