Drawings/printing large sketches

[difficultone]

I would like to make some drawings out of large sketches I have already done. The sketches are for floor plans of industrial buildings. How would I go about making a drawing and printing such a large sketch? This kind of work isn't what I normally do and I have no idea what the proper approach to doing this is.

 

[ctopher]

I suggest training in SolidWorks.

Select the entire sketch, then copy.
Create a blank view on the drawing, change to the appropriate scale, then paste.

Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
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[difficultone]

Hi, Chris. I can do that now but the .pdf and print previews come up blank. With the economy like it is no training is available at the company I work for.

 

[ctopher]

How did you create the sketches?
YouTube has some training videos.

Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
ctopher's home
SolidWorks Legion

 

[difficultone]

I created the sketches in Solidworks and made extensive use of sketch blocks.

 

[ctopher]

Try using DraftSite.

http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/draftsight-2d-cad/

Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
ctopher's home
SolidWorks Legion

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

1) Make sure View > Sketches is selected.

2) After creating the view in the drawing, expand the part in the View Manager, right-click the sketch and select Show.