Shading different components in an assembly drawing

[Cahop]

Hi All,

I have an assembly drawing which involves insulation, soft wood and hard wood. I was wondering if there is any way I can set it up so when I create a drawing it will shade the different materials (cross hatch, light grey etc)so as to make it easier for the boys in the factory to read.

I have attached an image of one of the drawings so as you can see what I mean.

Thank you all I appreciated any help.

Craig

 

[angusm]

Hi Craig,

Setting material properties in the parts allows you to assign the hatching/fill style but this only shows up when you take a section through the part...

One way would be to apply a different colour (not too dark) to the parts and in the drawing turn the view from lines to fill (blue box).

Good luck

Angus

 

[drawoh]

Cahop,

You have a bunch of options.

On 2007, changing the view from outline to filled-in, is a change from vector graphics to pixelized. You do not want to do this on your orthogonal views.

You can add a 3D[ ]view and set that to filled-in. This will help people visualize your assembly. You do need to set the colours carefully on your models.

Can you provide E-drawings to your factory?

Do you have a PDM system that lets the users view the 3D[ ]models attached to the drawings?

I have always thought that it would be cool to set up a web page with PDFs of the drawings, and JPEGs of the 3D[ ]views, and all sorts of helpful remarks. This is not nearly as complicated as it sounds. As far as I am concerned, the best editor for HTML on a Windows machine is NOTEPAD. The resulting page does not have to be pretty, just readable.

JHG

 

[DraftingMan]

Cahop,

Or you could just do the AutoCAD this by using the AREA HATCH/FILL command to fill in the different materials on the drawing.



John H. Dunten, CD
Certified Drafter

 

[Cahop]

thanks all for the help, all i did for the first drawings were just do the hatch/fill option. what are the advantages of using something like the E-drawings as opposed to the drawings that I have been using for the guys on the factory floor???

 

[drawoh]

Cahop,

Drawings are two dimensional representations of whatever it is you are designing and/or documenting. 2D is an abstraction that gives a lot of people difficulty. An isometric view or an arbitrarily rotated view will make visualization a lot easier to a lot of people. Allowing them to examine and rotate a 3D[ ]model is even better.

JHG