Exercise No.

16 Date:

2D DRAFTING OF A SOLID USING SOLID EDGE

Aim: Prepare the orthographic views and an isometric view of the given model (Figure 1) in a drawing sheet environment using Solid Edge. Include dimensions as per the standards of drawing. Commands and Tools used: Drawing View Creation Wizard, Smart Dimension, Text, Automatic Center Lines, Sketch tools, Zoom, Update Views etc. Procedure: 1. Model the given solid in Solid Edge Part environment and save it. 2. To convert this 3D part model to 2D views, click the Application Button>New>Create Drawing. 3. In the Create Drawing dialog box, make sure Iso Draft.dft is selected as the template and Run Drawing View Creation Wizard is active. Click OK. 4. In the next window, select Orthographic Views under Show hidden edges. Uncheck both the entities under Show tangent edges. Click Next. 5. Click Custom button and in the next window, using Rotate tool and Look at face tool, position the elevation view of the given solid and click Close. 6. In the next window, select two more orthographic views other than elevation (End view and Plan) and one Isometric view. Click Finish. 7. A red box will appear with the cursor. Click on a suitable place in the drawing sheet. Three orthographic views and one isometric view have been created in the drawing sheet. 8. Make sure, first angle projection is followed. Click Application Button>Solid Edge Options>Drawing Standards. Select First under Projection Angle and ISO/BSI under Thread Display Mode. Click OK. 9. To change the sheet size, click Application Button>Sheet Setup. Click Size tab. Select A2-Wide as sheet size. Click Background tab, select A2Sheet. Click OK.

10. Click the isometric view. In the Quickbar, change the Shading option to Shaded with Edges. Click the Update Views option to update all the views. 11. Click on any of the orthographic view and from the Quickbar, change the scale to 1:1. Drag the views to suitable places. Change to scale of isometric view also. 12. Select the Automatic Center Lines tool and select all three orthographic views to draw center lines, center marks for circles etc. 13. Using Smart Dimension tool, dimension all the required entities in the orthogonal views, as per the standard followed. Before dimensioning, change the dimension text size to a suitable value. 14. Select Text tool from Annotation group. In the Quickbar, options are available to bold the text, change font, font size etc. Name the views using this tool. 15. For modifying the title block, go to View tab, activate Background and deactivate Working. Now select the A2 Sheet and delete unwanted tables and texts from the drawing sheet. The title block in the sheet is deleted and a new one is created using Line command and Text command, as per the standard followed. 16. Save the drawing file and take a printout of the drawing sheet. Result: A drawing sheet has been prepared with three orthographic views and an isometric view of the given solid, including dimensions as per the standards of drawing.

80 60 20 15

20

80

20

50
32

ELEVATION

LEFT END VIEW

80

All dimensions are in mm.

30

PLAN

NAME OF STUDENT CLASS: S3 MECH ROLL NO. : DATE: 23/09/2013

EXERCISE NO. : 16
DRAWING NO. : 1 GRADE: VALUED BY: SCALE 1:1