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 A2-

Sheet. 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.

SCALE 1:1DRAWING NO. : 1

GRADE:

VALUED BY:

CLASS: S3 MECH

ROLL NO. :

DATE: 23/09/2013

NAME OFSTUDENT EXERCISE NO. : 16

60

80

20

15

50

O32

80208020

O30

ELEVATIONLEFT END VIEW

PLAN

All dimensions are in mm.