solview & soldraw

Larry Ulrich

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Apr 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/18/97

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Has anybody been using solview & soldraw? I've just started using ACAD
for 3d work and still new at it. These commands look useful, but there
are some drawbacks or maybe I haven't learned how to use them yet. Would
like some info on these.

Larry Ulrich

Arthur T. Martinez

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Apr 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/19/97

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I've used SOLVIEW & SOLDRAW quite a bit. The only problem that I noticed
was dimensioning circles and arc in paper space. It just would do that.
You can find the center of arc and circle but not the radii. As an
alternative you can change to the dim layer of each window and dimension
inside the model space window but if you change the model and do SOLDRAW
to update the 2D profile and hidden line, the dimensions will be
cleared.

Art Martinez

sudheer_o

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Apr 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/20/97

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In article <5j7os2$1g...@newssvr02-int.news.prodigy.com>, ACZ...@prodigy.com says...

>
>Has anybody been using solview & soldraw? I've just started using ACAD
>for 3d work and still new at it. These commands look useful, but there
>are some drawbacks or maybe I haven't learned how to use them yet. Would
>like some info on these.
>
>Larry Ulrich
>

Hi

Here is details of soldraw and solview from a report I made for my firm.
This report was made with the help of AutoCAD manual.
a.SOLVIEW.
- creates floating viewports using orthographic projection to layout
multi-and sectional view drawings of 3D solid and body objects.SOLVIEW
calculates the projection as it guides you through the process of creating
orthographic , auxiliary and sectional views.View-specific information is saved
with each viewport you create.This information is used by the soldraw command,
which does the final generation of drawing view.Solview uses AutoCAD's
paperspace and viewport specific layer visibility to setup drawing views.
Solview creates layers that SOLDRAW willuse to place the visible
lines ,hidden lines,section hatching for each view.Additionally ,
SOLVIEW creates layers where you can place your dimensions that are
exclusively visible per viewport.SOLVIEW places the visible lines,hidden
lines,dimensions,and section hatching for each view on a separate layer using
the following naming convention(view name is the name given to the view when
you created it).The following layers are created by solview.
a.view name-VIS - for visible lines.
b.view name-HID - for hidden lines.
c.View name-DIM- for dimensions.
d.View name-HAT-for hatch patterns(for sections)

Imp:Do not place permanent drwaing information on these layers .The
information stored on these layers is deleted and updated when the SOLDRAW
command is run.Solview places the viewport objects on the VPORTS layer.This
layer is created by SOLVIEW if it doesn't already exist.

Options-ucs-name/world/?/current.
-ortho.
-Auxiliary.
-Section.
UCS option - creates a profile view relative to a User
Coordinate System.If no viewports exist in your drawing , the UCS option
is a good way to create an initial vport from which other views can be
created.ALL OTHER SOLVIEW OPTIONS REQUIRE AN EXISTING VPORT.
You have the option of using the current UCS or a previously saved one
as the profile plane.The viewport projection is created parallel to the
UCS XY plane with the x axis facing right and the Y axis upward.The view
scale in the sub options correspond to zooming your vport by a factor
relative to Pspace , while the viewcenter is based on the current model
space extents.
ORTHO option creates a folded orthographic view from an
existing view.You are first asked to pick the side of the vport you want
to use for projecting the new view.A rubber - band line runs perpendicular
to the side of the viewport to help you locate the center of the new view.
You can try several points until you are satisfied with the view's location.

AUXILIARY creates an auxiliary view from an existing view.An auxiliary
view is one that is projected onto a plane perpendicular to one of the
orthographic views and inclined in the adjacent view.
SECTION creates a drafting sectional view of solids complete with
cross hatching.

SOLDRAW
-generates profiles and sections in viewports created with the SOLVIEW
command.The soldraw command can only prepare viewports that have been created
with the SOLVIEW command.Visible and hidden lines representing the silhoutte
and edges of solids in the viewport are created then projected to a plane
perpendicular to the viewing direction.Silhouttes and edges are generated for
all solids behind the cutting plane.For sectional views cross hatching is
created using the current values of HPNAME,HPSCALE & HPANG system variables.

sudheer_o

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Apr 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/20/97

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