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Drawings · Lesson 2: Derived views and section views

Projected, auxiliary and detail views, sections, broken-out and break views.

Lesson goal

Choose and create the views that make a part readable: derived views, sections, details and break views.

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3 videos

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1 exercise

Beginner

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Prerequisite: Lesson 1

1. Watch the videos

Dassault Systèmes videos hosted on MySolidWorks: they open in a new tab and a free account is enough. Watch them in order.

Derived Drawing ViewsVideo 1▶Derived Drawing ViewsProjected, auxiliary, detail, crop and break views from an existing view.↗ Drawing: Section ViewsVideo 2▶Drawing: Section ViewsSimple, aligned, offset, broken-out and half sections.↗ Lock View FocusVideo 3▶Lock View FocusKeep a view active to add sketches and annotations to it without attachment errors.↗

2. Key takeaways

1

A derived view is based on an existing view: projected, auxiliary (perpendicular to an edge), detail (enlarged area).

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A section view shows the inside: simple section, aligned section for revolved parts, half section for symmetric parts.

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A break view shortens a long part without distorting the dimensions.

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To add a sketch to a specific view, lock the view focus: the sketch stays attached to it.

Tip

Exclude from the section the elements that should not be hatched (screws, shafts, ribs): the drawing becomes much more readable.

3. Do the exercise

On the drawing from lesson 1:

  • add a section view through a hole
  • add a 2:1 scale detail view on a thin area
  • if the part is long, shorten a view with a break
✓To check: Dimensions taken on the break view still show the true length.

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