The first step in drawing production is composing the drawing. Drawing composition involves setting up a drawing sheet and creating part views or 2D views of a selected part or assembly.
When you create a part view, Solid Edge applies visible and hidden line styles to part edges. You can change the styles and the way they are applied to the part edges after placing the part view. When you create a 2D view, you can use line styles and formats to create a hidden-line display.
You can complete the drawing by adding detail information such as dimensions and annotations.
Use the following workflow to produce drawings in Solid Edge:
| Step 1. |
Create a new document using a draft document template. |
| Step 2. |
Set up drawing sheets. |
| Step 3. |
Do one of the following:
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| Step 4. |
Create additional part views or drawing views. |
| Step 5. |
Adjust the display of visible, hidden, and tangent edges on the drawing views. |
| Step 6. |
Add dimensions and annotations. You can also edit the format of the displayed dimensions to apply tolerances or make other modifications. |
| Step 7. |
Print (plot) the 2D drawing. |