Chapter 4

Creating 2D Drawings from 3D Data

For those new to Autodesk® Inventor® 2014, it is easy to focus entirely on the 3D design tools. However, many users still need to produce 2D production drawings.

Chances are, if you’re reading this book, you have created detail drawings and will likely need to create them in the future. Creating detail drawings from the solid (or surface) model is so easy it can often be considered fun.

To create a new drawing in Inventor, you don’t have to have a 3D file open. In fact, if your system resources are limited, it is best not to have the file open.

  • Drawing views of a part
  • Editing views
  • Adding detail to drawing views
  • Dimensioning

Drawing Views of a Part

When you’ve created a drawing view, it must accurately ...

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