Creating New Views in SOLIDWORKS

TriMech Marketing

11 Mar, 2020 06:16 PM

Today we are going to be showing you how to create a new view for showing different angles on a print. Sometimes you need to show an angle that is not a normal front, right top or asymmetric view. This is great for a 3D model and for drawings. The first thing you want to do is grab your part and rotate it around to a different angle.

1. Step 1:

   Grab your part and rotate around to some different angle.

   

   
   

2. Step 2:

   Hit the space bar on your keyboard.

3. Step 3:

   Go to your View Orientation dialogue box.

   

   
   

4. Step 4:

   Grab your new view and name it View 1.

   

   
   

5. Step 5:

   Open a drawing template.  

   

   
   

6. Step 6:

   Go to View Palette on the task pane.

7. Step 7:

   Click on the drop-down menu and open part.

   

   
   

8. Step 8:

   Drag View 1 and drop it on your drawing template.

   

   
   

9. Step 9:

   Then you can start using the new view you created.

   

   
   

   Want to learn more about creating new views in SOLIDWORKS? Watch the full tutorial here.