Create a basic technical drawing

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Create a basic technical drawing.

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After completing this video, you'll be able to

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create a detailed drawing from a design

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place views on a drawing sheet,

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edit a drawing view,

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add drawing,

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model dimensions and notes and modify a

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drawing title block by filling in attributes

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in fusion.

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Let's begin with the sample data set, sample engine assembly drawing dot F 3D.

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To create a detailed drawing,

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we first need to understand what the inputs are going to be.

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In the case of an engine assembly.

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If we expand this note that not all the components are currently visible.

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When we start our drawing, we can opt to use only visible components in our assembly.

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So if we want to include things like head gaskets and base gaskets,

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then we may need to make sure that they're visible or manually select them.

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When we're creating our drawing.

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In

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this case, we're going to omit them from our detailed drawing.

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We should also understand that if an animation

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is present specifically an exploded view animation,

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that information will be able to be used as an exploded view in a detailed drawing.

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For the purposes of this video, we're going to focus on just the basics.

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But it is important to understand what those inputs are

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to get started. There are a few ways to create a new drawing.

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We can right click and we can start create drawing.

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We can go to our file menu and we can create a new drawing from design or from animation

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or we can change our workspace by selecting drawing from design or from animation.

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Once we select to create a new drawing,

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we then have a dialog box that asks us for a few basic inputs.

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There's an automatic option called automated drawings that will

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automatically create most of the drawing for you.

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For this video, we're gonna focus on the manual approach.

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We then need to decide whether or not we're using the entire assembly

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only the visible components or if we want to manually select them right now

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for this purpose, we're gonna select visible only.

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We're going to use the create new option.

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But if we had a current drawing open,

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we would have the ability to add to a drawing sheet.

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Next, the for templates we're gonna use from scratch.

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But if you do have any drawing templates, you can select them. Now,

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then we need to pick our standard.

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The A SME is traditionally an inch unit standard

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and the ISO standard would be used with metric values

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depending on which standard you select.

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This will change some values that you have available to you

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and some ways that things display in a detailed drawing.

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For example, when using the A SME standard versus the ISO standard,

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you may notice that dimensions are displayed

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differently at the ends of their leaders.

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Next,

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we need to pick a sheet size which again is going to be unit and standard dependent.

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Since we're using the A SME standard,

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I'm gonna pick an A sheet size which is gonna be an 8.5 by 11.

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We can pick whether or not it's portrait or landscape and then we can select, OK.

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Once we select OK, the detailed drawing is now being created

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while everything in our assembly is in a single design file.

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A detailed drawing is going to be its own separate file.

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Once it's loaded,

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we then need to begin by selecting the location to place our first view.

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The first view or base view can be in any orientation we choose.

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Keep in mind that there are drawing

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standards that dictate where these views should go

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and whether or not it's first or third angle projection,

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first or third angle projection will also be

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inherited based on which standard you chose.

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I'm going to begin by placing the assembly view here

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noting that we have options to change the way

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that our tangent edges are displayed our visual style,

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whether or not we're showing interference edges or threaded edges.

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And we can also use some automated options

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for things like center marks and center lines

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for right now we're gonna say, OK, and not add those automatically.

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Next, we may want to create projected views by selecting a view,

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we can create projected views at various positions.

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And we can say, OK,

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each drawing is gonna contain its own sheet settings.

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But overall,

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there will be document settings that are controlling the entire drawing document.

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You can see here that our standard and units are set

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and it's showing that we're using third angle projection,

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outside of the topics that we're covering.

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But just note that it is driven by the standard that we select.

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There are many different options in our document settings.

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None of which are going to be covered on the certification.

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But it is important to understand what options you have

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available to you when you are creating detailed drawings.

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Now that we've got views on our drawing sheet.

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The next thing that we need to do is make any adjustments or changes.

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Noting that the drawing views are gonna be linked by default.

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I'm gonna double click on the original drawing view and

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I want to change the drawing style to shade it.

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When I close note that all of the other drawing views updated.

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If we double click on one of the other drawing views because they were projected,

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they're gonna inherit the style from parent.

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We can override these settings for individual drawing views.

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But for right now, let's leave them as default,

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I'm gonna go back to the parent view and change

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it back to using a visible edge only style.

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Next, let's go ahead and zoom in to this top view.

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Once we have a view placed on a drawing sheet, then we need to begin adding geometry,

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annotations and dimensions,

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geometry would be things like center lines or center marks.

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For example, a center mark will be at the location of a hole.

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This is gonna help us identify where the hole is

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and also give us a reference point for adding dimensions.

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Generally center marks should be added to all the holes on

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a design unless you have a good reason not to.

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We're going to omit the center mark from the center

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position of the piston or the center of a cylinder

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because there is a component in that location.

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However, the center marks for all the holes are going to be required.

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Next, we're going to add dimensions.

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There are many different types of dimensions that are available to us.

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Auto dimension and tidy up are options that are part of automated drawings.

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Also note that there are several options to pick specific

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types of dimensions such as linear aligned or angular.

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Most of these types can be found inside of the dimension tool

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which will automatically change the dimension type based on our selection.

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For example, if we use the dimension tool and we select the center of a cylinder,

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it's going to automatically default to using the diameter dimension type.

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If we were to select the position between two selected points,

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it's gonna give us a linear dimension.

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Using these options.

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We can go through the model and add any applicable dimensions needed.

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Once we're done,

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we can right click and select the OK option or we

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can change our dimension style in the right click menu.

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If we need to add any tolerances to a

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dimension that are outside of the global tolerances.

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For our drawing,

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we can double click on a specific dimension and make changes to it directly.

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We can add additional text if we need to.

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And we can also modify things like the overall tolerance values. In

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this case, we're going to use a symmetric tolerance of 0.001 and select close

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because the dimension tolerance is outside of the precision of our dimensions.

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It's only displaying a plus or minus zero.

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We would need to make sure that the precision value

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includes at least three decimal places so that we can see all that information.

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Now that we have a basic understanding on how to add the geometry

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such as center marks as well as dimensions and configure their tolerance values.

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Let's take a moment to talk about notes.

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Notes on a drawing are important based on the drawings intent

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if you're using sheet metal parts,

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adding things like bend notes is going to be a critical aspect of that information.

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If you're creating a part that uses the whole feature

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using hole and thread notes is able to capture data directly from those features.

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If you didn't create your geometry using the whole tool,

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then using the hole and thread note is

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not going to properly populate that information.

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You may find that you need to use the automatic note or

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the leader note style to add any additional note information that's needed.

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For example, in this case, this might be an M 12 hole.

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So we may want to add a note that's M 12.

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If we need to add additional information such as symbols,

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we can say that maybe this is a through all hole or down a specific distance,

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we can also toggle these to link to specific parameters.

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For example, part number, part name, description or material values.

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If we hit the plus icon,

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it'll add that information as well.

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This is just the general application of a leader note.

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Keep in mind that the applications of these notes is going

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to be dependent on the type of drawings that you're creating.

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The last thing that we want to discuss about detailed drawings

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is going to be the information in a title block.

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Title blocks are found at the bottom right corner of a detailed drawing

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and the title blocks contain attributes that can be modified or added to.

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If we double click on a title block, the attributes will be displayed,

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we can modify any text that's automatically created things

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such as the project and the title of the design

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and anything that has a light blue text,

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these are gonna be attributes that we can add just by clicking on them.

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For example, adding a drawing number,

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a revision

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or a specific code weight or other values such as checked by,

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we can create our own title blocks by modifying this

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or editing a title block and adding our own attributes.

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This can be done by selecting the title block, right, clicking

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and selecting new title block

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or by selecting edit title block.

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When we select edit title block,

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it will automatically create a new one from the existing title block.

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We also have the option to import a title block as ad XF. In

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this case, if we say, OK, it'll take us into title block,

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edit mode where we can add our own text and attributes.

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If we add an attribute,

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there's going to be a standard list of attributes that we can use

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things like description, material, mass and part name.

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This is information that can come directly from the design itself.

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If we create a custom attribute, this is something that we want the user to fill in.

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For example, if we need the user to add information about the surface finish,

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we can add that attribute.

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And then when we finish the title block and we double click on it,

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the attribute surface finish will appear,

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we're not going to be going into creating your own title blocks.

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But keep in mind that there are a lot of

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options for creating templates and title blocks inside of fusion.

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The main thing that we need to understand at

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this point is that double clicking on the title

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block or right clicking and selecting edit properties will

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expose the attributes that can be easily added.

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It's strongly suggested that you play around creating your own

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detailed drawings and identify some of the key areas.

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But for the certification,

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we want to be aware of creating basic views such as base views, projected views

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and understanding some of the other types of views that we have available.

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So play around with auxiliary view section and detailed views as

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well as some of the other options that we have available.

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Make sure that you understand how to add center marks

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and center lines and how to apply dimensions and notes.

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Also make sure that you're aware of how to edit

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a title block by adding attributes that are already predefined

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from here. Make sure that you do save your detailed drawing.

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If you want to come back and continue to play with it,

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it will automatically be saved with the same file name

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with just the word drawing added to the end.

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It will also be saved in the same location.

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Keep in mind that drawing files are going to

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be independent and unique from the 3D design files,

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but they will maintain a link between them

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from here,

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make sure that you move on and cover any of the practices or challenges included

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with this course before going on and

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reviewing the information required for the certification.