Create technical drawing elements

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Create technical drawing elements.

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After completing this video,

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you'll be able to

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create a drawing view parts table,

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renumber drawing view balloons,

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use GDNT drawing symbols,

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and create a drawing annotation.

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In fusion,

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let's get started with the supplied data

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set internal combustion engine for drawing.

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F3D.

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We're gonna start by creating a new drawing from design.

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Here,

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we want to make sure that we're doing this from scratch,

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and we're gonna use visible only components.

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We're gonna be using the ASME standard

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with the inch unit system

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and a B sheet size and say,

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OK.

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Once we have our new drawing created,

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we need to begin by placing views.

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In this case,

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we're gonna place a view in the bottom left-hand corner and change its scale.

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This should be a 1 to 2.

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We also want to make sure that we check out all of our settings.

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Right now,

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we're gonna turn on our tangent edges as full length visibility.

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We're gonna turn on interference edges as well as thread edges.

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Say,

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OK.

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Once we have our base view.

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We're gonna select it and create a couple of projected views.

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We'll do a top,

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a right,

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and an isometric view before clicking the green checkmark.

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These are gonna be some of our base or standard views in many detailed drawings.

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Now,

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if you're using the ISO standard,

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you'll be using first angle projection,

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which means that you'll start in the upper right-hand corner.

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But for right now,

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let's just start with these base views.

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I'm gonna create a new sheet

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and start by placing a new base view.

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I'm gonna set this to a 1 to 1 scale.

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And I only want to include one of these components.

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To do this,

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I want to take a look at the components in the browser.

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I'm gonna hide the crank holder,

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expand each of these components,

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and I'm gonna hide the cylinder.

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And I'm gonna hide the piston.

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And then inside of our crank assembly,

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we're going to hide the crank,

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the big end bearing,

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and the small end bearing,

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focusing only on the connecting rod.

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Now this is going to be a single component in this assembly.

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We need to make sure that we toggle off the suppression

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status for any components we don't want to be visible.

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I'm gonna double click on the view and make some adjustments,

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making tangent edges full length.

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From here,

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I'm gonna change the orientation or the scale

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to be 2 to 1.

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Then we're gonna close.

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Once we have a part on the screen,

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we now need to add some geometry and some annotations.

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I'm gonna start by using center marks at the center hole locations.

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Then I want to create a projected view off to the right.

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In this case,

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because we don't have much room,

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let's go ahead and place it off to the left.

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The part is symmetric and both should be the same.

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In this case,

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I also want to create a section view.

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Selecting the original view.

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And creating a vertical line down through the center.

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When we pull this off to the right,

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we're gonna be using all of the default settings from parent.

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Next,

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I want to use the center line option.

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I'm gonna create a center line that's in the upper bore,

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and I'm gonna do the same thing at the bottom as well.

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Notice that this line was too short.

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I'm gonna go ahead and just pull it out to the right.

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Now that I've got my center marks and my center lines,

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I can go ahead and add some dimensions.

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The dimensions can be done automatically using automated drawings.

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In this case,

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I'm gonna skip using auto dimensions,

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but it's a good idea for you to explore automated drawings.

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Under dimensions,

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I'm gonna add dimensions that dictate the overall height of my part.

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So we want to go from center to center,

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and then we want to get the outside diameters on the bottom and the top.

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And then I'm going to right click and say,

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OK.

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I'm going to double click on the 2.76 dimension,

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and in this case,

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I want to use dual units.

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When I take a look at some of my options,

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I can use the alternate unit options to add millimeters at the outside of that.

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Also,

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if I want to change the tolerances for this,

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I can add those as well.

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In this case,

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I'm going to turn tolerances off.

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We also have the ability to turn on the inspection option.

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This will create a frame around the dimensions,

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and this will indicate on the drawing that these dimensions need to be inspected.

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In most cases,

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however,

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keep in mind that any dimension that's on

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a detailed drawing should be inspected for manufacture.

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Let's go ahead and add alternate units to everything.

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If you wanted to make these changes globally,

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you can go into your document settings

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and make changes to things like units as well as the dimensions and notes.

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We also want to take a look at some of the other options that we have.

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For example,

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we can use notes,

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add text,

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we can use hole and thread notes,

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and we can add symbols.

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Under the text section,

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we're going to use note and I'm going to select the inside edge of this upper bore.

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This is gonna be a manual note where I simply need

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to type what I intend for this area to be.

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I'm gonna simply put deeper edge.

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In most cases,

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the note will be additional information

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that's needed for manufacture or finishing.

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In some cases,

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however,

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you'll find that using things like symbols for surface texture or using

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feature control frames are going to be more important for manufacture.

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In this case,

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let's add some data identifiers.

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For example,

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this bottom section here,

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this is gonna be my first datum datum A.

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Then I'm going to use a feature control frame in this upper section.

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I'm gonna say,

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OK,

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and this is going to be a position.

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Now,

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while we aren't going to be strictly testing GD and T,

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it is a good idea for you to go through

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and understand at least the basics of some of these symbols,

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even if you don't have in-depth knowledge in GD&T.

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What we're gonna do here is select the position.

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My first tolerance is going to be 0.001.

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I'm gonna leave the second tolerance empty,

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and for my first datum,

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we're gonna use A.

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We're gonna say,

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OK,

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and then I'm gonna reposition this.

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So what this is telling me is that the bottom hole is going to be datum A

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and the upper hole is gonna be 0.001

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in terms of its position relative to A.

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Uh,

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keep in mind,

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again,

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we are not diving into GDNT,

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so this is just a basic example on how to use it.

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Keep in mind that you should explore GDNT on your own,

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even though we aren't going to be diving deep into testing that.

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Let's go ahead and hop back to our first drawing view and explore tables.

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When we have an assembly,

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oftentimes we want to add a parts table to our detailed drawing.

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This is going to represent all the various components that are shown.

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When we add parts tables,

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note that we've got options for doing our parts list,

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but we can also add custom tables.

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When we do our parts list for assemblies,

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oftentimes we want to use first level,

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which is just going to be the top level components.

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For example,

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this assemblies and this crank assembly.

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However,

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in some cases,

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you might find that you want to use all levels.

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What this is going to allow us to do is it's

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going to allow us to add all components in the assembly.

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Even if they are subcomponents for a top level.

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What this allows us to do is provide a list of all the components.

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We can also configure these by adding things like part name,

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description,

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and even the mass of each component.

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Depending on what your assembly is,

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some of these items might be more important than others.

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For example,

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the part numbers right now are just referencing the part name.

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So adding the part name is just going to duplicate that information.

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If we wanted to modify these values,

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we would need to go back to the assembly,

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back to the individual components,

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right click and go to their properties.

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Inside of our properties,

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we can dictate the part number,

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the part name,

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and the part description.

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For the piston,

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we can have a,

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an identifier,

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let's say,

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I for internal,

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and then we can give it an identifier of 10001.

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We're gonna save the assembly,

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go back to our detailed drawing.

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And then we can make sure that we can update that information.

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All we need to do is update,

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and we should see the update or the change happen inside of our parts list.

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If we need to change the order or some of the item numbers for any of our balloons,

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what we can do is we can go to our table section

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and we can say renumbered.

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When we're renumbering,

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we simply need to select the first item,

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and then we can select and go through each one to renumber those items.

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So the last thing that we want to take a look at is sheet metal.

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Now sheet metal drawings have a couple of unique features that we want to identify.

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So make sure that we open up our sheet metal for drawing.F3D.

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We're going to be in a flat pattern and we're

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going to right click and start a new drawing.

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We're just gonna use all the default settings.

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We're not worried about dual units or really units in general,

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but we do want to make this a 1 to 1 scale.

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Once we place our sheet metal component in our drawing,

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we're gonna identify a couple of unique things

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that are available for sheet metal components.

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Under the table's drop down,

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note that we've got bend table and bend identifier.

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And when we take a look at notes,

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note that we've got bend notes.

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If we select bend notes,

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we can pick individual bends on our detailed drawing,

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and this will show us not only the radius value,

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but also the angle and the direction.

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When we use a bend table,

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the bend table

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is going to show

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the numbers for each of those.

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Now keep in mind,

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in general,

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you're going to use one or the other.

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You won't use a bend table as well as the bend notes

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because the bend table will list the ID number for each bend,

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and oftentimes this is much cleaner.

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Keep in mind that if your part was designed in the in unit system,

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doing a detailed drawing and metric,

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the radius values are likely going to be off.

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But for the most part,

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you'll be able to use dual units and extra information as well.

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We can go to our bend identifier and we can select the bend center line,

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and we can pick these up manually if we wish,

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but using the bend table is automatically going to populate all the IDs for us.

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So,

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at this point,

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make sure that you do play around with basic detailed drawing creation,

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understand how to create base views and projected views,

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as well as parts tables,

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and dive a bit deeper into adding dimensions,

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symbols,

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and using things like text notes.

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All of these elements are going to be important

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to the general process of creating detailed drawings,

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and do spend a little bit of time understanding

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the basics of things like datums and GD&T symbols.

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Even though we won't be diving real deep into that

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topic because it's a big topic on its own,

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it is important that we do understand the basics of how

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to use these as well as identify some of the symbols.