Hi all.
For context, I've been a new user of Solidworks for 15 days after >10 years of Creo. If my 1st feeling is pretty good, it's hard to understand SW on a few points, one of which is really close to my heart: the equivalent of Creo's view manager for those who know.
On my plans (even more so for a worked piece), I've always been used to starting with a folio with a few iso views, like double/back according to " parameterized " orientations (rotation 33° on X, 21° on Y for example if it allows you to see something at best, recording on the front, and then 180° following an edge for the back view). On the plans, it made it perfect and the philosophy praised more than once to help the reading of the following folios.
Now on SW, I would like to do the same. If shortcuts for an iso, dimetric or trimetric view are well seen, how do you make an infinite number of other orientations as I want? I tried the keyboard keys and a 1° increment of the views but it's ultra sluggish and not at all suitable for generating orientations from other orientations.
That's my problem, and I don't dare to believe that there isn't an equivalent and equally rigorous tool given how well other things can be thought out.
Thank you to those who will enlighten me.
Nico
Already possible to change the increment for the keyboard keys (tools/options...):
From 3d, it is possible to save an orientation of a view (after mouse or keyboard orientation) and to name it to reuse it from an MEP.
Otherwise it is also possible from an MEP view to rotate it (and possibly save the orientation of the view):
The advantage (and/or disadvantages) of Sw is often to have several methods to achieve the same thing.
Hello
otherwise you just have to open the 3D of your drawing in another window
and when you're on your drawing, the Current Model View option
is available.
Hello, I use the second method of @sbadenis in 3D I press space then new view, then I name my view and finally I will check my new view in the drawing when I insert a view:
Thank you gentlemen for your feedback, and I have already experimented with the methods you described. So there is no possibility to specify a rotation/positioning value somewhere? Everything is done by the mouse without control of the value of the angles?
Hello and welcome.
A couple of years ago I started programming a view manager (macro) that was precisely in this direction, but it was a rather complete (ambitious) thing, so inevitably with other things to do I had to put it on hold.
I'll look at what's functional and if it can help as it is.
Hello
Unless you have very specific needs, I don't understand your concern with ' judged ' views.
In the end, it allows you to really have the most relevant orientations
Thank you oroux1 for your answer.
I have indeed seen this possibility but one question remains: does this orientation remain valid all the time or at each regeneration of the plan (after modification for example) the view " jumps " and updates?
It's essentially a habit of rigor, it's true. The verticals always vertical and the parallel edges between iso views brought coherence to the shots and it was noticeable. Maybe I'll mourn this
Hi @Nicolas_PECHBERTY and welcome.
Having made the transition from Creo to Solidworks some time ago, here's a piece of advice: forget about the rigor of Creo!!
Otherwise, for your question, I haven't found how to do it either. Just like the orientation of your sketch on a plan and other little things.
For a cool thing from Solidworks, a cool thing from Creo disappears
Hello;
I join the conversation with this little question:
Isn't it possible to save the desired orientations in the Layout Models (or in the basemaps...-I tend to confuse the two...)?
This would imply paying close attention to the orientation of the trihedrons (X,Y,Z) when creating the slightest part or assembly, but with a little rigor it does not seem insurmountable to me.
Kind regards.
You should be able to do a basic macro to create your 2 views (with macro recording on the fly).
The view in 3D switches by an increment set in the options by pressing the arrows:
So just toggle your display with the arrows until you have the desired position, name your view (ISO_1), go back to the basic view, redo the toggles and create ISO_2.
→ you have a macro that creates the 2 desired views.
Just remember these 2 views named in your MEP and that's it.
If you don't want to do a macro, you can also modify your basic template file (asm and prt) to add the 2 named views