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Multiple sketches on a drawing

hervé_piponhervé_pipon Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
Hello,
Is there a way to create a drawing, with multiple sketches, in a particular angle ?
I want to show the angle between differents lines on a drawing :


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    John_vd_WerffJohn_vd_Werff Member Posts: 65 PRO
    I think the best way to accomplish this is the use of an assembly:
    Make the sketch in a part studio.
    Insert the sketch multiple times in an assembly studio.
    Position the sketches to your liking in 3D (you can use mate features with offsets for exact relative positioning)
    Create a drawing from the assembly.

    Be aware that the shown dimensions on a drawing will be in 2D in the projected plane only.
    You wil need to create named views in the assembly to show correct angles in the drawing views.
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    hervé_piponhervé_pipon Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
    @John_vd_Werff Thanks for the idea.
    Foremost I could not add my lines to an assembly as they are created in a FeatureScript and not on sketch.
    Si I created different planes and sketches to get the lines.
    Then I inserted the sketches in an assembly, but I got the message : "All instances have been hidden."
    And nothing appears, I don't know why

    How can I 
    create named views in the assembly  ?

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    John_vd_WerffJohn_vd_Werff Member Posts: 65 PRO
    @hervé_pipon 
    If you got the message "All instances have been hidden" after inserting a new view in a drawing you can right click on the empty view and select
    'Show/hide / Show sketches'.

    Named views can be set in the puldown menu below the view-triad, first right click on a surface and select 'view normal to', than add a named view:



    I made an assembly with something similar to your picture and added a drawing.
    I added some points to the circles that I used in the assembly to attach ball mates.
    Link to Onshape document

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    hervé_piponhervé_pipon Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
    @John_vd_Werff Ok it works for me . I didn't know we can add sketches in Assembly, and that we can create Named views in Part Studio and Assembly.
    The dimensions in the named view are wrong within drawing , but I can edit them so it's fine !
    Thanks a lot for taking time to explain me all that, I appreciate :)
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    John_vd_WerffJohn_vd_Werff Member Posts: 65 PRO
    @hervé_pipon 
    Glad I could help
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