Multiple parts on one sheet

william_de_la_vega

I have made a simple assembly of a box.  I would like to make a single drawing with all the parts on it to use as a cut list.  Each part would only have a single view since all the parts are planar with the same thickness. 

I already was able to make a drawing of the assembly, but that is not what I want.

NeilCooke

Hi William - press the Drawing View button, then the Select Part or Assembly button

NeilCooke

Hi William - press the Drawing View button, then the Select Part or Assembly button

william_de_la_vega

Thank you for the response.  Could not be more obvious but I missed it, and I don't remember seeing that in any of the tutorials.

NeilCooke

The only "problem" with cloud-based CAD is that the software updates faster than we can rewrite the tutorials!

thomas_miglinci

is there a chance to align these views of different parts?

Krz

@thomas_miglinci

https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/drawings-views.htm?tocpath=Drawings%7C_____4

1. Select a view.
2. Right-click to activate the context menu.
3. Select Align view vertically or Align view horizontally.

   The cursor changes to a selection cursor.

4. Select a straight edge with which to align the view.

The view is aligned and the command mode is exited.

thomas_miglinci

Krz said:

@thomas_miglinci

https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/drawings-views.htm?tocpath=Drawings%7C_____4

1. Select a view.
2. Right-click to activate the context menu.
3. Select Align view vertically or Align view horizontally.

   The cursor changes to a selection cursor.

4. Select a straight edge with which to align the view.

The view is aligned and the command mode is exited.

This does not work with views of multiple parts and is only available for rotated views.
What I want to achieve is to horizontal align e.g. the top-views of parts - see my example on 
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5816f17c0bcfc7111e6a2971/w/bd20e8377b756bc97ce7d67d/e/57c972578c1daca91e439deb 

john_mcclary

No, you cannot align parent views parametrically, you will need to eyeball them.
You can only align parent/child views.

Note: you will also lose the ability to align a child with its parent if the parent has a "broken view"

brian_brady

This must be fixed. View alignment is one of the major tenants of mechanical drawings. It's what keeps us separate from savages like artists. ;-)

(Not kidding about needing to be fixed though)

john_mcclary

True, I've got my name on the list to have that fixed, the more people who contact support and have themselves added the better

thomas_miglinci

It seems there is already an improvement request for this: 
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/6135/drawing-align-views-using-element-edge-point
So please vote this up!

billy2

voted it up