create a drawing based on a inclined plane

baumar
baumar OS Professional Posts: 83 PRO
I have created a plane (that is not parallel to the default planes like front etc. ) and created an part as an extrude from a sketch on that plane. 
Now I would like to create a drawing that is based on that drawing. I selected the part and picked the menu Create Drawing from part. I tried to select another plane then front, ..., bottom etc and tried also projected and auxiliary view, and read the documentation and videos, but I didn't find the hint where I could select the plane I created. 
The simplest use case is a roof. Or a even inclined cover mantling a part.
In order to create the part on e.g. a laser cutter the projections is not the thing needed. It should be the view that is orthogonal to that created plane. Is there a possibility to reference a plane created as the 'ground plan' for such a part?



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  • baumar
    baumar OS Professional Posts: 83 PRO
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    Hi Jake, 
    Super! Worked perfect and easy! Right place, right time ( even Dr. John would agree ;-)
    Thanks a lot

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  • Jake_Rosenfeld
    Jake_Rosenfeld Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 1,646 image
    edited July 2017
    Hello @baumar !

    We have new functionality for this! You can create a named view in the orientation that you would like your drawing to respect, and then create a drawing view that reflects that named view.  Check out this post for instructions:
    https://www.onshape.com/cad-blog/tech-tip-using-named-views-in-onshape
    Jake Rosenfeld - Modeling Team
  • baumar
    baumar OS Professional Posts: 83 PRO
    Answer ✓
    Hi Jake, 
    Super! Worked perfect and easy! Right place, right time ( even Dr. John would agree ;-)
    Thanks a lot