Cutaway to fit a long rod on a short drawing

[gmatelich]

I've got a long shaft that I want to put on a small drawing and can't remember how to break a section out of the middle so it will fit in the drawing frame.

I thought I got help on this problem here before, but can't find it . . .

Thanks

[John Scheffel]

What you are looking for is the "Broken View" goody. See this thread (http://www.cocreateusers.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=250).

[gmatelich]

It looks like the Broken View goody is just for adding dimension between views.
I'm trying to find the best way to do this . . .

[John Scheffel]

Although the description in the goodies help doesn't make it very clear, you do use the Broken View goody to create a view similar to your image. The following statement is the clue.
It's a possibility to create a "broken view" existing of a detail view and a partial view.
It has been a long time since I did this, so I don't remember the details, but you must create two views of the same part then use the Broken View goody to dimension between them. For example, create a front view, make a detail view of one end, then convert the front view into a partial view of the other end. Line them up, then dimension between them. You might find it difficult to create the cutoff shape shown in your image. When I have seen this demoed they just used a jagged line for the break.

I think this was covered in more detail the Annotation class, or maybe it was Advanced Annotation. You CoCreate rep should be able to provide you with PDF files of the training materials for these classes.

[Thom Ivancso]

There is a bit of information on this issue in a HTML file under the drive:\Program Files\CoCreate\OSD_Modeling_11.60.3.0\help\Common\documentation\Annotation directory. The page is called broken_wa.htm



Cheers
Thom

[tom kirkman]

Another option is to use coordinate dimensioning on the broken views, using an external basepoint of 0 on the first partial view for dimensions on the second partial view.

The dimensions then will update if the shaft should change.