About Creating Base, Orthographic, and Isometric Views (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)

You project drawing views from Inventor linked models to create drawings.

Note: Inventor Link is available only on 64-bit systems, and it is not installed by default.

You can create traditional 2D orthographic, isometric, auxiliary, section, and detail views of parts and assemblies, as well as exploded views. The program creates these views complete with dimensions derived from the models. Because the program derives the views from the models, it updates them automatically whenever you update the model.

You can create a variety of drawing view types for a part or an assembly, but you must create a base view first.

Every layout must have a base view so that dependent views can refer to it. In defining the base view, specify the orientation of the view and then position it on the layout.

After you create the views, you can hide or unhide parametric dimensions and add annotations, reference dimensions, mechanical symbols, balloons, BOMs, and parts lists title blocks.