I have an assembly with multiple parts. I want to create some drawings referencing the assembly. In each drawing, I only want to show certain parts from the assembly. Is there a way to do this? I don't see the "select bodies" option like when I'm referencing a part into a drawing. Let me know if this makes since... Very tired..

I want a part to be real in an assembly but show in phantom on a drawing with parts behind / under it not hidden.

i'd like to hear some input on your suggested method for creating a "step by step" assembly drawing. what i'm creating is an assembly drawing for a large assembly. there are many many parts, and it is a complex and resource-heavy model. lightweight, speedpaks, whatever the thing is a hog and it continually pushes the boundaries of 2014's ...

The item number shown on the drawing has to match the Item number in ERP. This gets "fun" for larger SolidWorks assembly drawings that go through multiple changes. We have developed methods for keeping the Item numbers the same between …

Apr 25, 2017 · The majority of the assembly is a reference sub-assembly, 25 of the total parts are not of the sub-assembly. When the drawing is created the sub-assembly shows as hidden lines while the new parts show as solid lines even though the view is set to Hidden Lines Removed. But the 25 new parts show correctly.

I inserted the models into one assembly model and then did a drawing of the assembly with a BOM in that drawing. Is there a way to add the component drawings as sheets 2, 3, and 4 to the assembly drawing so that all of the drawings are kept together?

Dec 11, 2017 · Hello, I have a drawing of my total assembly with multiple views. Now i want to insert a view of a subassembly (part of the total assembly) into the drawing. Sort of like the isolate feature but for drawings. Is there a feature or method that can do this?

Solidworks seems to randomly select components to hide in assembly drawing views. Could be the 1st view in the drawing or it could be a projected view or a section or a detail etc. pretty much any kind of view.

Hello, I have an assembly drawing here that is acting funny. Perhaps I am telling it to, but I'm not seeing how. I have a base view where the offending parts DO show up. I have a section view off of that base view where a subassembly DOES NOT show up. I right clicked -> properties -> hide/show components, and the missing parts are not hidden in …

I have a drawing of an assembly. In it one of the parts is hidden by another in the top view. Is there a way for me to have the top view show this hidden part as hidden lines? Thanks