Chapter 30: Creating Assembly Drawings

Working with assembly drawings requires many of the same skills as working with regular drawings, but with much less dimensioning, and much more pictorial and visualization capability. Sometimes, you must use the unique tools for assembly drawings to get the job done.

• Master It Create an exploded view of one of the assemblies provided with the download materials for this chapter or one of your own. Draw in the explode lines.
• Solution The explode should show how the parts or subassemblies go together, and the explode lines should graphically connect corresponding points on mating parts.
• Master It Use a template with a second page to create a new drawing. I suggest the template called Mastering 2pg B size.

  Create a drawing of the assembly for which you created an exploded view. The first sheet should be automatically populated with three standard views and an isometric.

  Show the isometric view of the assembly in its exploded state and...