2. Switch drawing projection standard

Introduction

Is your part not projected in the right direction when drawing? Your projection standard is probably not the right one. In this article, we'll look at how to switch from the US view projection standard to the EU view projection standard.

Drawing

By default, the drawing model used by SOLIDWORKS is the American view projection mode. At the end of these few steps, we'll have set up our drawing in European view projection mode. We'll use this part with a circular and a rectangular end to illustrate the change.

• After creating the drawing and projecting the part, we obtain the following result :

• To change the projection mode :

1. In the Features Manager tab (left), right-click on  "Sheet 1"  then select "Properties". The following window will open :

2. Then, at the top of the window, in the "Projection type" box, select "First angle" and click on "Apply changes".

We obtain the following result :

Well done, you have successfully switched projection standards.

To ensure that the change of projection mode is taken into account for all future drawings, you can save your drawing as a local or 3DEXPERIENCE model.

I. Saving in 3DEXPERIENCE

By saving your model on 3DEXPERIENCE, you can make it available to all platform users, easily and securely.

1. First, click on "File", then select "Save as template".

The following window will open:

After choosing a name and possibly a description for the model, it can be saved on the common space (the server) of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform in two states of maturity: 

• Released
• Private