Changing Alignment of Auxiliary Views

[reg2117]

Forum Members,
Can anyone suggest a method for displaying the view
projection of a general view on another view.
I have a cylindrical part that requires multiple
auxiliary views from the sides at different prescribes
angles. If I use the "auxiliary" views, the view always
orients perpendicular to the plane referenced. For a
cylindrical part, this creates a star pattern for all the
required views.
I have been using section views, which allow a
orientation definition and a parent view to display the
section (and don't force any alignment to this parent
view). I would prefer not to use cross-sections.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[britineeng]

I am not sure if this helps you. what if you create "datums" at angles you want through the general view. then pick these datums for each auxiliary view you want.

 

[reg2117]

britineeng,
Thanks for the suggestion, but this is exactly how one
might generate the star pattern I alluded to in the
original post. In the Alignment panel of the properties
menu for the auxiliary view (generated by a datum plane),
the only option seems to be aligning to the parent view.
Is there a config setting to allow aligning to another
view or reference?
Thanks.

 

[dr_gallup]

That is exactly how auxiliary views are supposed to work. However, after you create the auxiliary view you can change it's view type to general and then add alignments as you like.

 

[dakeb1]

You could create the auxiliary views as new general views. You can then orient them all vertically if preferred. Remember to quote the degrees of rotationout of projection with an arc-arrowalongside the view name, to comply with drawing standards.