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what I'm having a problem with is adding a Relative view of a part which is round. SW asks for 2 FLAT planes to be selected, but, since the profile is round you can only select the front or rear face. The second face is a curve.
I think I have a problem with understanding what you want to do. Probebly because English is not my native language .
So I searched in the help file for relative view and your right you need 2 orthogonal faces. Can you try to explane to me why you want to use the relative view and not a standard view for something thats just round.
Maybe there's a work around for what you want by creating a new view in your 3D model and use that view in your drawing.
Joop, No problem, your English will be better than my Dutch!
I have a model created with several weldment details on it. I want to show a view of one of the welment parts. Quite a common requirement which is why I think it should be possible.
1 work around I've used is to create a small face on the curved surface, and reference that face. Not a clean solution but it works.
Couldn't you just create a plane ( I often use the normal to curve plane option after just drawing a sketch) that is tangent to your curved surface and is centered around whatever weldment you want highlighted?
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