2D drawings
Generate manufacturing drawings from a part or assembly — views, dimensions, annotations, BOM — and export PDF, SVG or DXF.
A drawing is the manufacturing document: projected views of a part or assembly on a sheet, with dimensions and notes. It stays linked — model changes update the views.
Creating one
- New Drawing from the tab strip, pick the source part/assembly and a sheet size.
- Standard views places front + top + right in one click; Projected view unfolds more from any placed view.
- Specialised views: Detail (a magnified circle), Section (cut along a line), Auxiliary, Crop and Broken for long parts.
Dimensioning & annotating
- Dimension works like the sketch tool — click geometry, place the text.
- Auto-annotate pulls the model's real dimensions onto the views in one step — then you adjust placement instead of typing values.
- Callouts: centre marks, centrelines, balloons (numbered to the BOM), geometric tolerances, datum flags, surface finish and weld symbols.
- BOM table — for assembly drawings; balloons reference its rows.
Line weights and styles follow ISO 128 — visible, hidden and section lines print with the correct hierarchy.
Output
Export ▾ in the top bar (⌘/Ctrl E) offers PDF (vector, to scale), SVG and DXF for a CAM programmer — see Saving, opening & exporting. Print lives on the Sheet tab, which is also where you add more sheets .
When it fails
- A view shows stale geometry — use Update views after heavy model edits.
- A dimension lost its reference — the model edge it measured was consumed by a later feature; delete the dangling dimension and re-attach to current geometry.
Related: Assemblies & mates · Sheet metal · Saving, opening & exporting