Create Sheet Formats with views

In the drawing standard templates of Inventor, in the browser, under Drawing Resources > Sheet Formats, you can find some predefined Sheet Formats.

For using a Sheet Format, you need to select the one you need, right-click, New Sheet.

In the following dialog, select the model (iam, ipt or ipn) of which you want automatically create the views according to the settings of the sheet format selected.

If none of the predefined formats fulfills your needs, you can define one or several sheet formats with standard views and add them to the Drawing Resources folder of your template.

For creating a Sheet Formats with views, do the following.

• Open a new drawing.
• Insert a new sheet.
• Set the size and orientation for the sheet.
• Add the desired border and title block.
• Add the standard views of an Inventor model (base, projected) in the desired position.
  • To be included in the format, views must be completely within the border of the sheet.

• Select the sheet in the browser, right-click, Create Sheet Formats.

• Assign a name to the format in the following dialog.

• The new Sheet Format is added to the existing ones.

• Delete the sheet you have used for creating the Sheet Format.

•  Save the file as Template, overriding your template or creating a new one.

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