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Annotating Assembly Drawings

Creating/annotating drawing views of assemblies is similar to doing so for parts. All the same views and annotation tools discussed in the previous sections can be executed when working with assembly and presentation models. When creating views of assemblies, you will typically create parts lists and balloons and may need to control reference parts, interference edges, and assembly representations. These subjects and others dealing specifically with assembly files are covered in the following sections.

Assembly Representations

The view options available for assembly views are among the most significant differences between part and assembly model views. When an assembly file is referenced in the base view, representation ...