U225X PUBLIC-SAFE CONVERSATION NOTE

RECORD: CHAT-0163
TOPIC: Engineering View Layouts
IMPORTED: 2026.08.20

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EXTRACTED REQUEST: BACK TO OUR ENGINEERING TOOL attached is a screen shot of our New Engineering Document Drawing phase, it works great...The only thing is the views themselves on each sheet need work. Final Product is typically an iso view only that takes up most of the sheet, Waterjet should be 2 views and fill out the sheet better, also the view scales should match. Manual Mill 2 views like waterjet views should all match scale wise

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1. BACK TO OUR ENGINEERING TOOL attached is a screen shot of our New Engineering Document Drawing phase, it works great...The only thing is the views themselves on each sheet need work. Final Product is typically an iso view only that takes up most of the sheet, Waterjet should be 2 views and fill out the sheet better, also the view scales should match. Manual Mill 2 views like waterjet views should all match scale wise
2. it is still borke I am attaching the original that worked fine for your reference
3. it is still broke
4. ok it didn't error out and the iso came in great. However the side view on the other 2 sheets is at a different scale than the base front view

ASSISTANT RESPONSES:
1. Yes — I think the drawing-generation logic itself is in good shape. What needs changing is the view-layout strategy by manufacturing configuration, rather than using the same 3-view pattern for every sheet. Based on your screenshots, I’d change it like this: - FINAL PRODUCT — 1 isometric view only, centered in the usable drawing area and scaled as large as practical without interfering with the manufacturing notes, title block, or sheet border. - WATERJET — 2 orthographic views, normally the two views that best describe the part. For this example, the large face view plus one edge/side view. Both views should use the exact same scale, and together they should be enlarged and positioned to fill the usable area…
2. I updated v12.1 with the new configuration-aware drawing layout. The new default Automatic by Configuration behavior is: - FINAL PRODUCT → 1 large isometric view. - WATERJET → 2 views, enlarged to better fill the sheet, with both views forced to the same scale. - MANUAL MILL → 2 views using the same common-scale logic. - Other configurations retain the existing 3-view behavior for now, so we can add specific rules for FORM, WELD, ASSEMBLY, etc. later. - The wizard's sheet summary now accounts for the configuration-specific number of views. I also increased the usable area for the Final Product ISO instead of using the smaller generic view envelope. I couldn't compile-test it here because this environment doesn…
3. Yep — the screenshots show exactly what is happening. The layout is good now and the ISO is working, but the side/projected views are retaining a different starting scale from SOLIDWORKS. I fixed the common-scale routine so it no longer just multiplies both existing scales by the same factor. It now calculates the 1:1 model size of each view, determines one absolute scale that will fit both views, and then assigns that exact scale to both Waterjet and Manual Mill views. So if the front ends up at 1:1, the side will also be 1:1. If they need 2:1, both get 2:1, etc. The Final Product ISO code is unchanged. [Download v12.1m – Common View Scale Fix](sandbox:/mnt/data/v12.1m_common_view_scale_fix.zip) This should b…

EXTRACTED KNOWLEDGE / HOW-TO
- FINAL PRODUCT — 1 isometric view only, centered in the usable drawing area and scaled as large as practical without interfering with the manufacturing notes, title block, or sheet border.
- WATERJET — 2 orthographic views, normally the two views that best describe the part. For this example, the large face view plus one edge/side view. Both views should use the exact same scale, and together they should be enlarged and positioned to fill the usable area much better.
- MANUAL MILL — same basic layout as Waterjet: 2 useful orthographic views, same scale between both views, scaled as large as practical and spaced cleanly across the sheet.
- *FINAL PRODUCT → ISO / 1 view / maximize scale
- *WATERJET → 2 orthographic views / common scale / maximize group
- *MANUAL MILL → 2 orthographic views / common scale / maximize group
- FINAL PRODUCT → 1 large isometric view.
- WATERJET → 2 views, enlarged to better fill the sheet, with both views forced to the same scale.
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