Drawing views are on an angle, how to change?

I have made a cad model of a table, which will be made from 12mm
sheets of MDF, naturally some of the panels are not at 90° to each
other in the model.

When those ones are placed into a drawing, they come in with the angle
they are in the assembly at rather then being shown as they would be
flat against the page. I am trying to get all the items onto one
drawing so I can make a cutting plan for how the panels are cut from a
sheet.

How do I change the drawing view so the top and side views are from
the correct angles, that is oblique to the surface of each part,
rather then the axis that the assembly has.

All the parts were made in assembly, and when opened individually the
XYZ axis are showing as having the same angles as the parts get when
put into the drawing. So I am guessing that resetting the part to the
axis in each part file would do the trick.

I am using solidworks 2007 if that matters.

Thanks.

 

Click on the face you want up, space bar, *Normal To...
Space bar, click on New View and name it. Refer to that view when
placing in drawing.
If you need something other than *Normal to..., add a plane in the view
you need, click on it, space bar, *Normal to... etc.

 

Thanks, that sorts out the view of square onto the large side of the
panel, but when I normal to the top edge of the panel so I can
dimension the angles the sides are cut at, it normals to it with the
board on an angle, I cant seem to create a view with the profile of
the board horizontal across the screen or the page. This isnt a biggie
but it would make the resulting drawing look nicer if all the boards
were horizontal. I cant seem to rotate the drawing either.

Thanks

Richard.

 

Actually, after restarting solidworks allign seems to be working to
its all taken care of.
Thanks

 

Hi
First of all, when starting design of parts direct in assy. you don't
know how they are placed regarding XYZ, so what we are doing is always
to start the design in the part and then insert them in the assy and
end the design there.
BUT anyway, instead of creating a new view in the part, you can
directly rotate the view in the drawing by an angle (if it is
known!?).
Pick the view > right click > Zoom/Pan/Rotate > Rotate view and enter
the rotation angle.

BR
Morten