18 Video Lessons
9 Languages
Level: Basic

Base Views, Section View, Explosion Views, Partlist, Dimensions & Standards Explained

Siemens NX Drafting
Create Professional Drawings for Production and Catalogues

Learn to turn 3D models into clear, production-ready drawings in Siemens NX. You’ll create base and projected views, add dimensions and tolerances, manage breaks, line widths, and title blocks, and follow ISO-compliant drafting standards. Each lesson focuses on practical steps for clean, readable layouts – whether you’re documenting a single part or a large assembly.

What you will learn

Create an automatic drawing frame

Create base and projected view

Section view, break-out section view

Explosion view

Dimensions and tolerances

Assembly drawing with Part List

Hole table, Ordinate Dimension

Drawings for catalogues

GD&T, and much more

All Lessons

Siemens NX Drafting Tutorial

Siemens NX Tutorial | Title block template

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Siemens NX Drafting: create an automatic drawing frame
What is needed first in a drawing, in fact the answer is quite simple: a drawing frame. Of course, an
Siemens NX Tutorial | Drafting Basics

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Siemens NX Drafting: Basics before we start
Is a drafting 2 or 3 dimensional? What do I have to bear in mind when creating draftings in NX?
Siemens NX Tutorial | Create and change drawings | Set the automatic processes

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Siemens NX Drafting: Create and change drawings
Create the first drawing and change size, scale, projection method, unit of the sheet according to your wishes. Up to
Siemens NX Tutorial | Base View, Projected View with standard and special orientation

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How to Rotate View in NX Drafting: Base & Projected Views
Create base and projected views, align them precisely, and define custom orientations. Learn to rotate views independently, manage view names
Siemens NX Tutorial | View break, Lock view

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Siemens NX Drafting: view break, lock view (freeze view)
Despite shortened display, all dimensions remain correct. Any number of break lines can be created. Isometric views can also be
Siemens NX Tutorial | Line Width, or, where settings come from

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Siemens NX Drafting: Line Width, or, where settings come from
The body in 3D? The customer defaults? The model template? The Drawing Template? In fact, all four locations are possible
Siemens NX Tutorial | Section View, Detail View

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How to Section View in NX: Create Section & Detail Views Properly
From full sections to partial cuts, you’ll learn how to define section lines, create detail views, and combine them with
Siemens NX Tutorial | Stepped section view, Section line, Section view with angle segments

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Siemens NX Drafting: Section view with steps, Section line
Section views with steps can be quickly created and modified, and the section line is created automatically or using a
Siemens NX Tutorial | sketching in a drawing view and sketching on a drawing sheet

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Siemens NX Drafting: Sketching in a drawing view
Sketches can emphasise areas in views, for example where the material number is to be stamped or special requirements apply.
Siemens NX Tutorial | Break out section view

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NX Break-out Section View: Show locally hidden details
A Break-out Section View lets you expose hidden details in a part, assembly, or even isometric view. Learn how to
Siemens NX Tutorial | Center Lines, Center Marks

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Siemens NX Drafting: Centerline, Center Mark
Centre lines indicate axes of symmetry. They mark the centre of holes and hole axes. Or they indicate that several
Siemens NX Tutorial | Dimensions

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How to Dimension in NX: Apply Dimensions, Tolerances & Fits Correctly
From basic dimensions to tolerances and fits, learn how to apply accurate dimensions quickly, use automation tools effectively, and understand
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