When creating the views corresponding to the components, the AssemblyBoard calculates the possible scale to fit the view into the boxes defined in the pages. Then the tool takes the smallest scale specified in the scale file that can fit in the view. This file can be customized according to the most commonly used scales for this work. These are not the scales proposed in the SOLIDWORKS drawing views.

Example of a custom scale file :


 


By clicking on the icon If you want to use a custom scale file, you can use a custom scale file. This path can point to a network drive and is stored if you click on this search icon again.

In some cases the "Bounding Box" around the view calculated by SOLIDWORKS is a bit large, which causes a scale to be taken by AssemblyBoard smaller. It is then possible to give a "Permitted increase factor of the view scale" allowing for a more appropriate scale. It will be possible to switch, for example, to a 5:1 scale instead of the 4:1 used initially. It is obvious that if, in the scale file, I have only defined an interval going from 1:1 to 5:1 the choice will be quite limited!

Scales are not taken at random, hence the interest of defining your scale file.

Example by setting at 20%.