Create a technical drawing

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Create a technical drawing.

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After completing this video,

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you'll be able to create a new drawing.

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To get started in fusion,

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we want to open two supplied data sets,

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internal combustion engine for drawing.F3D and sheet metal for drawing.F3D.

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We're gonna be taking a look at the different ways

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to create or start a new drawing in fusion.

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The first of which is with our internal combustion engine.

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We're going to navigate back to the design workspace and note

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that we've got a couple of different components in this design.

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We've got a crank holder which is currently hidden,

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and inside of our crank assembly,

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the crank itself is hidden as well.

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Under the top level assemblies for bodies versus components,

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we've got a piston and a cylinder.

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The first thing that we're going to do is either

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go to our file menu and select new Drawing,

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or we can use our workspace picker,

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go down to drawing and select from design or from animation.

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We're gonna start with from design.

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When you use from design,

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we have two options at the top,

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automatic and manual.

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For right now,

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we're going to be focusing solely on manual drawing creation,

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but taking a look at the automatic drawing creation is an extremely powerful tool.

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It's something that I strongly suggest that you look at.

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The first thing that we're going to do here

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is note that we've got sheet count equals one,

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and then as we go down,

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we've got references and the contents can be full assembly,

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visible only,

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or we can manually select which components we want to include.

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Right now with visible only,

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this means that the crank and the crank holder are not going to be shown.

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Below there,

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the drawing is going to be created as a new drawing.

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We're going to be doing this from scratch,

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which means we're not using a drawing template,

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and we're going to pick our standards.

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The standards can either be ASME or ISO.

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We can pick the units that we wish to use and the sheet size.

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We're going to be using all these default settings for right now,

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as we're not really interested in applying dimensions

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or worrying about creating our drawing fully.

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So we're going to select OK using the visible only option.

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This is going to start a new design,

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or in this case,

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a detailed drawing.

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The detailed drawing is gonna be linked back to our assembly and

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allow us to create the technical elements needed to convey this design

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either for assembly,

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disassembly or manufacture.

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We're going to start by changing some of our settings inside of our drawing view.

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First,

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I'm going to set the scale to 1/2.

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I'm going to left click to place this view,

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noting that the design file is the internal combustion engine for drawing.

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It's creating new

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based on the model representation.

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These two options are grayed out.

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We also have our orientation set to front.

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Our style is set to visible edges,

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and we've got some other options like tangent edge visibility.

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Go to set these to full length for right now.

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We can also toggle on interference edges and thread edges if we wish.

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And even though we chose to do a manual drawing,

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there are some automated options for things like center marks for holes,

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as well as center lines.

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We're gonna leave those off for now and say,

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OK.

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Once we've created our first view,

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we can go back and add additional views by using things like projected.

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This allows us to create some projected views

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based on our detailed drawing base view.

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We can move some of these around while some will remain linked by default.

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There are options that allow us to place projected views that are not linked,

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but for right now,

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let's just focus on the creation of these.

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Let's go ahead and take a look at the browser.

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Notice that the crank holder

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has a checkbox that's empty and a line through it.

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This is because by default it'll be suppressed

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because it wasn't visible in the assembly.

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The same is true for the crank.

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If we left click next to the crank,

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this will add it to our drawing views and

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bring it back into this drawing design assembly.

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The main reason that we want to identify this is because

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anything that's suppressed will not appear on a parts list.

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Anything that's hidden will still show on a parts list,

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but will just simply not be in our drawing view.

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So if there are components that we need to include

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on our parts list but exclude from our drawing view,

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we need to make sure they're not suppressed but only hidden.

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Uh,

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let's navigate back to the internal combustion engine for drawing.

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This time from the drawing menu,

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we're gonna select from animation.

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This allows us to pick a storyboard.

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In this case,

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we want to use storyboard 3.

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Instead of creating it

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new,

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we're going to add it to our untitled drawing.

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This will add it as a new sheet in the drawing we've already created.

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I'm going to use all the rest of the default standards

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and simply place the view on the left-hand side and say,

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OK.

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This allows us to create an exploded view drawing

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based on the storyboard that was selected.

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Once again,

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we need to pay close attention to the components.

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Keep in mind here that we've got our crank holder,

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which is currently hidden,

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but it is not suppressed.

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This means if we don't want this component,

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which is only there for assembly motion,

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to be active and shown in a parts list,

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we need to make sure it's suppressed.

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Another type of drawing we can create is from sheet metal components.

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Typically,

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the way you start a sheet metal drawing would be to go to your flat pattern.

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Inside of our component,

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I'm gonna go ahead and activate it and create a flat pattern.

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I'm gonna select my stationary face

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and say,

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OK.

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Once a flat pattern is created,

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I'm going to right click on the flat pattern inside of my browser,

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and I want to create a drawing.

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While this isn't the only way to do this,

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this is likely the most straightforward way if

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you're already working on your sheet metal components.

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Here you can see that the representation is coming from flat pattern,

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and I'm gonna create a new drawing for this

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component since it's not part of the other assembly.

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This allows me to place the flattened state of my sheet metal part,

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and I can say,

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OK.

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If I were to create a new base view,

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notice that I've got my design file

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and the representation or instance.

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We can create a new representation which is going to be our folded model,

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or we can select sheet metal for drawing component flat pattern.

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So while we're creating a new view,

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we have the option to determine whether or

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not we're using the folded or flattened state.

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In this case,

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I'm going to go ahead and use the folded state and say,

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OK.

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Once again,

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when we're creating new drawings,

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we have many different options that'll drive or

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dictate the way those new drawings are created.

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There are some important aspects of new detailed

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drawings that we should be aware of.

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Document settings,

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for example,

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some document settings can be adjusted while others

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will be fixed based on the initial creation.

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Things like the standard,

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that's gonna be fixed and can't be changed after the fact.

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However,

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there are some things that we can adjust like the units.

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By default,

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we selected metric or the millimeter unit system.

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We can change that to the inch unit system,

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or as we begin applying dimensions,

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we can use dual units.

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But in some instances,

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there are going to be aspects of your design and your drawing that you can't change.

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So keep in mind as you're starting your new drawings,

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the most important thing is to determine whether or

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not you're using the ASME or the ISO standard.

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This is going to dictate how some of the annotations get created,

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as well as whether or not the drawing

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is using first angle or third angle projections.

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For right now,

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I'm not going to worry about that too much,

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but I also want to mention that we do have specific sheet settings.

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So the sheet settings are going to be things like

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the sheet size and the title block that's being used.

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Those two aspects can be changed for each individual sheet

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or the drawing as a whole.

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So keep in mind that some of these settings

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again can be adjusted and changed on the fly,

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while other settings like the standard we select are

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going to be fixed once we create our drawing.

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At this point,

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we aren't going to be using either of these drawings,

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so feel free to save them and play around if you wish,

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or you can go ahead and close them out and

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we'll be making new drawings in the next video.