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Standard workflow for creating an associative drawing of a model |
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1.Preparatory actions (performed if necessary).
1.1. Create or open a model whose associative drawing you are going to create.
1.2. If any objects – components, solids, surfaces, curves, points – are not to be shown in the drawing, disable their display in model, using the Hide command.
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The state of the object – hidden or visible – is transferred to the associative view only during its creation. Later, you will be able to control visibility of components using the Drawing Design Tree (see section Managing display of components in a viewand the visibility of solids, surfaces, curves, and points – during the editing of view parameters (see section Objects and Detailing elements). |
1.3. If transfer of dimensions and designations from the model to the drawing is planned, set them.
1.4. If layers were created in the model, configure their projection into the drawing (see section Changing the layer status).
1.5. Decide which model orientation is the most suitable for the main view. If the selected position of model cannot be set using standard orientations, add a custom orientation (see section Model Orientation), corresponding to the desired position.
2.Create a drawing of the model using one of the following methods.
•While work with the model, invoke the command "Create Drawing" or "Create a drawing from a template". In this case, a new drawing is created automatically, and inside it – an arbitrary view of the current model.
•Create a new drawing manually. In this case, the drawing will be empty.
3.Create another Standard or Arbitrary Model views (when using the Create Drawing from Model command, the creation of the first arbitrary view is automatically launched in the drawing).
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If a model is not too complicated, you can use the command for building standard views. It allows to get the whole set of projections at once, including isometric projection. While creating assembly drawings, as well as drawings of complicated parts, it is recommended to use the command for building an arbitrary view. |
While creating a view, you can set up its parameters. For example, you can change the set of objects and detailing elements transferred from the model (see section Objects and Detailing elements), configure the line parameters, including enabling the display of the invisible contour lines (see section Lines), enable or disable the transmission of layers from the model (see section Transfer of layers from model into drawing) etc.
If necessary, you can set the values of parameters which will be used by default during creation of all associative views. To that end, the View.
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If there are unsaved changes in the model, you will be prompted to save the model when you create its associative view. Click Yesto immediately save the model file or click nanto cancel saving. In any case, the model image in its current view is created in the associative view. |
4.After creation of standard or arbitrary views, start building projection views, cuts, sections, leader elements, detail views and detail sections on their base (see sections Projection View — Detail Section).
5.If necessary, edit the image in associative views and/or their parameters.
6.Add the required detailing objects into the drawing: dimensions, engineering designations, captions, and other elements (centerlines, center designations, etc.) (see section Dimensions). Before you start creating them, it is recommended to enable associativity and parametrization upon input of all objects (see section Parametric mode). Due to that, the dimensions, engineering designations, centerlines, and other objects entered manually will be linked to the image of model and will be able to "monitor" its changes. For example, after changing the diameter of a hole in a part, in the associative view the diameter of circle that depicts the hole will change, and the value of dimension associatively linked thereto will change accordingly. Besides, during work in the parametrical mode, links and restrictions are automatically imposed upon such objects as the cut/section line, the view arrow, leader element designation. Due to that, for example, the horizontal line of cut aligned by the center of circle depicting the hole will retain its horizontal position and follow the circle while moving the hole within the model.
Besides, for the convenience of further work with the drawing, it is recommended to create new layers (to learn about layers in a graphic document, see section Layers) for the arrangement of objects of different types.
7.Compose views on the drawing sheet (see section Detailing of views on a sheet). If necessary, disable projection links among views (for example, that may be required to arrange a view in the arrow direction at an arbitrary place of the sheet).
