Creating general arrangement drawings

See also Creating drawings on page 25
Modifying drawing settings on page 307
2.3 Creating general arrangement drawings
Before you create general arrangement drawings, create the model views that you need and
ensure that the views are as you want them to be in drawings. The drawing views will have
the same orientation and content as the model view you select. Fit work area using two
points to select the area that you want to show in the general arrangement drawing.
General arrangement drawings get overwritten if you recreate them. If you want
to create another general arrangement drawing of the same model view, give
another name to the drawing in drawing properties.
To create general arrangement drawings:
1. Create the model views you need.
If you want to switch between 3D view and plane view in the created view, press Ctrl+P.
2. Click Drawings & Reports --> Drawing Settings --> General Arrangement Drawing...
and select the appropriate predefined drawing properties (saved settings) from the list,
and then click Load.
Always load predefined properties when you are creating a drawing. When you need to
modify drawing properties, save the new changes to the properties file when necessary.
3. If needed, modify drawing properties and, if necessary, apply object-level settings.
4. Click Apply or OK.
5. Click Drawings & Reports --> Create General Arrangement Drawing , or the
corresponding toolbar command.
Alternatively, you can select the model views from the model (selected views get a red
frame), right-click and select Create General Arrangement Drawing from the pop-up
menu.
6. If you have not selected the views yet, select them from the displayed list.
You can use the Shift and Ctrl buttons for selecting several views.
7. In the Options list, select if you want to create one drawing for each selected view or
add all selected views in one drawing.
By selecting Empty, you can create an empty drawing and add drawing views
in it afterwards.
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Creating general arrangement drawings