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User Interface

Action Bar

Standard Area

View Layout Section

Primary Area

Secondary Area

Annotation Section

Primary Area

Secondary Area

Sketch Section

Primary Area

Secondary Area

View Section

AR-VR Section

Tools Section

Debug Section

Touch Section

Context Toolbars

The Tree

Object Properties Panel

Tools Palette

Generative View Style Panel

Feature Properties

Generation Properties

Reported Properties

Text Properties

Basic Concepts

Before You Begin With Drawings

About Using Drawing Tools

About Copy/Paste

About Inserting an Object

Predefined Queries

Managing Drawing Representation

About Drawing Representations

Generating a New Drawing

Creating a Drawing Interactively

Exporting a Drawing Representation (Save As)

Working with Drawing Representation

Drawing Representation Concepts

About Importing from Files

About Export of a Drawing Representation

About Loading/Opening 3D Data

Inserting From Files

Exporting a Drawing Representation

Loading/Opening 3D Data

Exporting Data to 3D XML

Copying and Pasting Elements

Inserting an Object

Working with Sheets

About Defining a Sheet: Sheet Browser

Defining a Sheet

Modifying a Sheet

Managing a Sheet

Reordering a Sheet or a View

Copying Background View from First Sheet

Working with Frame and Title Block

Frame and Title Block Concepts

About Frames and Title Blocks

About Creating a Customized Frame and Title Block

Creating a Frame and Title Block Template

Creating a Default Frame and Title Block

Creating a Customized Frame and Title Block

Performing Actions on the Frame and Title Block

Managing Drawing Standards

Drawing Standards

About Updating the Standard of a Drawing

About Switching a Drawing to Another Standard

About Using Standard-Defined Styles

Updating the Standard of a Drawing

Switching a Drawing to Another Standard

Using Standard-Defined Styles

Creating Views

View Creation Concepts

About View Creation

About the View Generation Modes

About the Projection Methods

About Views with Filters

About Views from 3D

About Creating Quick Generative Views

Creating Views

Defining the View Plane

Creating Views Using Folding Lines

Creating a Multiple View Projection

Reframing a View

Creating a Front View

Working with Views with Object Filters

Creating Quick Generative Views

Creating an Unfolded View

Creating a View from 3D

Creating a Projection View

Creating an Auxiliary View

Creating an Isometric View

Creating an Exploded View From Design Review

Creating Sections

About Sections

About Constraints Available in Tools Palette

Creating an Aligned Section View/Cut

Creating an Offset Section View/Cut

Creating a Curve Section View or Cut

Creating Sections Using Offset Constraints

Creating Sections Using Alternative Methods

Creating Sections in Assembly Context

Creating Detail Views

About Detail Views

Creating a Detail View or a Detail View Profile

Creating a Quick Detail View or a Quick Detail View Profile

Creating and Modifying Clippings

About Clippings

Creating a Clipping View/Clipping View Profile

Creating a Quick Clipping View/Quick Clipping View Profile

Modifying a Clipping

Adding and Modifying 3D Clippings

About 3D Clippings

Adding a 3D Clipping

Adding a Volume Clipping

Creating and Modifying Breaks

About Broken Views

Creating a Broken View

Modifying a Broken View

Creating and Modifying Breakout Views

About Breakout Views

About Modifying Breakout Views

Creating a Breakout

Modifying a Breakout View

Creating Views via the Wizard

Customizing View Content

View Content Customizing Concepts

About View Content Configuration

About Callout Geometry Modification

About Generating Hatched Areas from 3D Specifications

Overloading Element Properties

Modifying a Callout Geometry

Duplicating Generative Geometry

Generating Hatched Areas from 3D Specifications

Copying View Format

Managing the Graphical Properties of Generated Geometry and Dress-Up

About the Graphical Properties of Generated Geometry

Changing the Graphical Properties of Generated Geometry

Managing Persistent Product Graphic Properties

Restoring Original Properties and Deleted Elements

Managing Views

About Moving Views

About Copy View with Link Object

Browsing, Organizing, and Editing : View Browser

Moving Views

Positioning a View

Positioning a View Independently of its Reference View

Locating Reference/Resulting Views

Isolating Generated Views

Creating a Copy View with Link Object

Locking a View

Modifying Views

View Modification Concepts

About Modifying a View's Links

About Modifying a View Projection Plane

About Propagating View Modifications

Modifying Links of a View

Modifying the Link of View to Another View

Modifying a View Projection Plane

Propagating View Modifications

Editing S Break Symbols

Showing Geometry in Views

Analyzing View Geometries

Upgrading Views

Managing View Texts

Managing View Update

About Update and PLM Update

Updating Views

Updating Drawings Including the Bills of Materials Using the Batch Monitor

Updating Specific Views Using the Batch Monitor

Computing the Drawing PLM Update Status

Creating 2D Geometry

2D Geometry Concepts

About 2D Geometry Creation

About Creating Profiles

About Creating Circles

About Arcs

About Splines

About Connecting Curves with a Spline

About Creating Conic Curves

About Points

About Creating Equidistant Points

Creating Profiles

Creating Rectangles

Creating Oriented Rectangles

Creating Parallelograms

Creating Elongated Holes

Creating Cylindrical Elongated Holes

Creating Keyhole Profiles

Creating Polygons

Creating Centered Rectangles

Creating Centered Parallelograms

Creating Circles

Creating Three Point Circles

Creating Circles Using Coordinates

Creating Tri-Tangent Circles

Creating Arcs

Creating Three Point Arcs

Creating Three Point Arcs Starting with Limits

Creating a Tangent Arc

Creating Splines

Connecting Curves

Creating Ellipses

Creating Parabolas by Focus

Creating Hyperbolas by Focus

Creating Conic Curves

Creating Lines

Creating Infinite Lines

Creating Bisecting Lines

Creating Bi-Tangent Lines

Creating Lines Normal to a Curve

Creating a Point

Creating Points Using Coordinates

Creating Equidistant Points

Creating Points Using Intersection

Creating Points Using Projection

Performing Auto-Search on Profiles

Modifying 2D Geometry

Modifying 2D Geometry Concepts

About Concatenating Curves

About Creating Corners

About Chamfers

About Breaking Elements

About Duplicating 2D Elements Using Offset

About Aligning Points

Modifying Element Coordinates

Converting Standard into Construction Elements

Editing a Spline

Creating Corners

Creating Chamfers

Trimming Elements

Breaking Elements

Breaking and Trimming Elements

Trimming Elements using Boolean Trim Operations

Closing Elements

Complementing an Arc (Circle or Ellipse)

Creating Mirrored Elements

Moving Elements by Symmetry

Translating Elements

Rotating Elements

Scaling Elements

Duplicating 2D Elements Using Offset

Duplicating Multiple 2D Elements Using Offset

Aligning Points

Measuring

Using SmartPick

What is SmartPick ?

SmartPicking

About Geometry Using SmartPick

About Dragging Using SmartPick

Applying Constraints

About Constraints

About Constraints

About SmartPick

About Contact Constraints

Creating Constraints

Applying Same Constraints to a Set of Elements

Creating Constraints via SmartPick

Creating Contact Constraints

Creating Constraints Between 2D and Generated Elements

Visualizing Broken Constraints between 2D and Generated Elements

Working with Fix Together Items

About Grouping Elements Together

About the Catalog Structure

Creating a Group Reference

Creating a Catalog

Grouping Sketch Elements Together

Inserting Groups in an Existing Catalog

Instantiating Group Items

Working with 2D Components

2D Components Concepts

About 2D Components

About 2D Component Modification Options

About the Catalog Structure

About Exposing a 2D Component

About Exploding a 2D Component Instance

About Modifying Annotation Text and Orientation

Creating a 2D Component Reference

Instantiating a 2D Component

Multiple Instantiation From a List of Points

Creating a Catalog

Instantiating a 2D Component from a Catalog

Exploding a 2D Component from a Detail Sheet

Exposing a 2D Component from a Catalog

Modifying Annotation Text and Orientation in a 2D Component

Working with Generative View Style

About Generative View Styles

Creating a View using Generative View Styles

Switching a View to Another Generative View Style

Applying the Generative Style of a View to Another View

Managing Generative View Styles

Generating and Analyzing Dimensions

About Dimension Generation

Generating Dimensions in One Shot

Generating Dimensions Semi-Automatically

Positioning Dimensions (View per View)

Filtering Dimension Generation

Analyzing Generated Dimensions

Analyzing Interfering Dimensions

Working with Annotations

Annotations Concepts

About Annotations

About Leaders

About Annotation Positioning

Element Type Attributes

About Querying Annotation Links

About Adding Attribute Links and Text Templates

Modifying Annotation Positioning

Performing an Advanced Search

Querying Annotation Links

Adding Attribute Links

Adding Global Attributes

Working with Texts

About Making an Existing Annotation Associative

Copying Graphic Properties

Creating Texts

Creating an Associated Text

Making an Existing Annotation Associative

Working with Texts with Leaders

About Creating a Text With a Leader

Creating a Text With a Leader

Adding a Leader to an Existing Annotation

Handling Annotation Leaders

Moving and Positioning Leader Breakpoints

Working with Frames or Sub-frames

About Frames or Sub-frames

Frames Anchors Table

Adding Frames or Sub-frames

Changing Frame Sizes for Fixed Frames

Finding and Replacing Text

Working with Tables, Balloons, and Bill of Materials

About Creating a Table

About Modifying a Table

Creating a Table

Modifying a Table

Sorting a Table

Splitting a Table

Copying Table Content

Working with Legends

Creating a Legend Table

Inserting a Knowledge Report in a Representation

Creating a Hole Dimension Table

Creating a Coordinates Table for Points

Creating a Drilling Hole Table

Working with Balloons

About Balloons

Creating Balloons

Modifying a Balloon

Generating Balloons

Managing Bill of Materials

About Bill of Materials

Working with a Bill of Materials

Modifying a Bill of Materials

Working with Multiple Bills of Materials

Working with Labels

About Labels

Creating a Label

Instantiating a Label

Managing Labels

Working with Dimensions

Dimensions Concepts

About Dimensions

About Dimensioning Tools

About Creating Dimensions

About Creating Half Dimensions

About Positioning a Foreshortened Extremity Manually

About Chamfer Dimensions

About Thread Dimensions

About Creating Curvilinear Length Dimensions

About Creating Partial Curvilinear Length Dimensions

About Creating Dimensions along a Reference Direction

About Creating Dimensions between Intersection Points

About Modifying Dimensions

About Re-routing Dimensions

About Interrupting Extension Lines

About Dimension Overrun/Blanking

About Minimum Distance Dimensions

About Clipping Dimensions

Creating Dimensions

Creating Half Dimensions

Creating Explicit Dimensions

Positioning a Foreshortened Extremity Manually

Creating/Modifying Angle Dimensions

Creating Arc Dimensions

Creating Fillet Radius Dimensions

Creating Chamfer Dimensions

Creating Thread Dimensions

Creating/Modifying Coordinate Dimensions

Creating/Modifying Curvature Radius Dimensions

Creating Overall Curve Dimensions

Creating Curvilinear Length Dimensions

Creating Partial Curvilinear Length Dimensions

Creating Dimensions along a Reference Direction

Creating Dimensions between Intersection Points

Creating Dimensions between an Element and a View Axis

Creating a Minimum Distance Dimension

Clipping Dimensions

Modifying the Dimension Type

Re-routing Dimensions

Interrupting Extension Lines

Modifying the Dimension Line Location

Modifying the Dimension Value Text Position

Specifying the Dimension Value Position

Adding Text Before/After the Dimension Value

Modifying the Dimension Overrun/Blanking

Lining up Dimensions (Free Space)

Lining up Dimensions (Reference)

Creating Driving Dimensions

Scaling a Dimension

Working with Dimension Systems

About Dimension Systems

Creating Chained Dimension Systems

Creating Cumulated Dimension Systems

Creating Stacked Dimension Systems

Modifying a Dimension System

Working with Dimension Systems

Lining Up Dimension Systems

Working with Tolerances

About Working with Datum Targets

About Creating a Geometrical Tolerance

Creating a Datum Feature

Modifying a Datum Feature

Working with Datum Targets

Modifying a Datum Target

Creating a Geometrical Tolerance

Modifying Geometrical Tolerances

Copying Geometrical Tolerances

Working with Symbols

About Surface Texture

About Welding Symbols

Creating a Surface Texture

Annotating the Edges of Undefined Shapes

Creating a Welding Symbol

Creating a Weld

Managing Text and Table Templates

About Text and Table Templates

Browsing and Editing Templates: Template Browser

Creating Text and Table Templates

Storing Text and Table Templates in a Catalog

Instantiating Templates

About Routing Link Templates

Instantiating Text Templates

Instantiating Table Templates

Routing Link Templates

Dressing Up Elements

About Dress-Up Elements

About Creating Arrows

Creating Center Lines Without a Reference

Creating Center Lines With a Reference

Modifying Center Lines or Axis Lines

Creating Arrows

Creating Threads Without a Reference

Creating Threads With a Reference

Creating Axis Lines

Creating Axis Lines and Center Lines

Working with Area Fill

About Area Fill Creation

Creating an Area Fill

Modifying an Area Fill

Working with Area Fill Boolean Operations

Using Knowledgeware Tools

Deactivating Annotations

Deactivating Table Rows

Setting Relations Between Dimensional Constraints

Synchronizing External Parameters

Working with Images

About Inserting a Picture in a Table Cell

About Inserting Images

Inserting a Picture in a Table Cell

Inserting Images (Raster or Vector)

Modifying a Picture

Editing Raster Images

Printing

Printing a Sheet

Visualizing the Print Area

Dealing with DXF/DWG Data

DXF/DWG Concepts

About User Exit

About the Report File

About Standards

About Units

About Sheets

About End Points

About Dimension Conversion

About Viewports Content Conversion

About Layers

About Export Mode

Importing a DXF/DWG File

Exporting Data to a DXF/DWG File

Using DataExchangePLMBatch

About View Dress-up Parameters

View Dress-up Parameters

Property and Parameter Information

Border Properties

Chamfer Properties

Font Properties

Dimension Texts Properties

Dimension Line Properties

Extension Line Properties

Label Properties

Picture Properties

Sheet Properties

System Properties

Tolerance Properties

Value Properties

View Properties

Dimension System Styles

Sheet Styles

2D Layout For 3D Design Parameters

3D Tolerancing & Annotation Parameters

Common 3D Modeling Parameters

Data Setup

Drafting and 3D Master Resources: Available Resources

Creating a Resource Table

Associating a Resource Table with a Collaborative Space

Customizing

About Customizing Properties

Customizing Properties Boxes

Customizing an Action Bar by Adding Commands

Customizing Preferences

Reference Information

Drawings File-based Design Import

Drawings Database Design Import

Polyhedral Geometry in Drafting

Using Drawings with the Design Range Management

Quality Rules Management

Dialog Boxes

Generative View Styles Dialog Box

Sketch Analysis

Value Orientation

View Update Report Dialog Box

Drafting Interface in Editability Mode

Administration

Administration Concepts

About Data Setup for

About the Location of Standard or Generative View Styles Files

About Standards

About Upgrading Standard Files from Previous Releases

Working with Standards and Generative View Styles

Upgrading Standard and Generative View Style Files from Previous Releases

Setting Standard Parameters

Standard Parameters Concepts

About Line Thicknesses Definition

About Pattern Definition

About Layout Views Customization

About Engineering Symbols

Defining Standard Parameters

General Parameters

Dress-Up Parameters

Dimension Parameters

Dimension Tolerance Formats

Dimension Value Formats

Pre-defined Formats for Tolerance and Dimension Values

Annotation Parameters

Frame Definition

Views

View Name Definition

View Text Definition

View Generation Definition

Line Thicknesses Definition

Pre-defined Styles Definition

Pattern Definition

Line Type Definition

Sheet Format Definition

Layout Views Customization

Creating an Engineering Symbol

Setting Styles

About Styles

Customizing Styles

Annotation Styles

Dimension Styles

Geometry Styles

View Callout Styles