Creating a Layout

In this task, you will learn how to create a layout and the related 3D representation.

  1. From the Compass, click 2D Layout for 3D Design.

    The New Layout dialog box appears, allowing you to choose a standard, a sheet style and an orientation for your new layout. Among other things, the sheet style defines the sheet format, paper size, scale and default orientation.

    If you do not want the New Layout dialog box to appear at next time startup, select the Hide when starting app option.

    Important:

    In this case, the last selected standard, sheet style and orientation is used by default when creating a layout.

    You can show at startup this dialog box by clearing the Hide New Layout dialog box option in Layout.

  2. Select the ISO_3D standard.
    Important:

    Standards and sheet styles are defined by the administrator in the Standards Editor, who can add an unlimited number of them. Note that any customized standard is based on one of the four international standards (ANSI, ISO, ASME or JIS) as far as basic parameters are concerned.

    For more details, see Sheet Format Definition and Sheet Styles in the Administration Tasks chapter.

    Tip:

    In the New Layout dialog box, standards suffixed with _3D are specifically designed for 2D Layout for 3D Design layouts. For example, colors have been customized for optimized display.

    For more information, see Layout Views Customization.

  3. Select the A0 ISO sheet style.
  4. Optionally change the default orientation from Landscape to Portrait.
  5. Click OK.
    The 3D Part / Product DS dialog box appears.
  6. Enter a name for the representation that is associated to your layout (Disk, for example) and click Finish.