Generating Drawings Using Structure Drafting Wizard

You can generate a regular or a logical view using the drafting wizard.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:
  • Set the 2D Symbol Catalog and Annotation Text Style Catalog resources in Data Setup.
  • To use GVS, clear the Disable generative view style usage check box available at Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > Drafting > Administration.
See Also
Working with Drawing Production
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Generate a Regular View

You can generate a regular front view with or without using a GVS file.

  1. From the Drafting section of the action bar, click Structure Drafting Wizard .
  2. Under View Specification:
    1. Select the Insert new drawing representation check box, to generate the drawing under a new drawing representation.

      If not selected, you need to specify the target drawing representation for the drawing.

    2. Select the standard and the format for the drawing.

      If you have selected an existing drawing representation, the standard and the format are automatically selected from a sheet of that representation.

    3. Specify the scale for the drawing.
    4. In the Geometry box, select a planar surface or a plane, or specify the values in the X, Y, and Z boxes to set the view direction.

      When you select a planar surface or a plane in the work area, the X, Y, and Z boxes are updated to specify the direction normal to the selected surface. You can modify these values to change the direction.

      In the Angle box, you can enter the value from 0 to 359 to change the orientation of the view in the counterclockwise direction on the drawing sheet.

    5. Select the GVS file.
  3. Optional: Under Objects to Draw, select the Use bounding box check box to use the bounding box.

    The bounding box appears in the 3D area with its center at the COG of the root product and it includes all the products.

    You can modify the bounding box using the handles shown on each face in the 3D area, or specifying the width, length, and height values in the dialog box. All the objects included or intersected with the bounding box are considered for the drawing generation.

  4. Click Generate view to generate the view.
    The drawing is generated. Open the drawing representation to view the drawing.

Generate a Logical View

You can generate a logical view by filtering out the objects that are not connected to the primary objects.

  1. Repeat the Steps 1 and 2 of the above task.
  2. Under Objects to Draw,
    1. In the Primary object(s) box, select primary objects.

      Recommendation: It is recommended to select panels as primary objects.

    2. Optional: Select the Use bounding box check box to use the bounding box.

      The bounding box appears in the 3D area with center at the COG of primary objects, and includes all the primary objects. All the objects included or intersected with the bounding box are considered for the drawing generation.

      You can modify the bounding box using the handles shown on each face in the 3D area, or specifying the width, length, and height values in the dialog box.

    3. Click Object relation list to display the Object Relations dialog box.

      Note: Object relation list is available only when a GVS file and at least one primary object are specified.

    4. Click Compute object relation to compute the relation between objects.
      A list appears, displaying all the primary objects along with their secondary objects and the non-primary/secondary objects. The non-primary/secondary objects are not considered for the drawing generation.
      Note: You can double-click any relation, view type, and result type to change their values.

      For relation, the changes will happen as below:

      Current Relation New Relation Transition Description
      Primary Secondary
      • You need to specify a primary object for the new secondary object.
      • All the secondary objects of the primary object are moved to the No Primary/Secondary group.
      No Primary/Secondary The primary object and its secondary objects are moved to the No Primary/Secondary group.
      Secondary Primary You need to manually specify the secondary objects for the new primary object.
      No Primary/Secondary -
      No Primary/Secondary Primary You need to manually specify the secondary objects for the new primary object.
      Secondary You need to specify a primary object for the new secondary object.

      For information about result types, see Result Type.

    5. Click Generate view to generate the logical view.
      The drawing is generated. Open the drawing representation to view the drawing.