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Table of contents 1

K - Drafting
K1 Start Drafting
K1-1 Create Drawing
K1-3 Drawing Navigator
K1-4 Drafting Ribbon Bar
K2 Drawing Sheet
K3 Views
K3-1 Drafting Preferences
K3-3 Base View
K3-5 View Parameters for Assemblies
K3-6 Projected View
K3-7 Detail View
K3-9 View Break
K3-11 Drawing View
K3-12 Exploded View
K3-13 Hole Table
K3-14 Parts List
K3-17 Image
K4 Sections
K4-1 Section View
K4-2 Single/stepped Section View
K4-5 Assembly Section View
K4-7 Half Section View
K4-8 Revolved Section
K4-10 Folded Section View
K4-11 Break out Section View
K5 Edit Views
K5-1 Move/Copy Views
K5-2 Align Views
K5-3 View Boundary
K5-4 Modfy 3D-Objects in View
K5-5 Sketch in Drawing

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K - Drafting
K6 Detailing
K6-1 Centerlines
K6-4 Balloons
K6-5 Symbols (Crosshatch and others)
K6-6 Weld Symbol
K6-7 Surface Symbol
K6-8 User Defined Symbol
K7 Dimension
K7-1 Rapid Dimension
K7-3 Dimension Settings
K7-4 Parameter Blocs
K7-6 Cylindrical Dimensions
K7-7 Angular Dimension
K7-8 Baseline dimension
K7-10 Ordinate Dimension
K7-12 Automatic and manual Dimension
K8 Annotations
K8-1 Create Note
K8-4 Feature Control Symbols
K8-6 Datum Feature Symbol
K9 Track Changes
Index

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Start 2

Create a drawing
We switch to the application Drafting. A sheet with the desired size
will be started.
Depending on the settings a view creation wizard appears,
where each view parameter will be worked off. They can be
edited later, too.
Workflow without wizard:
1. Create Base View
2. Projected views will be derived from the base view
Base View
additional
base view
projected
views

The View creation wizard

One parameter group
after the other:

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Ribbon bar 4

Drafting Ribbon bar:

Group Home will provide access for most important commands:

views, sections,
details

detailing

sketch, bill of material,

tables

Create new drawing sheet

usual

If you use no template you'll be ask

for the units and the projection
rule.

American (3rd angle projection)

European (1st angle projection)

Depending from the template you

will be ask for title block input.

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Views 6

Home Group View Projected View

alternative:
Insert View Projected View

direction Hinge line

Location
with Align options
usual "Hinge"
optionally:
Move view
Modify view settings

defined
hinge line

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Views 10

View Break
Example: Rod Break
For each break line a single
point input suffices.
The diameter will be detected
automatically..
Parent View:
In the navigator the view break is assigned to the parental view.

Optionally it can be
also suppressed!

Boundary:
After inserting a break the view size cannot be changed any more
Therefore the break illustration has to be suppressed.
It is possible to generate several breaks in a single view. They
have to be parallel or perpendicular to each other.
A break is not possible in detail- and perspective views.

Projection of a view break:

In case the base view contains a
break, the projected view obtains
automatically the same break.
The break features are
independent to each other.
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Sections 4

3D Illustration of the section view

Before positioning a section view we can use the Preview Tool (at
the bottom). With this preview function we can create 3D illustration:

Select Cut and fixed

preview checkbox.

After section creation it's

not possible to create this
3D view. It's only possible
while creating.

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Revolved Section View 8

Revolved Section View

Workflow:
1. Rotation point
2. Through point leg 1
3. Through point leg 2
4. Position

Before positioning we can add

additional points to the section
line by pressing MB3:

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Modify 3D-Elements in view 4

Home Group: View View Dependent Edit

alternative:
Menu Edit View View Dependent Edit
These are kind of cosmetic operations that only take place in 2D.
They have no influence on the 3D-model.

Curve display
active after selecting icon to edit
1. Define new display + Apply
2. Select elements.
Modify shaded views

Erase elements
Modify display
- of an element (edge, face)
- of a shaded object
- of an edge segment
only section views:
modify background curves

Undo modifications
Transfer particular
non-linked
3D-elements to a
certain view
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Transfer 2D-elements to 3D
e.g. imported contours
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Centerlines 2

Centerlines
Bolt Circle Centerline centerline via 3 points
3
1

Circular Centerline
Enter counter clockwise (partial) or
center point and circle point (full)

Symmetrical Centerline

2
2D-Centerline

Centerline
between 2 splines

3D-Centerline
Function detects 3D-cylinder surfaces
as well as surfaces from tubes and
circular sweeps
1

Automatic Centerline
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Custom Symbol 8

Drafting Tools Group: Custom Symbols Define

alternative:
Menu Insert Symbol Define Custom Symbol
With this function we can create our own symbols. These were
stored and activated from the Reuse-Library (see ch. B9).
In this Library we have installed a Custom Symbol Library:
MB3 on Part Symbols new folder : BTr-Symbols.
Here we want to insert the symbol below.

own folder

Anchor point
and
connecting point
for leader

Define region will create

the icon for the preview.

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Dimension Parameter 4

Parameter Bloc
By editing (double click) a dimension the following parameter bloc
appears:

additional settings
for appended text
Textfields:
above
before
below

Reference Dimension
additional
settings:
e.g. tolerances,
text height etc.
usual tolerances:

bilateral
tolerances

ISO-Tolerance

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Ordinate Dimension 14

Ordinate
Align Dimension values horizontal
afterwards:
1. Edit settings
2. Select all ordinate dimensions
3.

4. Close
Name in origin: Ordinate
With this name you can delete your ordinate dimension with one
click. But you can change the name:
1. Edit settings
2. Select ordinate

3. For example: 0
Note:
If you have selected "None", how to come back to a name?
1. Select ordinate dimension + MB3 Edit
2. A "scene point" appears.
3. Select this point + style icon in the bloc
4. Settings Ordinate activate name
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Track Changes 1

Drafting Tools Track Changes

alternative:
Menu Analysis Track Drawing Changes
This function offers the possibility to detect changes in a drawing:
- after drawing release
- after updating a model
- changes in the current session
- changes concerning the last saving
Snapshot in CGM format for comparison with overlay-technique
Switch:
ON: Set new record point
OFF: Delete previous recordings
Generate a report with all changes in the drawing
(no 3D-Changes)
Open last report
Overlay with the last CGM Snapshot.
Old data are coloured orange.

Settings: What should be reported? (Compare tolerance)

Delete all CGM

Delete all reports

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Index
A
2D-view
3D Section View
Angular Dimension
Annotations
Area Fill
Assembly View
Assembly Section
Automatic Dimension

K3-11
K4-4
K7-9
K8
K6-5
K3-5
K4-5
K7-16

B
Balloon
Baseline Dimension
Base view
Boundary
Breakout Section

K6-4
K7-12
K3-3
K5-3
K4-10

C
Centerlines
K6-1
Custom Symbols
K6-8
Cylindrical Dimension K7-7
D
Datum Feature Symb. K8-6
Detail
K3-7
Dimension
K7
Dimension origin
K7-2
Dim. Parameter blocs K7-4
Dim.-Preferences
K7-3
Dimension-Set
K7-11
Directed dimension K7-10
Drawing Format
K2
Drawing Navigator
K1-3
Drawing Sheet
K1-4
Drawing View
K3-11
E
Exploded View

K3-12

F
Feature Control FrameK8-4
Folded Section View K4-10

G
Gap

Q
K7-17

H
Half Dimension
Half Section
Hatching
Hole Callout
Hole Table
I
ID-Symbol
Image
Intersection Symbol
J

R
Rapid Dimension
Revolved Section

K7-1
K7-8
K4-8
K4-7
K6-5 S
K7-6 Section view unfolded K4-9
K3-13 Section line only
K4-1
Section Preview
K4-4
Section stepped
K4-2
K6-4 Section View
K4-1
K3-17 single sided dimens. K7-7
K6-5 Sketch geometry
K5-5
Start Drawing
K1-1
Surface Finish Symb. K6-7
T
Text
Title Block
Track Changes

K
L

M
Manual Dimension
K7-16 U
Unfolded Section
Master Model Conc. K1-1
Move/Copy View
K5-1 Update view
N
Note

V
View Alignment
View boundary
View Break
K7-13 View creation wizard
K1-3 View Dependent Edit
K7-16 View move/copy
View of second part
View projected
K7-4
K3-14 W
K6-4 Weld Symbol
K3-1
K3-6 X
K1-4
Y
K3-1

O
Ordinate Dimension
Out of Date Folder
Override Dim.-value
P
Parameterbloc
Parts List
Balloon
Preferences
Projected View
Projection Angle

K3-1
K2
K9-1
K4-9
K4-2
K5-2
K5-3
K3-9
K1-2
K5-4
K5-1
K3-4
K3-6
K6-6

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