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7.GenerativeDraftingworkbench
The Generative Drafting workbench provides a simple method to create and modify views on a predefined sheet. You may also add, modify and/or delete
dressupand2Delementstotheseviews.Allthisisperformedonasheetwhichmayincludeaframeandatitleblockandwilleventuallybeprinted.
7.1CreatingaNewDrawing
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtocreatemoreorlessautomaticallyanewdrawingwithpredefinedviewsgeneratedfromapart.SelecttheStart>Mechanical
Designcommands.SelecttheDrafting
dialogboxappearswithinformationonviewsthatcanpossiblybecreated,aswellasinformationonthedrawingstandards.Selecttheviewsyouwanttobe
automaticallycreatedonyourdrawingfromtheNewDrawingCreationdialogbox.ClickOK.
7.2ManagingASheet
TheGenerativeDraftingworkbenchprovidesasimplemethodformanagingasheet.Asheetcontains:amainview:aviewwhichsupportsthegeometrydirectly
createdinthesheet,abackgroundview:aviewdedicatedtoframesandtitleblocks,interactiveorgeneratedviews.Click

theNewicon

fromtheStandardtoolbarorselectFile>Newfromthemenubar.SelecttheDrawingworkbench,andclickOK.FromtheNewDrawing

dialogbox,selecttheISOstandard,ortheA0ISOformat.Selecttheorientationtype.Selectthe1:1scale,andthenclickOK.

7.3Addinganewsheet
Youcanaddnewsheetsatanytime.Thesenewsheetswillbeassignedthesamestandard,formatandorientationasthesheetfirstcreatedanddefinedusing
theNewDrawingdialog(defaultsetting).Eventhoughyouthendeletesheet1,thesheetsnewlycreatedwillkeepthesamename.
ClicktheNewSheeticon

fromtheDrawingtoolbar.Thenewsheetautomaticallyappears.

7.4FrontViewCreation
TheGenerativeDraftingworkbenchprovidesasimplemethodtocreateviewsonapredefinedsheet.WhatistheActiveView?Theactiveviewistheview
fromwhichotherviewswillbegenerated.Thisisalsotheviewinwhichallthemodificationswillbeperformed.Theactiveviewisframedinred.Thenonactive
viewsareframedinblue.Whenyoucreateaview,untilyouclickatthedesiredviewlocation,theviewtobecreatedisframedingreen.Ifyouclickthisview,it
becomestheactiveviewandisframedinred.
Startcreatingthefrontview.ClicktheFrontViewicon

fromtheViewstoolbar.Selectobject.Clickonsheettoplacefrontview.Bluearrowsappear.Click

therightorleftarrowtovisualizetherightorleftside,respectively.Clickthebottomarrowtovisualizethebottomside.Clickthecounterclockwisearrowtorotate
thereferenceplane.Clickinsidethesheettogeneratetheview.Rightclicktheframeoftheview,selectthePropertiesoptionfromthecontextualmenu,View
tabandchecktherequiredoptionsinthePropertiesdialogbox.
7.52D/3DAssociativity
OnViews:Agenerativeviewresultsfromspecificationsina3Ddocument.Thisspecificationcorrespondseithertothewholedocumentortoafeatureinthe
document.Anymodificationappliedtothespecifications,beforethegeneratedview(s)is/areupdated,isdetected.Youcan
performanupdate.Youcanupdateallviewsoraselectionofviews.TheUpdateicon

isactiveintheUpdatetoolbarwhenasheet(ordrawing)contains

viewsthatneedtobeupdated(thiscanbeallviewsinthesheetorsomeofthemonly).Youcanupdateallviewsintheactivesheetby
clickingthisicon.Anupdatesymbol

appearsinthespecificationtreefortheviewsthatneedtobeupdated.Youcanupdateaselectionofviewsbyselecting

andrightclickingtheview(s)you
wanttoupdateandchoosingUpdateSelection

fromthecontextualmenu.

OnGeneratedDimensions:Generateddimensionsareassociativewiththe3DpartconstraintsontheconditionyoucheckedtheGenerationdimensionswhen
updatingthesheetoptionfromtheOptionsdialogbox(Tools>Options>MechanicalDesign>Drafting>Generationtab).Notethatthesedimensionswillbe
regeneratedinaccordancewiththeotheroptionschecked/uncheckedintheOptionsdialogbox.

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7.6CreatingaProjectionView
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtocreateprojectionviewsonthesheet,relativelytothefrontview
previouslygenerated.ClicktheDrawingwindow,anddoubleclicktheProjectionViewiconfromtheViewstoolbar(Projectionssubtoolbar).Asyoumovethe
cursor,apreviewedprojectionviewinagreenframeappearsonthesheet.Definetheprojectionviewpositionbypositioningthecursoratthedesiredview
location,forexampletherightviewposition.Clickinsidethegreenframetogeneratetheview.
7.7CreatinganAuxiliaryView
This task will show you how to create an auxiliaryview. Many objects are of such shape that their principal faces cannot always be assumed parallel to the
regular planes of projection. Creating an auxiliary view allows showing the true shapes by assuming a direction of sight perpendicular to planes that are
perpendicularofthecurves.Thisauxiliaryview,togetherwiththetopview,
completelydescribestheobject.ClicktheAuxiliaryViewicon

fromtheViewstoolbar(Projectionssubtoolbar).

Clickanedgeontheview.Theselectededgebecomesalinethatyoucanpositionwheredesiredusingthecursor.Thisline/calloutwillbeautomaticallyusedas
the plane. Click to position the callout. The reference plane is automatically positioned according to the selected edge. Positioning the auxiliary view callout
amountstodefiningtheauxiliaryviewdirection.Clicktopositiontheauxiliaryview.
7.8CreatinganOffsetSectionView/Cut
This task will show you how to create an offset section view/cut using a cutting profile as cutting plane. In sectioning through irregular objects, it is often
desirabletoshowseveralfeaturesthatdonotlieinastraightlinebyoffsettingorbendingthecuttingplane.ClicktheDrawingwindow,and
clicktheOffsetSectionViewicon

ortheOffsetSectionCuticon

fromtheViewstoolbar(Sectionssubtoolbar).Selecttheholesandpointsrequiredfor

sketchingthecuttingprofile.Ifyou
are not satisfied with the profile you create, you can, at any time, use Undo

or Redo

icons. The section plane appears on the 3D part and moves

dynamicallyonthepart.Doubleclicktoend
thecuttingprofilecreation.

OFFSETSECTIONCUT:Inthisparticularcase,onlycutportionofsolidisvisibleinsectionview.

7.9CreatinganAlignedSectionView/Cut
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtocreateanalignedsectionviewand/oralignedsectioncutusingacuttingprofileascuttingplane.Analignedsectionview/cutisa
viewcreatedfromacuttingprofiledefinedfromnonparallelplanes.Inordertoincludeinasectioncertainangledelements,thecuttingplanemaybebentsoas
topassthroughthosefeatures.Theplaneandfeaturearethenimaginedtoberevolvedintotheoriginalplane.ClicktheDrawingwindow,andclicktheAligned
SectionCut

.Selectthepointsandcirclesrequiredforsketchingthecuttingprofile.Thesectionplanealsoappearsonthe3Dpartandmovesdynamically

onthepart.Doubleclicktoendthecuttingprofilecreation.Clicktogeneratetheview.
7.10CreatingaDetailView/DetailViewProfile
Adetailviewisapartialgeneratedviewthatshowsonlywhatisnecessaryinthecleardescriptionoftheobject.Itshowsyouhowtocreatefromthe3Dadetail
viewusingeitheracircleascalloutorasketchedprofile.Inthisparticularcase,wecreateadetailviewusingasketchedprofileaswecreatethisdetailview
fromanoblongpart.Notethatforcreatingadetailviewusingacircle,the
dialogisexactlythesame.ClicktheDrawingwindow,andclicktheDetailViewicon

fromtheViewstoolbar(Detailssubtoolbar).Clickthecalloutcenter.Drag

toselectthecalloutradiusandclickapointtoterminatetheselection.Or,ifyoucreateadetailviewusingasketchedprofile,you
willclicktheDetailViewProfileicon

.Createthepointsrequiredforsketchingapolygonusedasprofile.Doubleclicktoendthecuttingprofilecreation.Click

togeneratethedetailview.Thedefaultscaleis2(twicethescaleoftheactiveview).Youcanmodifythisscale.
7.11CreatingaClippingViewand/oraClippingViewProfile
Aclippingviewisapartialviewthatshowsonlywhatisnecessaryinthecleardescriptionoftheobject.Thisoperationisapplieddirectlyontotheactiveview.
Herewewillseehowtocreatebothaclippingviewusingacircleascallout.Youcanalsousearoughlysketchedprofile.Click
theDrawingwindow,andclicktheClippingViewicon

fromtheViewstoolbar(Clippingssubtoolbar).Ifyoucreateaclippingviewusingasketchedprofile,you

willselecttheClipping
ProfileViewicon

.Selectthecenterofthecircleorselecttherequiredpointsforsketchingapolygon.Doubleclicktoendthecuttingprofilecreation.

7.12CreatinganIsometricView
To produce an isometric projection, it is necessary to place the object so that its principal edges make equal angles with the plane of projection and are
thereforeforeshortenedequally.Clickthe
Drawingwindow,andclicktheIsometricViewicon

fromtheViewstoolbar(Projections86

subtoolbar).Clickthe3Dpart.Agreenframewiththepreviewoftheisometricviewtobecreated,aswellasbluemanipulatorsappear.Youcanredefinethe
viewtobecreatedpositionusingthesemanipulators:tothebottom,theleft,theright,thetop,orrotatedusingagivensnappingoraccordingtoanedited
rotationangle.
7.13CreatingaBrokenView
Abrokenviewisaviewthatallowsshorteninganelongatedobject.Herewewillseehowcreateabrokenviewfromanactiveanduptodategenerativeview.
Wewilldefinetwoprofiles
correspondingtotheparttobebrokenfromtheviewextremities.ClicktheBrokenViewiconfromtheViewstoolbar.Clickafirstpointcorrespondingtothefirst
extremityofthefirstprofile.Agreendottedprofileappearswhichallowsyoutopositiontheprofileeitherverticallyorhorizontally.Clickasecondpoint
correspondingtotheprofilesecondextremity.Ifneeded,translatetheprofile.Redzonesappear.Clickapointfordefiningthepositionofthesecondgreen
profilethatappears.Clickonthesheet.
7.14CreatingaBreakoutView
Herewewillremovelocallymaterialfromageneratedviewinordertovisualizetheremainingvisibleinternalpart.Abreakoutviewisonenotindirectprojection
fromtheviewcontainingthecuttingprofile.Abreakoutviewisoftenapartialsection.ClicktheDrawingwindow,andclickthe
BreakoutViewicon

fromtheViewstoolbar(BreakViewsubtoolbar).Clickthefirstpointofthebreakoutprofile.Clickasmanypointsasdesiredforcreating

theprofile.Doubleclicktoendtheprofilecreationandautomaticallyclosethisprofile.OrClickontheprofilefirstpointtocloseandendtheprofilecreation.

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7.15CreatingViewsviatheWizard
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtocreateviewsusingawizard.TheseviewsareviewsthataregeneratedautomaticallyoncetheCATDrawingdocumentisopened.
ClicktheDrawingwindow,
andclicktheWizardicon

fromtheViewstoolbar(Wizardsubtoolbar).SelectthedesiredviewconfigurationfromtheViewWizard.Clicknextaddanyother

viewifrequired.ClicktheFINISH
87buttonfromtheViewWizard.SelecttheCATPartdocument.Clickonthedesired3DpartplanetobeusedasreferenceplaneTheviewsnowappearonthe
CATDrawingdocument:theyarepreviewedingreenframesandcanbereorientedthankstothebluearrowsthatappear.Usethebluearrowstohavethe
viewsreorientedasdesired.Onceyouaresatisfied,clickonthesheettomaketheviewsbeactuallycreated.
7.16IsolatingGeneratedViews
Thistaskwillshowyouhowisolateeitheraselectionofgeneratedviews(oneormore),orallviewsinthedrawing.Isolatingaviewamountsto:suppressing
associativitybetweenanexistingCATPart(orCATProduct)andthecorrespondinggeneratedview,transformingageneratedviewintoaninteractiveview.Select
theviewsyouwanttoisolate(forexample,theTopview,Bottomview,LeftviewandRightview),andrightclickthem.Fromthecontextualmenu,selectSelected
objects>isolate.
7.17NotAligningaView
Thistaskwillshowyouhownottoalignarightprojectionviewtotheparentfrontview.Atcreation,viewsarebydefaultlinkedtotheparentview.Youwillthen
repositiontheparentviewaswellasthestillalignedchildviews.Rightclicktheframeoftheviewnottobealigned.SelecttheViewPositioning>DoNotAlign
Viewoptionfromthedisplayedcontextualmenu.Select&Dragtheleftprojectionviewtotherequiredlocation.Clicktopositiontheleftview.
7.18ScalingaView
This task will show you how to modify the scale of a view. Rightclick the frame of the view to be modified. In this case, rightclick the detail view. Select the
Propertiesoptionfromthedisplayedcontextualmenu.EnterthenewScalevalueinthePropertiesdialogbox.ClickOK.Thedetailviewisupdated.
7.19AddingaGenerativeBillofMaterial
This task will show you how to insert Bill of Material information into the active view. This Bill of Material corresponds to information on the product element
whichtheviewsweregeneratedfrom.ThisBillofMaterial,orpartslist,consistsofanitemizedlistoftheseveralpartsofastructureshownonacatdrawingor
on an assembly. Click the Insert Bill of Material icon
, if you are in the background view. Click the Product from the specification tree in the CATProduct
document. Click the point at which the Bill of Material is to be inserted. Before positioning the Bill of Material, you can predefine the position. To modify the
contents of the Bill of Material and display given properties, go to Product Structure workbench, select from the menu bar: Analyze>Bill of Material >Listing
Report.
7.20GeneratingBalloonsonaView
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtogenerateintheactiveviewballoonscorrespondingtoreferencesdefinedonthedifferentpartsofanassembly.Doubleclickthe
viewinwhichyouwanttogeneratetheballoons.Inthisparticularcase,doubleclickthefrontview.Thisviewisnowactive.Selectthe
GenerateBalloonsicon

ontheDimensionGenerationtoolbar.TheballoonsthatwerepreviouslycreatedontheCATProductareautomaticallygenerated

ontotheactiveview.Ifneeded,multiselecttheseballoonsandmodifythefontsizefromtheTextPropertiestoolbar.Youcanalsoselectanddragaballoonto
changeitsposition.Balloonsgenerated
7.21ModifyingaCalloutGeometry
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtomodifythegeometricalcharacteristicsofacalloutusedwhencreatingdetailviews,sectionviewsandsectioncuts.Formodifying
thedetailandsectioncallout,youwillgothroughsomekindofasubworkbenchandmodifytheexistingcalloutgeometry,reversethecalloutdirectionor
replacethecallout.Doubleclickthecallouttobemodified.TheEdit/Replacetoolbarappears.Dragoneoftheelementcomponentstothedesiredlocation.Click
theEndProfileEditionicon

fromtheEdit/Replacetoolbar.Afterthecalloutarrowisproperlypositioned,thesectionviewisautomaticallyupdated.

7.22ModifyingaPattern
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtomodifythepatternofaviewandapplyamaterialtothispattern.Youcanrecoveramaterialappliedtoapartonthesectionview
pattern.Rightclickthepatterntobemodified.SelectPropertiesfromthedisplayedcontextualmenu.ThePropertiesdialogboxdisplaystheviewcurrent
pattern.SelectPatterntableswitchandselectanewpatternfromthePatterntablethatappears.ThenclickOKinthisPatterntable.ClickOKintheProperties
tabletoconfirmyouroperation.YoucanalsocustomizedifferenthatchingtypesbyenteringthedesiredvaluesintheboxcalledHatching.
7.23DimensionGeneration
TheGenerativeDraftingworkbenchprovidesasimplemethodforgeneratingdimensions.Generateddimensionsareassociativetotheelementscreatedfrom
apartoranassembly.Notethatforviewsthataregeneratedfromsurfaces,onlysketchedconstraintsaregenerated.Thegenerateddimensionsarepositioned
accordingtotheviewsthataremostrepresentative.Thegenerateddimensionswillbepositionedaccordingtothefollowingcriteria:
0.Ontheviewforwhichthedimensionaregenerated.
0.Ontheviewonwhichthedimensionisbettervisualized.Forexample,aviewonwhichelementsarevisualizedinnonhiddenlinesinsteadofhiddenlines.
0.Ontheviewwithabiggerscale.
0.Onviewsincludingmoredimensions.
WhatAbouttheDimensionsthatmaybeGeneratedfromConstrained3DElements
Constrained3DElementsGeneratedDimensionTypes
SketcherAlldimensions:angle,distance,radius,diameter3DpartAngle,distance
Features:Thedimensionsbelow:PaddistancePocketdistanceShaft/Grooveangle
HoleConstraintsandassociateddimensionsFilletconstraintvariableRadius/Radii
ShellDistanceThicknessDistanceStiffenerDistance
AssemblyconstraintsAllassemblydimensions
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Thistaskwillshowyouhowtogeneratedimensionsinoneshotfromtheconstraintsofa3Dpart.Onlythefollowingconstraintscanbegenerated:distance,
length,angle,radiusanddiameter.Constraintsmaybeofthreekinds:createdmanually(i)viathesketcheror(ii)viathe3Dpart,or
else(iii)automaticallycreatedviainternalparameters.ClicktheGeneratingDimensionsiconfromtheGenerationtoolbar(DimensionGenerationsubtoolbar).In
thecaseofdrawingswithseveralviews,bydefault,dimensionsaregeneratedonalltheviews.TheGeneratedDimensionsAnalysisdialogboxshowingthe
dimensionsandconstraintsgeneratedforeachpart(inthiscase,thereisonlyone)isautomaticallydisplayed.ClickOKtoclosethedialogbox.
7.23.2GeneratingDimensionsSemiAutomatically
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtogeneratedimensionsstepbystepfromtheconstraintsofa3Dpart.
ClicktheGeneratingdimensionsstepbystepicon

fromtheGenerationtoolbar(DimensionGenerationsubtoolbar).TheStepbystepgenerationdialogbox

displaysandwillremaindisplayeduntiltheendofthedimensiongeneration.ChecktheVisualizationin3D&Timeoutoptions.Click
theNextDimensionGenerationswitchbutton
ClicktheNotGeneratedoption

tostartthedimensiongeneration.Dimensionsappearoneaftertheotherontheviews.

,constraintisautomaticallyexcludedandthedimensionwill

notgenerated.Notethatyoucanstopatanytimethegenerationbyclicking

or,onthecontrary,

acceleratetheprocessbyclicking
7.24CreatingaDatumFeature
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtocreateadatumfeature.ClicktheDatumFeatureicon

fromtheDimensioningtoolbar.Selectthepointatwhichyouwantthe

datumfeaturetobeattached(attachmentpoint).Selectthepointatwhichyouwantthedatumfeaturetobeanchored(anchorpoint).TheDatumFeature
CreationdialogboxisdisplayedwithAasdefaultvalue(incrementalvalue).Enterthedesiredcharacterstring,ifneeded.ClickOK.Thedatumfeatureis
created.
7.25CreatingaGeometricalTolerance

Thistaskshowsyouhowtocreateageometricaltolerance(annotation).Youcanalsocopyanexistinggeometrictolerance.Youcansettextpropertieseither
beforeorafteryoucreatethetext.
Click the Geometric Tolerance icon

from the Dimensioning toolbar. Select an element (geometry, dimension, text or point) or click in the free space to

positiontheanchorpointofthegeometricaltolerance.Ifyouselectanelement,theanchorpointwillbeanarrow.Ifyouselectapointinthefreespace,the
anchor point will be a small balloon. If you select a dimension or a text, no leader will be created. The geometric tolerance will be displayed just below the
element you selected. Move the cursor to position the geometrical tolerance and then click at the chosen location. The Geometrical Tolerance dialog box
appears.SpecifythetolerancetypebyclickingtheToleranceSymbolbuttonandselectingtheappropriatesymbol.ClickOKwhenyouredone.Thegeometrical
toleranceiscreated.

7.26Annotations
7.26.1SettingTextProperties
Thistaskexplainshowtosetthepropertiesofatext,suchasfontstyle,size,justification,etc.Textpropertiescanbeappliedtotext,dimensiontext,textwith
leader,balloonanddatumtarget,aswellastotextincludedindatumfeaturesandgeometricaltolerances.Youcansetthepropertiesofatexteitherbeforeor
aftercreatingit.ChooseView>Toolbars,andselectTextProperties.
TheTextPropertiestoolbarisdisplayed.Setthepropertiesofatext.
7.26.2CreatingaTextWithaLeader
Thistaskshowsyouhowtocreateatextwithaleadereitherinthefreespaceorassociatedwithanelement.Youcansettextpropertieseitherbeforeorafter
youcreatethetext.ClicktheTextWith
Leadericon

fromtheAnnotationstoolbar.Clickthepointontheelementyouwanttheleadertobegin(arrowend).Aredframeappears.Clickinthefree

spacetodefinealocationforthetext.Ifneeded,dragtheframeand/orarrowtoanewlocation.TheTextEditordialogboxisdisplayed.Enterthetextinthe
TextEditordialogboxordirectlyonthedrawing.
7.26.3CreatingaBalloon
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtocreateaballoon.Youcansettextpropertieseitherbeforeorafter
youcreatethetext.ClicktheBalloonicon

fromtheAnnotationstoolbar(Textsubtoolbar).Selectanelement.Clicktodefinetheballoonanchorpoint.The

BalloonCreationdialogboxappearswiththevalue1ispreenteredinthefield.Youcanenteranotherstringorvalueasneeded.ClickOK.
7.26.4CreatingAssociativeBalloonsonGeneratedProductViews

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Thistaskwillshowyouhowtocreateassociativeballoonsonviewsgeneratedfromaproduct.OpenanyCATProductdocument.OnthisCATProductdocument,
ProductStructuresubproductshavealreadybeenassignednumbers(GenerateNumberingicon).GotoGenerativeDraftingworkbenchbyopening
CATDrawingdocumentforsameassemblyproduct.ClicktheBalloonicon
fromtheAnnotationstoolbar.Gooveroneofthepartwithyourcursor.Createaballoonbyselectinganedge.Thenumberoftheballooncorrespondstothe
numberofthesubproductcreatedintheproductwhichtheviewsweregeneratedfrom.Notethatifyoumodifythenumberingintheproductandthen
regeneratetheproduct,theballoonmodificationwillbeappliedtothegeneratedviewsonlyafteryouperformaviewupdate.
7.26.5CreatingaRoughnessSymbol
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtocreatearoughnesssymbol.Youcansettextpropertieseither
before or after you create the roughness symbol. Click the Roughness Symbol icon

from the Annotations toolbar. Select the attachment point of the

roughnesssymbol.TheRoughnessSymbolEditordialogboxisdisplayed.Entervaluesinthedesiredfield(s).Forexample,Ra=1.6.ClickOK.Ifneeded,modify
theroughnesssymbolpositionbydraggingittotherequiredlocation.Clickinthefreespacetovalidatetheroughnesssymbolcreation.
7.26.6CreatingaWeldingSymbol
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtocreateaweldingsymbol.Youcansettextpropertieseitherbefore
orafteryoucreatethetext.ClicktheWeldingSymbolicon

fromtheAnnotationstoolbar.Selectanelementorclickinthefreespacetopositiontheanchor

point of the welding symbol, and then click to validate. The welding leader will appear. Move the cursor to position the welding symbol and then click at the
chosenlocation.TheWeldingcreationdialogboxisdisplayed.Typethedesiredvaluesintheupperand/orlowerfield(s).Clickthesymbolbuttonstochoosethe
welding symbol, complementary symbols and/or finish symbols. The welding symbols available depend on your standard. Click OK. The welding symbol is
created.
7.26.7CreatingaGeometryWeld
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtocreateageometryweld.ClicktheWeldicon

from the Annotations toolbar. Select the two elements. The geometry default

weld symbol automatically appears on the drawing. The Welding Editor dialog box is displayed. If needed, modify the geometrywelding symbol. If needed,
modifythetypeofthegeometryweldingsymbolbyselectingtheChangeTypeoptionfromtheWeldingEditordialogbox.ClickOK.
7.26.8Creating/ModifyingaTable
Thistaskshowsyouhowtocreateandeditatable.Inthistable,youcanaddtext,insertcolumns,rows,mergescells,invertlines,invertcolumns,switchlines
andcolumns,andinsertviews.You
canalsosplitatable,importatable,andinsertaviewinatable.Clicktheicon
tolaunchthecommand.Clickapointinthedrawingtochoosethetableposition.Thefollowingpanelallowsyoutosetthenumberofcolumnsandrows
youwantforthetable.Thelineheightcorrespondstotheheightofastring.Thelinewidthcorrespondsto5timesastringheight.Clickoktovalidatethe
creation.
7.27EditingProperties
Thissectiondiscusseshowtoquicklyaccessandeditinformationon2Dgeometry,dressupelements,annotationsanddimensionsinasingledialogbox,
providedyouusetheEdit>Propertiescontextualcommand.
a)EditingViewProperties
Thistaskexplainshowtoeditviewproperties.Rightclickonthefrontviewandselectproperties.ChoosetheViewtab.Chooseyouroptions.Visualizationand
behavior:Displayviewframe:show/hidetheviewframe,Lockview:ifyoucheckthisoption,nomoremodificationallowedintheview.Visualclipping:lets
youreframeaviewsoastodisplayonlypartofit.ScaleandOrientationAngle:theanglebetweentheviewandthesheet,Scale:thescaleoftheview.Dress
up:Hiddenlines,Centerline,3Dspec,Axis,Thread,3DWireframe,3DColors,Fillets,3DPoints.ViewName:Allowsyoutomodifythenameoftheview.
Amongotherthings,youcancreateaformulafortheviewname.
b)Editing2DGeometryGraphic&FeatureProperties
Thistaskshowsyouhowtoaccessand,ifneeded,editinformationon2Dgeometryfeatures(nameandstamp).Selecta2DelementontheCATDrawingyou
opened. Select the Edit>Properties command and click the Feature Properties tab. You can also right click the 2D element and then select the Properties
commandfromthedisplayedcontextualmenu.ClicktheGraphicTab,LinesandCurvesoptionPickableoptionandLayersoptionsareavailableforchanging
graphicproperties.ClickOK.
c)EditingAnnotationFontProperties
Thistaskexplainshowtoaccessand,ifneeded,editannotationfontproperties.Doubleclickthetexttoswitchittoeditmode.Selectthewholetext(youcan
alsoselectonlypartofthetext)andthenselecttheEdit>Propertiescommand.InthePropertiesdialogboxthatappears,clicktheFonttab.Theassociated
panelisdisplayed.ChangeAnnotationFontPropertiesasperrequirement.
d)EditingDimensionTextProperties
Thistaskexplainshowtoaccessand,ifneeded,editdimensiontextproperties.Selectadimension(whateverthetype)ontheCATDrawingyouopened.Select
theEdit>PropertiescommandandclicktheDimensionTextstab.Modifytheavailableoptions.
f)EditingDimensionValueProperties
This task explains how to access and, if needed, edit dimension value properties. Select a dimension (whatever the type) on the CATDrawing you opened.
SelecttheEdit>PropertiescommandandclicktheValuetab.Modifytheavailableoptions.FakeDimension:checkthisoptiontodisplayfakedimensions,you
canchoosetodisplaynumericaloralphanumericalfakedimensions.
7.28CustomizingforGenerativeDrafting
a)GeneralSettings
ThistaskshowsyouhowtosetgeneralsettingstobeusedintheDraftingworkbench.SelecttheTools>Optionscommand.TheOptionsdialogbox
appears.Ruler:CheckingtheShowRuleroptiondisplaystherulerinyoursheet.Itmeansyouvisualizethecursorcoordinatesasyouaredrawing.
Grid:Todefineyourgrid,enterthevaluesofyourchoiceinthePrimaryfields.ThePrimaryspacingoptionletsyoudefinethespacingbetweenthemajorlines
ofthegrid.TheGraduationsfieldletsyousetthenumberofgraduationsbetweenthemajorlinesofthegrid,whichactuallyconsistsindefiningasecondary
grid.TheDisplayoptionallowsdisplayingthegridinyoursession.TheSnaptopointoptionneedsbecheckedifthegeometryneedstobeginorendonthe
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elements(text,frame,orleader).Inotherwords,itdefinesthesnappingvalueusedwhenrotatinganelementusingtheSelectorRotate
commands.Colors:Youcancustomizegivenoptionsformodifyingthedrawingbackgroundcolor.Tree:Youcandisplayornotparametersandrelationsinthe
specificationtree.Viewaxis:Whenyouactivateaview,youcanchoosetovisualizetheviewaxis.Inaddition,youcandefinewhethertheseaxescanbe
zoomed.
b)DimensionCreation
Youcancustomizegivenoptionswhencreatingorrepositioningdimensions.SelecttheDimensiontabinOptions.DimensionCreation:Dimensionfollowing
themouse(ctrltoggles):youcandecidethatthedimensionlineispositionedaccordingtothecursor,followingitdynamicallyduringthecreationprocess.
Constantoffsetbetweendimensionlineandgeometry:thedistancebetweenthecreateddimensionandthegeometryremainsthesamewhenyoumovethe
geometry.Defaultdimensionline/geometrydistance:ifyoupositionthedimensionaccordingtothecursor,youcandefinethevalueatwhichthedimensionis
created.Ifyoucreateassociativitybetweenthedimensionandthegeometry,youcandefinethevalueatwhichthedimensionwillremainpositioned.Ifyouclick
theAssociativityon3Dswitchbuttonthefollowingdialogboxappears:Alinkcanbeappliedbetweenadimensionandthe3Dpart.Asaresult,whenyouupdate
thedrawing,thedimensionisautomaticallyrecomputed.Createdrivingdimensions:thedimensionyouwillcreatewilldrivethegeometry.
Move:TheConfigureswitchbuttonallowsyoutochooseeitherthedimensiontobesnappedonthegridor/andthedimensionvaluetobelocatedatitsdefault
positionbetweensymbols(itwillworkonlyifthecursorisbetweenthesymbols).LineUp:Youcanorganizedimensionsintoasystemwithalinearoffset.The
offsetwillalignthedimensionstoeachotheraswellasthesmallestdimensiontothereferenceelement.AnalysisDisplayMode:Colorscanbecustomized
withtheActivateanalysisdisplaymodeoption.Toactivatethismode,selectthisoptionandthenclicktheTypesandcolorsbutton.TheTypesandcolorsof
dimensionsdialogboxletsyouassignthedesiredcolor(s)totheselecteddimensiontypes.
c)GeometryandDimensionGeneration
Youcancustomizegivenoptionsforcontrollinggeometryanddimensiongenerationwheneveryouneedtoupdatesheets.SelecttheGenerationtab.Geometry
generation/Dressup:Thefollowinggeometryispossiblygenerated(providedyoucheckthedesiredoptionsusingthecontextualmenu,Propertiesoption,
Viewtab):Generateaxis,Generatethreads,Generatecenterlines,Hiddenlines,Generatefillet,3Dcolorsinheritance,Project3Dwireframe,Project3Dpoints,
Apply3Dspecification.Dimensiongeneration:Thegenerateddimensionsarepositionedaccordingtotheviewsmostrepresentative.Thedimensionsare
generatedontheviewsontheconditionthesettingswerepreviouslyswitchedtothedimensiongenerationoption.Generatedimensionswhenupdatingthe
sheet,Filtersbeforegeneration,Automaticpositioningaftergeneration,Allowautomatictransferbetweenviews,Analysisaftergeneration,Generate
dimensionsfrompartsincludedinassemblyviews,Delaybetweengenerationsforstepbystepmode,Balloongeneration:IfyouselectCreationofaballoon
foreachinstanceofaproduct,aballoonwillbegeneratedforeachinstanceofacomponent:therefore,ifacomponentisusedtwotimeswithinaproduct,then
theballoonwillbegeneratedtwice.
d)GeometryCreation
Youcancustomizegivenoptionswhencreating2Dgeometry,eitherornotusingSmartPick,orstilladdingconstraintstothisgeometry.SelecttheGeometrytab.
Geometry:Youcandecidethatyouwanttocreatecircleandellipsescentersandthatyouwanttobeabletodragelements,endpointsincluded.Constraints
creation:YoucancreateornotthegeometricalordimensionalconstraintsdetectedbytheSmartPicktool.Ifallofthedetectionoptionsareunchecked,the
Createdetectedconstraintsoptionisnotavailable.SmartPick:(switchbutton)Asyoucreatemoreandmoreelements,SmartPickdetectsmultipledirections
andpositions,andmoreandmorerelationshipswithexistingelements.TheSmartPickcategoryprovidestheseoptions:Supportlinesandcircles,Alignment,
Parallelism,perpendicularityandtangency,Horizontalityandverticality.ConstraintsVisualization:ChecktheVisualizeconstraintsoptiontovisualizethelogical
constraintsspecifictotheelements.Colors:Twotypesofcolorsmaybeappliedtosketchedelements.Thesetwotypesofcolorscorrespondtocolors
illustrating:GraphicalpropertiesColorsthatcanbemodified.
ConstraintdiagnosticsColorsthatrepresentconstraintdiagnosticsarecolorsthatareimposedtoelementswhateverthegraphicalpropertiespreviously
assignedtotheseelementsandinaccordancewithgivendiagnostics.Overconstrainedelements:thedimensioningschemeisoverconstrained:toomany
dimensionswereappliedtothegeometry.Inconsistentelements:Atleastonedimensionvalueneedstobechanged.Thisisalsothecasewhenelementsare
underconstrainedandthesystemproposesdefaultsthatdonotleadtoasolution.Notchangedelements:Somegeometricalelementsareoverdefinedornot
consistent.Asaresult,geometrythatdepend(s)ontheproblematicareawillnotberecalculated.Isoconstrainedelements:Alltherelevantdimensionsare
satisfied.Thegeometryisfixedandcannotbemovedfromitsgeometricalsupport.
Ifyouclicktheothercoloroftheelementsswitchbutton,thefollowingdialogboxappears.Isolatedelements:useedgethatnomoredependsonthe
3D.Protectedelements:nonmodifiableelements.Constructionelements:Aconstructionelementisanelementthatisinternalto,andonlyvisualizedby,the
sketch.Thiselementisusedaspositioningreference.Itisnotusedforcreatingsolidprimitives.SmartPick:colorsusedforSmartPickassistantelementsand
symbols.
e)ViewandSheetLayout
Youcancustomizegivenoptionswhencreatingviewsorwhenaddingsheets.SelecttheLayouttab.Itcontainsthefollowingsetsofoptions:View
creation:Whencreatingaview,youcandefinethatyouwantornottheviewname,scalingfactororframetoappear,andthatyouwantbrokenandbreakout
specificationstobereproduced.Newsheet:Youcandefinethatwhencreatinganewsheet,youwantthesourcesheettobethefirstoronesheetfrom
anotherdrawing.Backgroundview:Youcanspecifythepathtothedirectorycontainingframeandtitleblock.Section/ProjectionCallout:Youcanchoosethe
calloutelementssizenottobedependantontheviewscale.Forthisbeforecalloutcreationcheckthisoption.
f)Annotations
Youcancustomizegivenoptionswhencreatingannotations.SelecttheAnnotationtab.Itcontainsthefollowingsetsofoptions:AnnotationCreation:Select
theitemsyouwanttosnap:textand/orleader.SnappingwillbeperformedwhentheActivateSnappingboxischecked,takingintoaccounttheoptionselected
intheActivatesnappingdialogboxMove:SelectActivateSnappingtoactivatesnapping.ClicktheConfigurebuttontospecifywhetheryouwanttheannotation
tobesnappedonthegrid,accordingtotheorientation,orboth.ThiswillapplytotheannotationsselectedintheAnnotationCreationarea.Todeactivate
snappingwhencreatingormovingannotations,presstheshiftkey.2DComponentCreation:SelectCreateall2Dcomponentinstanceswiththesamesizeif
youwantall2Dcomponentinstancestohavethesamesizewhenyoucreatethem,nomatterwhattheviewscaleis.
7.29Loading/SavingaCATDrawing
ThistaskwillshowyouhowtoloadandsaveaCATDrawingdocumentfromanexistingCATPartdocument.Inthisparticularcase,allthelinksthatexist
betweentheCATPartdocumentandtheCATDrawingdocumentwillberesolved,asyouwillchoosetoloadthereferenceddocument.Youcannowmodifyyour
CATPartchoosingnottoupdatetherelatedCATDrawingdocument.Itisnowpossibletocustomizethesettings.Activatethesettings.Forthis:SelecttheTools
>Optionscommand.ClickGeneralinthelistofobjectstotheleftoftheOptionsdialogbox(Generaltab).MakesuretheLoadreferenceddocumentsoption
(defaultoption)isactuallychecked.PressOK.OpentheCATDrawingdocumentforyourCATPARTdocument.Makesurethespecificationtreeactuallyappears.
MakesurethesymbolsarenotbrokenwhichwouldmeansthatlinksbetweentheCATPartandtheprojectionviewsareunresolved.SelecttheEdit>Links
command.TheLinksdialogboxappearswiththeexistinglinksbetweentheCATDrawinganditsrelatedCATPart.PressOK.

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