Create a Template Sheet for a Detail Sheet

A template sheet is required for creating detail sheets. You can create a drawing sheet as follows:

1. Open a new 2D drawing window. Select > New. Select Drawing as the type of the new document.
2. Move the cursor on the working window area and right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
3. Select Properties.
4. Select the Drawing Limits tab in the Drafting Settings dialog box.
5. Select 1:1 from the Scale list.
6. Click OK to close the dialog box.
7. Add a drawing sheet and a title block.

   Add a Drawing Sheet and Title Block

8. Select > Save.
9. Select the folder ../custom/detbook/sheets/. If the directory in question does not contain a Sheets folder, you can create a new directory as follows:
   1. Click the Create New Folder button in the dialog box.
   2. Rename the folder as: Sheets.
10. Type the name of the drawing file in the File name field.
11. Click the Save button.

A so-called reference detail is added to the sheet, determining the location of the collected detail drawings on the template sheet.

1. Select Modeling | Drafting | Details Add Detail.
2. Select the detail to be added. The detail can be any detail.
3. Right-click, and select the lower left corner as the locating point > .
4. Click the location of the detail on the drawing sheet. Position the detail to the point in which you want the lower left corner of the detail to be located in the final detail sheet.
5. Click the next location of the reference detail as above. Add a reference detail to those positions to which you want to collect a detail in the final detail sheet.
6. End adding details by pressing the Esc key.
7. Select > Save.
8. Close the drawing window.