Truss Drawing View Settings

Open the truss drawing view settings as follows:

Select the settings of a view to be edited or added to a truss drawing in the dialog box.

Tab: General

Scale

The size of the view area and the default scale of the view are defined in the panel drawing's template drawing. You can change the scale by selecting an option in the Scale list.

The properties Locked, Scale Update and Align to Main View can be selected when you edit the view in the panel drawing's template drawing. In the template drawing, you can edit the size of the view area and the default scale. Editing the template drawing is the task of the system administrator.

Edit a View Area in a Template Drawing

Define the View Scale in a Template Sheet

View margin

If necessary, you can enlarge the size of the view area by setting a margin for the view. It may be necessary to enlarge the view area, if the drawn geometry exceeds the limits of the view area, and the geometry cannot be dimensioned. If you wish, you can downsize the limits as they were after dimensioning. The limits are not relevant for the appearance of the drawing as they will not be displayed in the final output.

Select the margin from the list. When the value is 0, the view area does not have a margin. When the value is greater than 0, the margin width is the given value * the shortest dimension (width or height) of the view's geometry. The default value for panel drawing views is 0.

Shape line

Select the check box, when you want to add the shape line of the truss to the view. Select one of the following as the configuration method of the shape line:

• 2D
• 3D - The shape line is created according to the 3D model of the truss. You can use this option when the view to be added is other than a front projection.

Parts Visibility

Select the check box, when you want to add the truss members to the view. Select one of the following as the configuration method of the truss members:

• 2D
• 3D - The shape line is created according to the 3D model of the truss. You can use this option when the view to be added is other than a front projection.

Item ids

Select the check box, when you want to add the truss member labels to the view.

Supports

Select the check box, when you want to add the truss support symbols to the view.

Slope marks

Select the check box, when you want to add the pitches of the chords to the view.

Show crossing beams

Select the check box, when you want to add the beams perpendicularly crossing the truss to the view.

Hidden Lines Visible

Hidden lines in a model are lines and parts of lines behind opaque surfaces in the viewing direction. Select this checkbox to display the hidden lines in the panel view.

Restore Deleted Elements

To restore lines deleted from the view, select the checkbox and click the OK button to close the dialog box. The lines can be restored even if you have previously closed and reopened the panel drawing.

Note: Deleted dimensions and section markers cannot be restored.

Show External Parts

Select this checkbox to display the objects selected to be displayed in the panel drawing. The object can be a macro component, a wall, a column, or a beam, for example.

First select Panel | Part Visibility to connect the object to the panel and then update the panel drawing.

External Objects to Panel Drawing

In the panel drawing, only the part of the object that is inside the limiting polyhedron is displayed. The edges of the limiting polyhedron extend 500 mm around the panel in every direction.

Show cross section open side

When this property is selected, an arrow symbol is added to the view at the frame part to indicate the open side of the cross section. Suitable for frame parts that are non-rectangular cross sections, such as C-profiles. The symbol is read from the file \macros\system\truss_cs_open_side.vxp.

Tab: Draft

On the Draft tab, you can define drawing properties for the lines in the view and the presentation of the part lables according to certain rules.

Selection

The rules that define the drawing properties of the lines or the presentation of the part labels in the view are stored in a component library. Select the library and rule in the browser by clicking Select.

The basic software delivery includes the rule libraries:

• View line property rules, i.e. drawing properties of lines (VIEW_LPROP_RULE).
• Panel view modification rules, for example presentation of labels (VIEW_LABELS).

Select a rule saved in the library. When a condition defined in the rule is true, specified drawing properties are applied for parts or labels. One file can contain several conditions. A condition may be, for example:

If the material thickness of a part is 0.95, it will be drawn with a line named PIECE.DDD in the line settings of the system, but with a line thickness of 0.5 and a color of 134.

Rules can be drawn up as a customer fitting. The rules are saved in an XML file in the rule library.

For example, following rules are included in the basic software delivery:

• View line property rules
  • ASSEMBLY - Hide parts without an assembly part definition. Only parts that belong to a sub assembly, such as parts that belong to an opening assembly, are drawn in the view of a wall panel drawing.
  • BEAM_COLUMN_ONLY - Hide parts that are not beams or columns.
  • BUILDING_COMPONENT - Hide components of type COMP_MACRO.
  • ELEC_PIPE_LINE - Draw the line of an electrical pipe as follows:
    • With a continuous line, when the electrical pipe is on the nearest surface in the viewing direction of the panel.
    • With a dashed line, when the electrical pipe is on the opposite side of the viewing direction.
  • GAUGE - The drawing properties for the parts are defined according to material thickness.
• Panel view modification rules
  • BEAM_PNL_LBL_LEADER_LINES - Change the labels of beam panels to reference line labels.
  • OPENING_LBLS - Use the library and drawing file defined in the rule for the opening labels. The view property Show Openings must be selected.

Clear

Click Clear to remove the selected rule for the view.

Presentation

The default drawing method of the view is Wireframe. You can also choose one of the following drawing methods from the list:

• Shading - Profiles and sheets receive the color and pattern of the rendering material. Shading is visible in the view of the panel drawing when 3D is selected as the presentation method for the parts. The view cannot be dimensioned.
• Shading + Wireframe - As above, but with the addition of wireframe. The view can be dimensioned.
• Lightworks shading - When you use the Rendering add-on option, you can also choose Lightworks shading as the drawing method. Profiles and sheets receive the color and pattern of the rendering material. Shading is visible in the view of the panel drawing when 3D is selected as the presentation method for the parts. The view cannot be dimensioned.
• Lightworks shading + Wireframe - As above, but with the addition of wireframe. The view can be dimensioned.

When the drawing method is different from Wireframe, you can select additional settings by clicking Settings. For example:

• Precision - A greater number is more accurate, but the drawing will also be heavier.
  • 500: fast
  • 2000: normal
  • 4096: best

Read more in the instructions Show the Colors of the Parts in a View.