General Information About the Model Drawing

General

  • A drawing is produced from a model. Both are independent files with a link between them.
  • Remember to save the model after creating the drawing, so that information about the drawing is stored in the model's feature tree.
  • The part/assembly model should be as close to completion as possible when creating the drawing.
    • This way, you will not need to update the drawing frequently due to the part/assembly being edited after creating the drawing.
  • Starting with version 29.0.00 (Vertex 2023), it is possible to produce multi-page drawings, where one drawing file contains several drawings with the same drawing number, but different page numbers.

Create a new model drawing

You can create a new drawing of an archived part or assembly when the model is in the working window.

Saving a Drawing

By default, a new or changed drawing is saved as a document in the drawing archive.
  • The program suggests a name for the drawing based on the model ID. You can accept or change the name.
  • Remember to also save the model at least once, after the drawing has been created, so that information about the drawing related to the model is stored in the model's feature tree.

Projection Tree of a Drawing

The projection tree helps you to view and edit projections of a drawing that has been created from a part or an assembly with this software.

  • You can select functions directed at the drawing such as Collecting a Parts List, Adding a Drawing Sheet, Adding a Projection, etc. from the projection tree.
  • Additionally, you can select functions directed at the selected projection, such as cutting, moving, and deleting a projection, or creating sections or detail views, etc.
  • You can modify the properties of a projection, such as presentation; Wireframe, Shading+Wireframe, etc.
  • For more details about the projection tree: Projection Tree of a Drawing

Projections of a Drawing

The projections of a drawing are views of a model: parallel projections from the left, front, right and top, for example. You can add other projections to a drawing, such as a section view or a part view, an enlarged detail, for example.
  • A projection line surrounds a projection. Its purpose is to indicate that the projection is associated with a model.
  • When you edit the model, the projections of the drawing will be refreshed to reflect the changes.
  • The projection knows from which model it is made, so you can also open the model with the context-sensitive function Open Model of the drawing projection.

Close a Drawing

Save the changed drawing before closing it.
  • The program will notify you about the change if you try to close the drawing without saving.

Opening and updating a drawing

You can open a drawing both through a model and directly by browsing the drawing archive.

Open a model drawing:

  1. Open the Drawings branch in the feature tree.
  2. Double-click the drawing label, or click the label, and select the context-sensitive function Open.

    Vertex G4: By default, changes made to the model are updated in the drawing.

    Vertex G4 Plant: The user is asked if the drawing is updated.

When the model and the drawing are open on the desktop at the same time and changes have been made to the model, the drawing must be updated with the context-sensitive function Update.
Note: Will the drawing be updated when it is opened or not?
  • In the Vertex settings, the keyword askupdatedrawings defines how the update is performed when the drawing is opened. See editing the settings: Edit the System Settings
    • 0 = The update is done automatically when the drawing is opened.
    • 1 = The update is asked when the drawing is opened. This setting is used in Vertex G4 Plant, where the size of the models and drawings is so large that updating the drawing can take minutes.