Create a New Drawing in the Archive

General

  • These instructions cover creating a new independent drawing in the archive.
  • It is recommended that you create a drawing in the archive to make it easier to find it and to update the title block information of the drawing in the drawing sheet.
  • By default, a model drawing is also saved in the drawing archive.

Create a new drawing that appears in the archive

  1. Select File > New or
    • press Ctrl and N keys at the same time.
    • The program opens the dialog box New Document.

  2. Select Drawing.
  3. Define the drawing's data in the New document dialog box.
    • See details New Document Dialog Box.
    • Enter the name of the drawing in the Label field or select Get.
    • Select To Project when creating a document for a specific project.
    • Open an existing project by clicking the Select button, or create a new project by clicking the New button.
    • Fill in the archives data of the drawing by clicking Archive Data.
    • If you want to create a new drawing as a file, clear the selection To project, and select Add to file. Select the file's location by clicking Browse.
  4. Select OK.
    • The program opens an empty drawing window.