Create Block Drawings

General

• At least two drawings are usually created of a block assembly:
  • An assembly drawing of the block and its related components.
  • A machining drawing of the block.
• If you want the drawings to also show the drillings that act as tools, select the projection and edit its properties and select Machining features.

Create an assembly drawing

In the starting point, the assembly model is active.

1. Select Drawings from the feature tree and create a new drawing.
   • The program opens the dialog box New Drawing.
   • For more details, see Create a Model Drawing
2. Clear the option Automatic dimensioning.
3. Save the drawing.
4. Close the drawing.
5. Save the model so that the annotation from the drawing is saved in the model's feature tree under the Drawings branch.

Create a part model drawing

1. Select the part bearing the name of the model from the feature tree of the assembly.
2. Select the context-sensitive function Edit.
3. Select Drawings from the feature tree and create a new drawing.
   • The program opens the dialog box New Drawing.
   • See details Create a Model Drawing.
4. Select Automatic Dimensioning.
5. If necessary, enter the drawing number, as the drawing number bearing the name of the model is used by the assembly drawing.
   • The program adds the necessary projections and automatically continuous baseline dimensioning to them.
6. If necessary, add the machining marks to the drawing
   1. Select the function Drawing | Mechanical | Notes > Feature Data.
   2. Click the feature.
   3. Click a location for the point of the reference arrow.
   4. Select the location of the text.
7. Save the drawing.
8. Close the drawing.
9. Return from part model to assembly model with by using the function Part | Return | OK or
   • Select the context-sensitive function OK.
10. Save the assembly model so that the annotation from the drawing is saved in the block's feature tree under the Drawings branch.

If necessary, create a separate machining list

This function is possible when a block drawing is active

1. Select the function Drawing | Mechanical | Notes > Machining List.
   • The program creates a text file with a .dat extension next to the drawing and opens it with a separate program.
   • The program depends on which program the .dat extension is defined for in the Windows settings.
   • If no other programs are associated with the .dat extension, the text is opened in Notepad.
2. Save the file.
3. If necessary, you can copy the text and add it to another program (Copy - Paste).