Create a New Composed Drawing - Intergraph Smart 3D - Help - Hexagon

• See Working with Drawings and Reports and SmartSketch Drawing Editor for information on the Drawings Compose toolbar used in this procedure.

• See the SmartSketch Drawing Editor Help for information on the 2D commands available for editing.

• Unmanaged drawing views do not move or resize when updating composed drawings or when creating a new composed drawing from a layout template.

Set Up a Drawing

1. In the Space Management task, create volumes to use in your drawings. See the Smart 3D Space Management Help for information about creating volumes.

2. In a 3D modeling task such as Common, select the Tools > Drawing Console command to open the Drawing Console, which displays all the existing folders and components available for creating drawings.

3. Right-click the drawing root in the Management Console, and select New > More to open the Add Component Dialog.

4. Select Folder on the General tab, and click OK.

5. Right-click the folder and select the Rename Command to edit the name of the folder.

6. Right-click the folder and select New > More to open the Add Component Dialog

7. Select the Composed Drawings component on the General tab.

8. Right-click the composed drawings component, and select the Rename Command to edit the name of the component.

Create a Drawing Sheet

1. Right-click a composed drawings component in the Drawing Console and select New Drawing to open the Drawing Sheet General Properties Dialog.

2. Select a rule for the Name Rule.

3. Type a value for Name, if User Defined is selected for Name Rule.

4. Select a layout template by selecting More in the Value field for the Layout Template property. The Select Template Dialog displays.

5. Select a border template by selecting More in the Value field for the Border Template property. The Select Template Dialog displays.

6. If you are using batch processing when updating, printing, or refreshing this drawing document, select Update Settings for the Category, and type a Batch Processing Timeout value. The default value is 40 minutes.

7. Click OK to accept the composed drawing sheet properties. The software "stretches" the layout template you selected to fit the drawing area of the border template you selected and opens the new drawing in the SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

Create a Drawing View

1. Select the SmartSketch Drawing Editor window to make it the active window.

   The SmartSketch Drawing Editor window might be hidden behind the 3D application window.

2. In the SmartSketch Drawing Editor, click the Place View Command . Click and drag in the drawing area to place a graphic view and open the Drawing View Properties Dialog.

   You can use PinPoint ( or ) to place views precisely.

3. On the View tab, select More for the Style property. The Select View Style dialog displays.

4. Select a view style, and click OK.

5. On the View tab, type a value for Name, and select a Coordinate System, Scale Family, and User Selected Scale. Click OK.

6. Select the graphic view in the drawing area, and click Associate Objects to View .

7. Select the 3D application window to make it the active window. The 3D application Associate ribbon is available. Select a volume to populate the drawing view.

   You can select a volume from the 3D environment, or from the Space tab in the Workspace Explorer.

8. Return to the SmartSketch Drawing Editor window to save and update the drawing.

Create a Report View

1. Select the SmartSketch Drawing Editor window to make it the active window.

2. In the SmartSketch Drawing Editor, click the Place Report View Command .

3. Click and drag in the drawing area to place a non-graphical view. The Report Properties Dialog displays.

4. On the View tab, select More for the Report Template property. The Select Template Dialog displays.

5. Select a report template, and click OK to open the Select Template Dialog.

   For a composed drawing in marine mode, you can only place report views that use dependent view templates. These are templates that are associated with a graphic drawing view. In the delivered reference data, the templates are in folders named "Dependent View Reports."

6. Set the output format of the report using the Report Output Format and Report Justification properties in the Report Properties Dialog.

7. Type a value for Name on the Report Properties Dialog, and click OK.

8. Select the non-graphical report view in the drawing area, and click Associate Objects to View .

9. Select the 3D application window to make it the active window. The 3D application Associate ribbon is available. Select a graphic View to associate with the report view.

   The graphic view names from the 2D drawing area are listed in the View field.

10. Click Finish on the Associate ribbon to complete the association of a drawing view to the report view.

What do you want to do?

• Place a section view

• Place a detail view

Create Additional Views

1. Select the SmartSketch Drawing Editor window to make it the active window.

2. Use the commands on the Drawings Compose Toolbar to place and associate additional views, place drawing regions, remove view associations if necessary, and perform other editing tasks on the drawing sheet. See Working with Drawings and Reports and SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

Save a Drawing after Editing

1. Click File > Save.

2. Click File > Exit.

Update the Drawing

1. In the 3D application window, select Tools > Drawing Console.

2. Navigate through the hierarchy to the drawing.

3. Right-click the drawing and select the Update Now Command.

   You can also update a single view by right-clicking a drawing view inside the SmartSketch Drawing Editor and selectingUpdate View.

4. After the drawing is up-to-date, right-click the drawing and select the Edit Command to view or edit the drawing in the SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

• When the drawing is out-of-date, a red X icon is superimposed on the drawing icon.

• While the drawing is updating, an hourglass icon is superimposed on the drawing icon.

• When the drawing is up-to-date, a green check icon is superimposed on the drawing icon.