The following tasks are used when you create orthographic drawings by query. See Drawings by Query Filters for information on the filters required to create Orthographic Drawings by Query.
Setup an Orthographic Drawing by Query Component
Setup allows you to select the appropriate filter for an Orthographic Drawing by Query component. When you select a filter in Setup, you are specifying the "what" portion of the query. In other words, you are specifying the objects to be included in the drawing. You can also specify how much extra space you want to include around the objects. To set up an Orthographic Drawing by Query component with the appropriate filter, right-click the component and select Setup.
Edit the Template
Edit the template associated to an Orthographic Drawing by Query component. Editing the template allows you to set the navigation rule assigned to each drawing view. Right-click the component or package, and select Edit Template to open the drawing template in the SmartSketch Drawing Editor. Select and right-click a drawing view to display the Drawing View Properties Dialog, and set the navigator rule. See the SmartSketch Drawing Editor Help.
You can also edit the drawing border template to meet your output requirements. See Edit Border Template Command (Tools Menu) in the Drawings and Reports Reference Data.
Save the Orthographic Drawing Component as a Package
Save the Orthographic Drawing by Query component as a package so you can join it with a Drawings by Query Manager to generate the query drawings. See Save a package.
Add a Drawings by Query Manager
Create the Drawings by Query Manager, then set it up to specify the "where" portion of the query for the Orthographic and Piping Isometric Drawing components. See Set up a Drawings by Query Manager component.
Run the Query
Execute the query specified by the Orthographic Drawing by Query component and the Drawings by Query Manager using the Run Query Command.
Create or Update the Drawings
Create or update drawings by right-clicking the component and selecting the appropriate command. See Updating Documents.
Viewing the Drawing Log
Display the drawing log, which details any messages associated with the drawing. See View Log Command.
Set Drawing Properties
Specify the properties for the drawing component or drawing documents by right-clicking and selecting Properties. See Edit document properties.
Comparing 2D Drawing Objects to 3D Model Objects
Open or edit a drawing document and compare the 2D drawing objects in the drawing document to 3D model objects. See Compare 2D Drawing Object to 3D Model Object.
Publish the Orthographic Drawing
Publish the Orthographic Drawing by Query documents. You can publish documents only if your model has been registered using the SmartPlant Registration Wizard. See Publishing Documents.
The viewable files created when you publish drawings and reports provide relationship
links to the 3D Model Data. You must also publish the 3D Model Data to provide the navigation between the viewable files and the 3D Model Data.