Opening a Part

 

This task will show you how to open the part to be used in the Generative Drafting workbench to create views. You may use either a 3D part or an assembly.

 

Before You Begin and all along the current Getting Started chapter, make sure you customize the following settings:

Grid:
De-activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).

 

1. Click the Open icon I_OpenP2.gif (312 bytes) from the Standard toolbar or select File->Open... from the menu bar.

The File Selection dialog box appears.
2.  

Select the part to be opened. In this example, the user selects GenDrafting_part.CATPart  document.

 gsopeningpart01NLS.gif (13566 bytes)

The part is opened and will remain displayed in the window whatever the views you will create from this part.