Generative Drafting

Preface

Using This Documentation
Where to Find More Information

What's New
Getting Started

Defining the Drawing Sheet
Opening a Part
Creating a Front View
Creating a Projection View
Creating a Section View
Creating a Detail View
Creating a Section Cut

Basic Tasks

Creating a New Drawing
Opening a CATDrawing Document
File Import and Export

Exporting a CATDrawing Document's Data into a DXF/DWG File
Importing a DXF/DWG File into a CATDrawing
Importing a CGM File into a CATDrawing  
Exporting a CGM File


Sheets

Defining a Sheet
Modifying a Sheet
Creating a Frame Title Block
Inserting an Image Into a Frame Title Block
Managing a Background View

View Creation

Before You Begin
Creating a Front View
Creating a Projection View
Creating an Unfolded View
Creating an FD&T View
Creating an Auxiliary View
Creating an Offset Section View / Cut
Creating a Section View / Cut (Planar Surface)
Creating an Aligned Section View / Cut
Creating a Section View / Cut with Profile Defined in 3D
Creating a Detail View / Detail View Profile
Creating a Quick Detail View / Quick Detail View Profile
Creating a Clipping View / Clipping View Profile
Creating an Isometric View
Creating an Exploded View
Creating a Broken View
Creating a Breakout View
Creating Views via the Wizard
Generating CGR Views

View Modification

Before You Begin
Moving a View
Setting View Relative Positioning
Isolating Generated Views
Restoring Deleted Elements
Locking a View
Not Aligning a View
Scaling a View
Renaming a View
Adding a Generative Bill of Material
Generating Balloons on a View
Showing Geometry in Views
Modifying a Callout Graphism
Modifying a Callout Geometry
Modifying Cut Elements in a Section View
Modifying a Pattern

Dimension Generation

About Dimension Generation
Generating Dimensions in One Shot
Filtering Dimension Generation
Generating Dimensions Semi-Automatically
Analyzing Generated Dimensions
Positioning Dimensions (View per View)
Analyzing Interfering Dimensions
Driving 3D Constraints via Generated Dimensions

Dimension Manipulation

Before You Begin
Creating Dimensions
Creating Half-Dimensions
Creating Cumulated Dimensions
Creating Stacked Dimensions
Creating Explicit Dimensions
Creating/Modifying Angle Dimensions
Creating Chamfer Dimensions
Creating Associative Thread Dimensions
Creating/Modifying Coordinate Dimensions
Creating a Holes Dimensions Table
Creating a Points Coordinates Table
Creating/Modifying Radius Curvature Dimensions
Creating Curve Dimensions
Creating Dimensions between an Element and a View Axis
Modifying the Dimension Type
Re-routing Dimensions
Interrupting Extension Lines
Modifying Dimension Line Location
Modifying the Dimension Value Text Position
Specifying the Dimension Value Position
Adding Text Before/After the Dimension Value
Modifying Dimensions Overrun/Blanking
Lining up Dimensions (Free Space)
Lining up Dimensions (Reference)
Creating a Datum Feature
Modifying a Datum Feature
Creating a Geometrical Tolerance
Modifying Geometrical Tolerances
Copying Geometrical Tolerances
Creating Driving Dimensions
Setting Relations Between Dimensional Constraints

Annotations

Before You Begin
Creating a Free Text
Creating an Associated Text
Making an Existing Annotation Associative
Creating a Text With a Leader
Adding a Leader to an Existing Annotation
Handling Annotation Leaders
Adding Frames or Sub-Frames
Replicating Text and Attribute
Copying Existing Graphical Properties
Creating a Datum Target
Modifying a Datum Target
Creating a Balloon
Creating Associative Balloons on Views From Products
Modifying a Balloon
Creating a Roughness Symbol
Creating a Welding Symbol
Creating a Geometry Weld
Modifying Annotation Positioning
Finding and Replacing Text
Performing an Advanced Search
Querying Object Links
Creating/Modifying a Table
Adding Attribute Links to Text

Dress-Up Elements

Creating Center Lines (No Reference)
Creating Center Lines (Reference)
Modifying Center Lines
Creating Threads (No Reference)
Creating Threads (Reference)
Creating Axis Lines
Creating Axis Lines and Center Lines
Creating an Area Fill
Creating Arrows

2D Geometry

Creating a Point
Creating a Point using Coordinates
Creating an Equidistant Point
Creating a Point using Intersection
Creating a Point using Projection
Creating a Line
Creating an Infinite Line
Creating a Bi-tangent Line
Creating a Bisecting Line
Creating a Circle
Creating a Three Point Circle
Creating a Circle using Coordinates
Creating a Tri-tangent Circle
Creating an Ellipse
Creating an Arc
Creating a Three Point Arc
Creating a Three Point Arc (via limits)
Creating a Profile
Connecting Elements
Creating a Parabola by Focus
Creating a Hyperbola by Focus
Creating a Conic
Creating a Spline
Creating a Rectangle
Creating an Oriented Rectangle
Creating a Parallelogram
Creating an Hexagon
Creating an Elongated Hole
Creating a Cylindrical Elongated Hole
Creating a Keyhole Profile
Modifying Elements Coordinates
Creating a Corner
Creating a Chamfer
Trimming Elements
Breaking Elements
Creating Symmetrical Elements
Translating Elements
Rotating Elements
Scaling Elements
Offsetting Elements
Duplicating Generative Geometry

Properties

Editing View Properties
Editing 2D Geometry Feature Properties
Editing Dress-Up Element Graphic Properties
Editing Annotation Font Properties
Editing Text Properties
Editing Dimension Text Properties
Editing Dimension Value Properties
Editing Dimension Tolerance Properties
Editing Dimension Extension Line Properties
Editing Dimension Line Properties
Editing 2D Component Instance Properties

Images

Insert images
Edit images

Interoperability

Creating and Modifying Views from a .Model

Saving & Printing a Document

Printing a Document Quickly
Printing a Document After Modifying Current Display Settings
Loading/Saving a CATDrawing (Resolved Link)
Loading/Saving a CATDrawing (Unresolved Link)

Workbench Description

Command Board
Menu Bar
Drawing Toolbar
Views and Dimensions Generation
Dimension Toolbar

Customizing

General Settings
Dimension Creation
Geometry and Dimension Generation
Geometry Creation
View and Sheet Layout
Annotation
Administration

Glossary
Index