To Create a Drawing
When you start a new drawing, you specify a 3D model file in which to place drafting views.
1. Click File > New. The New dialog box opens.
2. Click Drawing and type a name in the File name box or use the default. Click OK. The New Drawing dialog box opens.
3. In the Default Model box, type the name of a model in the working directory. If you started the new file from an open 3D file, the 3D file name appears by default. The selected model is set as the current drawing model.
4. Under Specify Template, do one of the following:
◦ To use a drawing template, click Use template and select a template from the list.
◦ To create a drawing without a template but with an existing format, click Empty with format. Under Format, specify the format you want to use.
◦ Specify the drawing size or retrieve a format. To specify the size, do one of the following:
Click Portrait or Landscape in the Orientation box and select a standard size from the Standard Size list.
Alternatively,
Click Variable in the Orientation box to define both the height and width dimensions. Select Inches or Millimeters and type values in the Width and Height boxes.
To retrieve a format, select Retrieve Format and select a name from the Name list in the Format box. You can also type [?] or click Browse to select a name from the Open dialog box.
5. Click OK. The new drawing opens.
• If the part that you are using to create the drawing has simplified representations, the Open Rep dialog box opens. Select the required representation and click OK. The new drawing is created with the selected representation set as the current representation of the drawing model.
• If you are using the default template to create the drawing of a part that has simplified representations, the default representation is used to create the drawing. The Open Rep dialog box opens only when you are creating a new empty drawing.
• If a model has multiple instances defined with a Family Table, you are prompted to choose an instance from the Select Instance dialog box before you select the representation using the Open Rep dialog box.