Creating Drawing Views Automatically You can setup and use a Drawing Template to specify a default view configuration when creating a new drawing.  The template can also contain customized drawing format.

Task 4-2. Create a new drawing of the ENGINE_BLOCK.PRT.

1. Click New and select Drawing as the Type.
1. Type ENGINE_COMPONENTS as the Name and press ENTER.
2. Notice that the ENGINE_BLOCK.PRT is used as the Default Model, and that drawing_template is the current template.
3. Click OK from the New Drawing dialog box.
2. Enter parameter information to create the drawing:
• Type YOUR NAME at the prompt and press ENTER.
• The new drawing is created, which uses the template to place 3 isometric views and a title block.
• Double-click the date cell in the title block to the right of your name and enter &todays_date.
• Click OK from the Note Properties dialog box.
3. Drag the width of the model tree to the left to collapse it.

Showing drawing with three views created.

4. Double-click on the SCALE value in the bottom left corner, and enter 1.75 for the scale.