Detailed Drawings
Detailed Drawings Overview
Detailed Drawings Basics
About the Drawing Mode
Example: A Typical Workflow to Optimize Drawing Creation
Selecting Objects in Drawings
About Cut, Copy and Paste
Rules for Copying between Drawings
Undo/Redo in Drawings
Undoing and Redoing Drawing Operations
Managing the Stack
Supported Undo/Redo Operations
Unsupported Undo/Redo Operations (Non-Clearing)
View-Only Drawings
About View-Only Mode
To Open a Drawing in View-Only Mode
To Modify a Drawing in View-Only Mode
Setting Up and Configuring Drawings
About Drawing Setup
Using True Type Fonts
Detail Options
About Detail Options
To Customize the Detail Options
To Retrieve an Existing Detail Options File
To Search for a Detail Option
Detail Options
User Commands for Detailed Drawings
Drawing Configuration Options
About Drawing Related Configuration Options
Configuration Options for Detailed Drawings
Templates for Drawing Layout
About Drawing Templates
To Create a Drawing Template
To Create a Drawing Using a Drawing Template
Setting Drawing Parameters
About Working with Drawing Parameters
To Create a Drawing Parameter
To Get Information About Drawing Parameters
To Save Drawing Parameter Information as a File
System Parameters for Drawings
Pro/REPORT Parameters for Manufacturing Process Drawings
Material Parameters for Drawings
To Access Part or Assembly Material Parameters in Drawing
To Retrieve Model Parameters in a Drawing Using a Format
Creating and Editing Sheet Formats: Using Formats in a Drawing
About Using Formats in a Drawing
To Create a Format
To Create or Modify Format Geometry
To Change Formats in an Existing Drawing
Tip: Sheet Outline and Plotting
To Match Setup Values in Drawings and Formats
About Using Tables in a Format
About Notes in Formats and Tables
To Add a Table to a Format
To Use Parameters in Labels in a Format Table
To Set Up a Format Library
To Retrieve a Format from the Format Library
Creating a Drawing
To Create a Drawing
To Add Models to the Drawing
To Delete Models as Drawing Models from an Active Drawing
To Set the Current Working Model
To Replace Models from Family Tables
To Open a Model from a Drawing
About Accessing Drawing Models
Drawing Tree
About the Drawing Tree
About the Layout and Structure of the Drawing Tree
About the Drawing Tree Settings
About Heading Nodes on the Drawing Tree
About Task-Related Content on the Drawing Tree
About Selecting Drawing Items on the Drawing Tree
To Rename a Drawing Item on the Drawing Tree
To Erase or Unerase a Drawing Item on the Drawing Tree
To Add Columns to the Drawing Tree
To Sort Drawing Views on the Drawing Tree
About the Show Menu on the Drawing Tree
Controlling Drawing Details with Layers
About Controlling Drawing Details with Layers
About Utilizing Default Layers in Drawings
About Changing the Display Status of Individual Drawing View Layers
Invisible Drawing Model Items
To Place Drawing Items on Layers
To Control Individual View Display Using Layers
Tip: Modifying Layer Display
Parametric Relationship with the Model
About Drawing Changes and Model Revision
Controlling the Visibility of Bodies in the Model
Updating Objects in a Drawing
To Refresh the Connection to the 3D Model
To Open a 3D File from the Model Tree
About Knowing Status of Drawing Models
Potential Impact to Drawing Views When Assigning Existing Features to New Bodies
To Turn Off Automatic Regeneration
To Save Associated Models on Edit Only
To Disallow Changes Affecting the Model
About Drawing Support for Inseparable Assemblies
Working with Drawing Sheets
About Drawing Sheets
Sheets and Multiple Windows
To Add a New Sheet to a Drawing
To Delete a Sheet From a Drawing
To Rename a Sheet in a Drawing
To Move or Copy a Sheet in a Drawing
To Move Items to Another Sheet
To Update Sheets in a Drawing
Maintaining View Size with Sheet Size
Defining the Drawing Layout
About Defining the Drawing Layout
Example: Working in the Layout Tab
Working with Manufacturing Drawings
About the Drawing View of a Manufacturing Process in an Assembly
Example: Process Sheet for Face Milling Step
Example: Process Sheet for 2-Axis Trajectory Milling Step
Example: Process Sheet for Hole Making Step
Working with Model Views
About Working with Drawing Views
About Composite Drawings
Inserting New Views
Inserting Drawing Views
To Insert a General View
To Replace a View
To Insert a Projection View
To Insert a Detailed View
To Insert an Auxiliary View
To Modify an Auxiliary View
To Insert a Revolved View
To Insert a Copy and Align View
About Flat Ply Views
To Insert a Flat Ply View
Example: Basic View Types
Example: Projection Arrows for an Auxiliary View
Defining a Single Projection Arrow for an Auxiliary View
Customizing Drawing Views
Determining Visible Area of Views
Determining Visible Area of the View
To Insert a Half View
Extending the Symmetry Line of a Half View
To Insert a Partial View
To Insert a Broken View
Example: Broken View Styles
Example: Clipping view in z-direction
Specifying the Scale of Views
Specifying the View Scale
To Specify the View Scale
Displaying Sections of Views
To Create a 2D Cross Section in a Drawing
To Copy a Hatch Pattern to a Sectioned Body or Component
Displaying Cross Sections in Drawings
To Display a 2D Cross Section View
To Display a 3D Cross Section View
To Display a Single Part Surface View
Restrictions on Aligned Cross-Sections
Cross Section Views
Exercise—Adding Total and Area Cross Sections
Exercise—Adding Full, Half, and Local Cross Sections
Exercise—Adding Multiple Cross Sections
Exercise—Adding Revolved Cross Sections
Exercise—Adding a Full Aligned Cross Section
Exercise—Adding a Full Unfold Cross Section
Modifying Cross Sections
Modifying Cross Sections
Displaying Cross Section Datum Planes
Moving Cross Section Arrows and Names
To Modify Cross Section Text
About Displaying a Cutting Line with ESKD and GB Standards
Controlling the Cutting Line Display
Showing Threads in the Top and Side Views in Drawings
To Set the View Visibility of an Unfolded Section
About Switching the View Visibility of an Unfolded Section View
To Switch an Unfolded Section View to a Full Section View
Showing Various Model States
To Show Models in Various View States
Layer Status in a Combination State
To Create an Exploded View
To Display Representations in Drawings
To Display Process Steps
Simplified Representations
About Simplified Representations in Drawings
Changing the Representation of an Assembly Model
To Replace a View of a Simplified Representation
To Retrieve an Assembly Model Simplified Representation
About Creating Views of Part Simplified Representations
To Create Drawing Views from Part Simplified Representations in an Active Drawing
To Create a New Drawing from Part Simplified Representations
To Set a Part Simplified Representation as the Current Representation of the Drawing Model
About Removing Simplified Representations from Session
To Remove Part Simplified Representations from the Session
Automatic Replacement of Part Simplified Representation during Drawing Retrieval
Defining View Origin
Defining the View Origin
To Define the View Origin
Aligning Views
To Align a View
Tip: Aligning Partial Views
Setting Drawing View Size
About Setting the Size of a Drawing View
To Set the Size of the Drawing View
Moving and Deleting Views
About Moving Views
To Move a View
To Switch Views to Another Sheet
To Delete a View
Tip: Moving Broken Views
Displaying Drawing View Information
About Drawing Views Tooltips
To Display the Drawing View Information
To Display Summary for the Selected View
Displaying a Child View
Converting Views
About Converting Views to Draft Items
To Convert a View to a Draft Group
To Convert a View to a Draft Entity
Erasing and Resuming Drawing View Display
About Showing and Erasing Drawing Views
To Erase a Drawing View
To Display an Erased View
To Display Modified Edges
Displaying Cosmetic Features
About Displaying Tapered Threaded Holes in a Drawing
Example: Displaying Tapered Threaded Holes in a Drawing
About Displaying Tapered Threaded Shafts in a Drawing
Example: Displaying Tapered Threaded Shafts in a Drawing
About Displaying Threaded Components of an Assembly in a Drawing
Example: Displaying Threaded Shafts and Holes of an Assembly in a Drawing
Modifying Line Styles and Line Fonts
About Modifying Line Styles
To Modify the Line Style of a Drawing Item
To Define or Modify a User-Defined Line Style of a Drawing Item
About Line Fonts
To Create a New Line Font for a Drawing Item
To Modify a Line Font for a Drawing Item
Modifying View Display
About Shaded Views in Drawings
Behavior of Shaded Views in Drawings
To Modify the Display of Assembly Members in a Drawing
Modifying View and Edge Display
To Modify View Display
To Modify Individual Edge Display
Tip: Using Model Colors in Drawings
Tip: Simplifying Edge Selection
About Displaying a Drawing View Using Fast HLR
Working with Crosshatch Patterns
About Working With Crosshatches for 2D Sketches and Flat Surfaces
About Modifying Crosshatches
About Edit Hatching User Interface for Cross-section
To Create and Modify Crosshatches for Flat Surfaces
To Create and Modify Crosshatches for 2D Sketches
To Hide or Show Crosshatches for cross sections
To Hide or Unhide Crosshatches
Example: Hidden Line Removal for Crosshatches
Determining Crosshatching Patterns
To Modify an XCH Crosshatch Pattern
To Convert All XCH Crosshatch Patterns to PAT
To Convert an XCH Crosshatch Pattern to PAT
To Modify a PAT Crosshatch Pattern
Modifying the Angle of Rotation of a Hatch Pattern
About Creating a Filled Area
Examples: Crosshatch Patterns
Showing Model Grids
About Using Model Grids
The Model Grids Dialog Box
To Create or Modify a Model Grid
To Show a Model Grid in a Drawing
To Show Model Grid Balloons
To Hide Balloons
To Erase a Model Grid from a Drawing
To Modify the Grid Size
Modifying Model Grid Size
Considerations When Using the 3D Model Grid
Example: Model Grid
Showing Model Graphs
To Show a Model Graph
Using Drawing Overlays
About Using Drawing Overlays
To Create an Overlay
To Overlay a Drawing onto the Current Drawing
To Delete an Overlay
To Move an Overlay
Inserting Images
To Import Images
Inserting OLE Objects
About OLE Objects
To Insert an OLE Object
To Modify an Inserted OLE Object
To Move or Resize an OLE Object
Merging Drawings
About Merging Drawings
To Merge Drawings
Rules for Merging Drawings
Importing Draft Data
About Importing Draft Data from External Applications
To Create IGES Groups
To Import External Formats
Working with the Drawing Table
About Drawing Tables
Working with Drawing Tables
About Creating Drawing Table
To Create a Drawing Table Using Table Grid
To Create a Drawing Table
About Quick Tables Gallery
To Copy and Paste Cells or Cell Contents
To Enter Text in a Table Cell
To Insert or Remove Rows or Columns
To Resize Rows and Columns
To Move a Table
To Merge and Unmerge Cells
To Blank or Display Cell Borders
To Word Wrap Table Text
To Justify Text
To Change the Table Origin
To Rotate a Table 90 Degrees
To Delete a Table
To Save a Table
To Retrieve a Saved Table
About the Table Properties Dialog Box
Creating and Configuring Report Tables
About Creating a Report Table in Drawing Files
Working with Repeat Regions in Report Tables
Understanding Repeat Regions
To Define Repeat Regions
To Define a Two-Dimensional Repeat Region for a Family Table
To Enter Text in a Table Cell
To Assign a Different Model to a Quantity Column
To Assign a Different Model to a Region
To Remove a Repeat Region from a Table
About Nesting Repeat Regions
To Create Nested Repeat Regions
Examples: Nested Repeat Regions
To Switch Between Symbols and Text
To Update a Repeat Region
Example: “If exists ()” Syntax in Repeat Region
Using Assembly Simplified Representations
Naming Conventions for Simplified Representations in a Repeat Region
Using Parameter Values in Report Tables
To Enter Report Parameters into a Repeat Region
To Use Report Parameters in Multi-Model Drawings
Modifying User-Defined Report Parameter Values
Example: Body Standard Parameters Report
Cabling Parameters
About Cabling Component Parameters
About Creating Report Tables in Flat Harness Drawings
About Showing Terminators in Report Tables
Obtaining a Summation
To Get a Summation of Parameter Values of a Repeat Region
Example: Summation Parameters
Paginating Report Tables
About Paginating Report Tables
To Break Report Tables on the Same Sheet
Specifying Indentation
About Specifying Indentation
To Specify Indentation for a Repeat Region Cell
Example: Repeat Region Cells Using Indents
Creating Header and Footer Titles
About Creating Header and Footer Titles
To Add a Header or Footer Title to a Table
Example: Header Title with a Descending Repeat Region
Setting Repeat Region Attributes
About Formatting Repeat Regions by Attribute
Example: Controlling Attributes
About Setting Recursive or Flat Items in a Repeat Region
To Set an Item as Flat
Example: Setting an Item as Flat
To Set an Item as Recursive
Example: Setting an Item as Recursive
Using Filters in Report Tables
About Adding Filters
To Add a Filter to a Repeat Region
Examples: Using No Dup/Level and Recursive Attributes
Using Wildcard and Backslash Characters in Filters
About Using Wildcard and Backslash Characters in Filters
Excluding Items from Repeat Regions
About Excluding Items from a Repeat Region
To Remove Selected Items from a Repeat Region
Example: Excluding Items from a Repeat Region
Sorting in Repeat Regions
About Sorting in a Repeat Region
To Add a Sorting Parameter to a Region
Indexing Repeat Regions
About Sequentially Indexing Separate Repeat Regions
To Link the Indexing of Two Repeat Regions
Example: Sequentially Indexing a Report Table
To Display the Table Shown Next
Example: Updated Index Numbering of Second Repeat Region
Fixing an Index
About Fixing an Index
To Fix the Index of a Repeat Region
To Unfix an Index of a Repeat Region
Using Comment Cells
About Adding Comment Cells
To Create a Comment Cell
To Delete a Comment Cell
Using Dash Symbols with Parameters in Report Tables
To Use Dash Items
Tip: Dash Symbol Associativity
Writing Relations for Report Tables
About Writing Relations in Report Tables
To Write a Relation Among Parameter Symbols in a Repeat Region
Example: To Write a Relation Among Parameter Symbols in a Repeat Region
Tip: Accessing Dimension Values
Using BOM Balloons
About BOM Balloons
To Control BOM Balloon Size
To Set a BOM Balloon Region in a Table
To Show BOM Balloons in an Assembly View
To Clean the BOM Balloon Layout
To Change the BOM Balloon Type
To Merge and Stack BOM Balloons
To Change the Balloon Leader Attachment Point and Style
To Add Reference BOM Balloons
Creating Customized BOM Balloons
To Swap Custom Symbols
Tip: Setting the Default Arrow Style for BOM Balloons
Creating BOM Balloons for Flexible Components
Creating BOM Balloons for Family Table Instances
Hole Tables
About Hole Tables
About Hole Notes
Criteria to Include Holes and Cuts in a Hole Table
To Create a Generic Hole Table
To Create a Custom Hole Table
To Delete a Hole Table
To Update a Hole Table
Example: Hole Tables
Annotating the Drawing
About Annotating Your Model
Showing Model Annotations
About Showing Model Annotations
To Show Annotations from the 3D Model
To Show Dimensions in an Assembly Drawing
About Automatically Showing Detail Items Upon View Creation
About Non-dimension Detail Items
Working with Model Annotation
Managing Model Annotations
About Associating Annotations of a 3D Model in Drawings
About Associating the Position of a 3D Annotation Shown in a Drawing
About Associating the Attachment of a 3D Annotation Shown in a Drawing
About Dragging Model Annotations in Drawings
To Modify the Associativity of Position and Attachment References
To Restore 3D Dependencies in a Drawing
To Create a Draft View with Related Imported Annotations
About Effects of Flexible Modeling Changes to Annotations
Dimensioning the Model
About Dimensioning the Model
Displaying Dimensions in Detailed and Partial Views
Saving Dimensions to the Part or Drawing
Tip: Dimensioning Rounds and Revolved Parts
About Adding Dimensions to Draft Groups
To Modify the Dimensioning Scheme of Feature or Part
About the Dimension Ribbon Tab
Inserting Dimensions
About Inserting Dimensions
Inserting Dimensions Using Arc Attachment
To Insert Additional Dimensions
To Insert Dimensions from a Common Reference
To Set the Dimensional Tolerance Format
To Insert a Coordinate Dimension
To Insert Automatically Clipped Linear Dimensions
To Insert One-Sided, Clipped, Double Angular Dimensions
To Automatically Dimension Radial Patterns
To Insert a Dimension for an Arc
To Insert Dimension for a Spline
To Insert Dimension for an Ellipse
To Insert Dimension for a Sphere
To Insert Dimensions Between Concentric Circular Entities
To Set the Dimensional Tolerance Format
Inserting Actual Dimension Notes
About Actual Dimension Notes
To Create an Actual Dimension Note
Working with Actual Dimension Notes
Inserting Z-radius Dimension
About Z-radius Dimensions
About Modifying A Z-radius Dimension
To Insert a Z-radius Dimension
Configuring Dimensions with Center Leader
About Dimensions with Center Leader Configuration
Working on Dimensions with Center Leader Configuration
To Change the Configuration of a Dimension
About Handles of Dimensions with a Center Leader Configuration
Inserting Ordinate Dimensions
About Ordinate Dimensions
Creating Ordinate Driven Dimensions
To Create Ordinate Dimensions
To Automatically Create Ordinate Dimensions
Example: Ordinate Dimensions
Showing Linear Dimensions as Ordinate
Converting Linear Dimensions to Ordinate
Deleting Ordinate Dimensions
Redefining the Ordinate Dimensions References
Working with Witness Lines
About Modifying Witness Lines
About Clipping Witness Lines
To Shorten a Witness Line
To Erase a Witness Line
To Restore an Erased Witness Line
To Add a Jog to a Witness Line
To Skew Witness Lines
To Create a Break in a Witness Line
To Delete a Break in a Witness Line
To Create Leaders Without Elbows
About Witness Lines Associated with Dimensions
Working with Intersection Witness Lines
About Displaying Intersection Witness Lines
About Modifying Intersection Witness Lines
To Show Erased Intersection Witness Lines
To Trim Intersection Witness Lines
To Erase Intersection Witness Lines
Example: Witness Lines for Intersection References
Formatting Dimension Display
About Formatting Dimension Display
About Using an Exact Expression
To Format Existing Dual Dimensions in a Drawing
To Show Dimensions in Fractional Format
To Set Decimal Places of Dimensions
About Displaying a Dimension with Rounded Value
To Show Angles in Degrees
To Change the Dimension Arrow Directions
To Change the Arrow Directions of Radius Dimensions
To Display Dimension Text Symbols
To Convert Diameter Dimensions to Linear Dimensions
Using Driven and Reference Dimensions in Relations
Switching to Dimension Symbols
To Modify the Value of Dimension Symbols
About Changing the Orientation of a Dimension
To Change the Orientation of a Linear Dimension
To Change the Orientation of a Circular Dimension
To Change the Orientation of an Angular Dimension
To Change the Orientation of an Elliptical and Spherical Dimension
Controlling Diameter Dimension Orientation
About Redefining a Dimension Reference
About Setting Override Value of a Dimension
Working with Dimension Text
About Automatic Placement of Dimension Text
About Automatic Placement of Linear and Angular Dimensions
About Zones for Linear and Angular Dimensions
About Clipped Dimensions
About Moving a Linear or Angular Dimension
To Control Dimension Text Orientation
To Add Text to a Dimension
To Add Parameters to Dimension Text
To Overwrite Dimension Value Display with a Text String
About Text Wrapping
To Set The Default Chamfer Dimension Text Display
To Relate Detail Items and Dimension Text
About Display of Dimension Text
About Defining Prefix and Suffix Values
Working with Dimensional Tolerances
About Dimensional Tolerances in Detailed Drawings
Loading the System and User-Supplied Tables
Changing the Tolerance Table Reference
Setting the Tolerance Display
To Set the Tolerance Display for Individual Dimensions
About Setting Decimal Places for Dimension Tolerance Values
About Displaying Dimension Tolerance Value Only
To Create an ISO-standard Model in Drawing Mode
To Change the Tolerance Class
To Change the Tolerance Table Reference
To Modify Dimensional Tolerances in a Note
Example: A Tolerance Table
Working with Basic Dimensions
About Basic Dimensions
To Set a Dimension as a Basic Dimension
To Set a Dimension as an Inspection Dimension
Geometric Tolerances
About Geometric Tolerances in Drawings
Duplicating Draft Geometric Tolerances
To Show Geometric Tolerances
About the Geometric Tolerance Ribbon Tab
To Insert a Geometric Tolerance into a Drawing
Define Datum References for Geometric Tolerances
To Redefine the Position and Reference of a GTOL
About DRF in the Drawing Mode
To Attach Additional Text to a Geometric Tolerance
About Creating Geometric Tolerances in Assembly Drawings
Example: Geometric Tolerance Classes and Types
Example: Datum References for a Composite Tolerance
Example: Projected Tolerance Zone
Example: Adding a Geometric Tolerance to a Drawing
Tip: Adding Geometric Tolerances to Notes
Modifying Geometric Tolerances
To Modify the Material Condition
To Modify a Datum Reference to a Geometric Tolerance
To Delete Geometric Tolerances
Working with Datums
About Using Set References
About the Datum Feature Symbol Ribbon Tab
To Create a Datum Feature Symbol
To Modify the Attachment Point or Reference of a Datum Feature Symbol
To Adjust the Draft Set Datum
Performing Dragging Operations on Draft Set Datums
To Set a Datum in Drawing
Example: Geometric Tolerance Symbol with a Compound Datum
Datum Planes
About Working with Model Datum Planes
To Show Datum Planes
To Rename a Model Datum
To Modify the Display of a Set Datum Plane
To Create a Draft Datum Plane
To Change the Display Style of a Draft Datum Plane
To Control the Size and Shape of Datum Points
To Erase a Set Datum
Erasing a Set Datum from a Member of an Assembly
Datum Axes
About Working with Model Axes
To Show Datum Axes on a Drawing
To Create a Draft Axis
To Rename a Model Datum Axis
To Set a Draft Datum Axis
To Set a Datum Axis of a Model in a Drawing
Axis Display Options
To Modify the Line Style of a Model or Draft Axis
To Create a Break in a Model Axis Line
To Delete a Portion of a Normal-to-Screen Axis
To Create an Axis Symmetry Line
Example: Axis Symmetry Lines
About Rotating Axes
Datum Targets
About Drawing Datum Targets
To Show Datum Targets
About the Datum Target Ribbon Tab
To Insert Datum Targets
About Working with Draft Datums
Datum Feature Symbol
About the Datum Feature Symbol Ribbon Tab
To Create a Datum Feature Symbol
About Placing Datum Feature Symbol
About Attaching Datum Feature Symbol to Gtol Elbows
About Attaching Datum Feature Symbol to Dimension Elbows
About Moving Datum Feature Symbol Attached to GTOL or Dimension
Working with Symbols
About Symbols
About the Symbol Ribbon
To Place a Symbol
Symbol Shortcut Commands
To Place a Symbol using Repeat Mode
To Show 3D Symbols in Drawings
To Insert a Symbol from the Symbol Palette
To Move a Symbol
To Show Surface Finish Symbols
Defining Symbols
About Defining Symbols
To Insert Surface Finish Symbols
Setting the Symbol Directory
About the System Symbols Area
To Set the User-Defined Symbols Area
To Change the Symbol Directory
To Store a Symbol
Symbol Types
About Symbol Types
Simple Symbols
About Simple Symbols
To Define a Simple Symbol
Generic Symbols
About Defining Generic Symbols
To Create a Tree Definition Structure
Example: Creating a Generic Symbol Definition
Parametric Weld Symbols
About Working with Parametric Weld Symbols
Modifying the Number of Decimal Places of a Fillet Weld Feature
To Regroup Weld Symbol Instances
User-Defined Parametric Weld Symbols
To Create a User-Defined Weld Symbol
Surface Finish Symbols
About Surface Finish Symbols
About the Surface Finish Ribbon in Drawing
Placement Types supported in Drawing
Valid Surface Finish Symbol Groups
About Placing Surface Finish and Custom Symbols on Chamfer Dimensions
To Place a Surface Finish on a Chamfer Dimension Extension Line
To Place a Drawing Symbol on a Chamfer Dimension Extension Line
To Move a Surface Finish Symbol
To Transform the Surface Finish
Defining Symbol Attributes
Controlling Symbol Instance Height
Controlling Mirror Properties
About Variable Text Parameters
Setting Symbol Parameters
About Symbol Parameters
To Generate a Parameter Set
To Generate a Set of Default Parameters
To Edit Symbol Parameters
To View Symbol Parameters
To Store a Symbol Parameter File
Adding Nodes to Symbols
About Adding Nodes
To Create a Node
To Blank Parameters in Node Notes
Referencing Parameters in Node Notes
Manipulating Symbol Instances
About Manipulating Symbol Instances
To Modify a Symbol Instance
To Edit the Symbol and Note Leader Attachments
To Convert Symbols to Draft Entities
To Relate a Symbol Instance to Drawing Objects
To Control Text During Symbol Rotation
Updating Symbol Instances
To Update Symbols in Drawings
About Dragging Symbols and Surface Finishes
To Delete Unused Symbol Definitions From the Drawing
Working with Text and Notes
About Drawing Notes
About the Format Tab in Drawing
To Show Model Notes in a Drawing
Creating a Drawing Note
To Create an Unattached Note
To Create an Offset Note
To Create an On Item Note
To Create a Leader Note
To Create Multiple Leaders for Normal or Tangential References
To Change the Note Type
About Updating Drawing Notes
To Save a Drawing Note as a File
Creating and Saving Drawing Notes
To Create and Edit Custom Text Styles
To Specify the Default Font
About Arrow Styles in Drawings
To Relate a Note to Dimension Text
To Enter a Note from a File
Creating and Saving Drawing Notes
To Write Notes to a File
To Add a Balloon Note
Modifying Note Text
Text Strings
To Modify Text Style
To Modify a Style Definition
To Modify Selected Text Color
To Wrap Note Text
About the Text Style Dialog Box
To Enclose Notes in Text Boxes
To Apply a Box Outline to the Selected Text
To Create Superscripted and Subscripted Text
To Specify an Existing Text Style as the Current Style
To Change Text Strings
To Place Draft and Reference Dimensions in Notes and Tables
Adding Special Text Characters to Notes
Adding Drawing Symbols to Notes
Including Parameter Information in Notes
Erasing a Note
Modifying Note Parameters
About Note Parameters
To Control the Format of the Date
To Include a Feature Parameter in a Note
To Include a Model Note in a Drawing Note
To Display Pro/PDM Data
To Reference Parameters Assigned to Objects
To Reference a Mass Properties Symbol in a Note
To Update a Parametric Note
Controlling the Number of Decimal Places in Parameters
Restrictions with Dimensions and Other Model Parameters
To Show the Scale of an Individual View
Example: Parameters in Notes
Example: Parameter Symbols for Notes
Example: Including a Model Note in a Drawing Note
Example: Controlling the Decimal Places in Parameters
Location Callouts
About Location Callouts
To Define the Location Callout Grid
To Show the Location Callout in a New Drawing
Example: A Location Callout
Cleaning Up Dimension and Detail Display
About Cleaning Up Dimensions
About Dynamic Movement of Dimensions
To Erase Dimensions and Detailing Items
To Move Dimensions
To Move an Item Between Views
To Align Dimensions
To Automatically Cleanup Dimensions
To Toggle Leader-to-Text Style
To Reroute Dimensions with Lost References
To Delete Dimensions
Working with Leader Lines
To Add a New Leader
To Attach a Leader to a New Object
Attaching Detail Items to Existing Leaders
To Add a Jog to a Leader
To Delete a Jog from a Leader
To Change the Arrowhead Style
To Move Leader Attachment in a Multi-Line Note
Managing Details with Snap Lines
About Managing Drawing Details with Snap Lines
To Create a Snap Line
To Place Items on Snap Lines
To Modify Snap Line Attachment or Spacing
To Control the Display of Snap Lines
Draft Entity Snap Lines and Related Views
Sketching in Drawing
Sketch Commands
Managing the Draft Environment
About Draft Entities in a Drawing
To Obtain Information on Draft Geometry
Dimensions and Sketch Objects
Draft Grids
About Creating a Draft Grid
To Change the Grid Display
To Move the Grid Origin
To Modify Grid Spacing
To Modify the Grid Type
Setting the Draft Scale
About Setting Draft Scale
Snapping Guides
Creating Entities
About Creating Geometric and Construction Entities
About the Dimensions Mini Toolbar
To Change the Location of the Base Point
To Create a Chain of Lines and Arcs
To Create a Line
To Create an Arc
To Create a Circle
To Create a Chamfer
To Create a Rectangle or Parallelogram
To Create a Fillet
To Create an Ellipse
To Create a Spline
To Create a Center Point
Using Model Edges in Draft Entities
About Using a Model Edge to Draft
To Create a Draft Entity Using a Model Edge
To Create Offset Draft Geometry
About Draft Views
To Create a Draft View
Legacy Sketch Commands
Specifying Drafting References using Legacy Sketch Commands
About Drafting References
Drafting with Absolute Coordinates
Parametric Sketching in Drawings
To Chain Entities During Sketching
To Create a Line
To Create a Circle
To Create an Arc
To Create a Point
To Create an Ellipse
To Create a Spline in a Drawing
To Create a Construction Line
To Create a Construction Circle
Example: Construction Circles
Modifying Draft Entities
To Break a Draft Entity
To Rotate Draft Entities
To Stretch a Draft Entity
To Trim Draft Geometry
To Change the Line Style of Draft Entities
To Modify the Diameter of an Arc or Circle
To Mirror an Entity
To Scale Draft Geometry
To Translate Drawing Objects
To Move a Drawing Object
To Modify Fillets
Copying Draft Entities
To Copy and Paste Detail Items
To Make Multiple Copies
To Make Radial Copies
Modifying a Spline
About Modifying Splines
To Move Points on a Spline
To Add Points to a Spline
To Modify a Spline's Controlling Polygon
To Delete Points from a Spline
To Decrease Spline Points Automatically
To Smooth the Spline
Working with Drafted Cross Sections
About Working with Draft Cross-Sections
To Create a Draft Cross-Section or Filled Area
To Modify a Draft Cross-Section
To Modify the Color of Filled Crosshatches
To Delete a Crosshatched or Filled Area
Relating Draft Entities
About Relating Detail Objects
Relating Draft Lines and Views
To Set a Drawing View as the Current Draft View
To Relate Draft Items to a View
To Unrelate Items from a View
To Relate Objects with Dimension Text
Grouping Draft Entities
About Grouping Detail Objects
To Create a Draft Group
To Suppress and Resume a Draft Group
To Ungroup a Draft Group
To Modify a Draft Group
To Return Items to a Draft Group
Reviewing a Drawing
About Reviewing a Drawing
Checking Drawings
To Get Information About Drawing Template Failure
To Analyze a Drawing Using Creo Modelcheck Commands
Updating Drawings
To Get Information About Out-of-Date Displays
To Refresh the Connection to the 3D Model
Comparing Drawings
To Compare a Drawing to a Saved Image File
To Create a Drawing Difference Report
To Review the Drawing Modification History
Querying Drawings
To Highlight Items by Type and Attributes
To Display the Drawing View Information
To Get Information About Draft Entities
To Display the Owner of a Drawing Object
To Display Drawing Grid Information
Displaying Drawing Model Information
To Display Drawing Model Information
Measuring in Drawings
To Perform Measurement Analyses on Draft Entities
To Measure Model Geometry in a Drawing
Publishing a Drawing
About Publishing a Drawing
To Set and Configure a Publish Deliverable
To Preview the Publish Deliverables
To Save a Drawing as an Image File
Printing Drawings
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Printer Configuration Dialog Box
Print Options on the Print Dashboard
To Configure Settings for a Print or a Plot Publish Deliverable
About Previewing a Print or Plot Output of a Drawing
To Preview the Print or Plot Output of a Drawing
About Segmented Plots
To Print or Plot a Drawing
To Print Part of a Drawing
Exporting to PDF
To Configure PDF as the Publish Deliverable
About the 2D PDF Export Profile
To Create a 2D PDF Export Profile
To Use a 2D PDF Export Profile in a Drawing
Exporting to Other Formats
About Exporting a Drawing to Other Formats
To Export to Other Formats
To Configure IGES as the Publish Deliverable
To Configure STEP as the Publish Deliverable
To Configure DXF or DWG as a Publish Deliverable
To Configure CGM as the Publish Deliverable
To Configure MEDUSA or Stheno as the Publish Deliverable
Improving Performance with Representations
About Drawing Representations
To Create a Drawing Rep for the Current Drawing
To Create a New Drawing Representation While Opening a Drawing
To Configure a Drawing Representation
The Drawing Rep Menu
The Drawing Rep Tool Dialog Box
Default Drawing Representations
To Execute a Drawing Representation
To Copy a Drawing Representation
To Redefine a Drawing Representation
To Delete a Drawing Representation
To Obtain Information About a Drawing Representation
To Execute a Drawing Representation While Retrieving a Drawing
Tip: Erasing Views by Menu or by Drawing Rep Tool Dialog Box
Reports
Using the Report File Type
Running Drawing Programs
About Creating Drawing Programs
Example: Drawing Program Text
To Create a Record of Modifications
The EDIT STATE Menu
To Create Detail Items in a Drawing State
To Redefine a Drawing State
To Remove a Drawing State
To Call a User-Defined Function
To Run the Drawing Program (Execute a State)
The Edit Program Menu
Detailed Drawings
The Edit Program Menu
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