To Create a Part with Datum Planes Automatically Mapped to the Drawing Views
1. Click
Process >
Part Setup. The
New Part dialog box opens.
|  The New Part dialog box is available only if you have not created parts and associated them with the current drawing. |
2. Type a name for the part in the Name box or accept the name of the drawing in session that is displayed in the Name box as the name of the part.
| The name of the active drawing is displayed in the Name box when you select Use drawing name in the Preferences dialog box. The part name must not exceed 25 characters. |
3. Under Template, select a valid start part in either of the standard units from the list:
◦ Inch
◦ Millimeter
| Verify that Use drawing units is not selected when you select a start part in either of these units. Use drawing units is selected by default. |
4. Click Use drawing units to select the default start part template based on the current drawing units.
5. Under Parameters, specify values for the following model parameters in the relevant boxes:
◦ DESCRIPTION—Describes the part.
◦ MODELED_BY—Specifies the name of the designer.
6. Click Set as active part model if you want to set the new part as the active part to which you can add new features. If you select Set new part as active model in the Preferences dialog box, Set as active part model is checked by default on the New Part dialog box.
7. Click OK.
◦ The new part is created and associated with the current drawing.
| If a part already exists with the part name that you have specified, an error message is displayed and the part creation process terminates. |
◦ The datum planes of the new part are automatically mapped to the views of the active drawing. For example, if you define top and bottom views in the drawing, both these views are automatically mapped to the TOP datum plane. The top view in the drawing is automatically mapped to Side 1 of the TOP datum plane while the bottom view in the drawing is automatically mapped to Side 2 of the TOP datum plane.
◦ If the automatic mapping of datum planes to drawing views fails or if you have not selected Automatic view mapping in the Preferences dialog box, the View Mapping dialog box opens.