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About Importing the General Views of the Associative Drawings
When you import Creo Elements/Direct*.mi, *.bi, and *.bdl associative drawings, you must select the Drawing Associative with 3D Model option on the Import MI dialog box to transfer the general views of the associative drawings to Creo Parametric.
The following Creo Elements/Direct basic drawing properties are retained when the *.mi, *.bi, and *.bdl associative drawings are transferred to Creo Parametric:
• View name
• View scale
• View orientation
• Calc Mode and the visibility of hidden lines
The Calculation Mode in Creo Elements/Direct defines how 2D geometry is calculated and what type of 3D objects are part of the view. The Calc Mode properties create the following types of Creo Elements/Direct views:
• Classic—A 2D detailed geometry view with no shading.
• Classis + Shaded—A shaded view that you can dimension.
• Graphics—A 2D geometry view with no shading. This property calculates the geometry view relatively fast and supports graphics 3D models. Not all details are calculated. Suits large models.
• Graphics + Shaded—A shaded 2D geometry view that you can dimension. Suits large models.
• Shaded—A shaded view that you cannot dimension.
The Calc Mode and the hidden line visibility properties map to the Display Style property in Creo Parametric as follows:
Calc Mode and Hidden Line Visibility
Display Style in Creo Parametric
Classic, hidden lines visible
Hidden
Classic, hidden lines not visible
Not hidden
Classic + Shaded
Shading with edges
Graphics, hidden line visible
Hidden
Graphics, hidden lines not visible
Not hidden
Graphics + Shaded
Shading with edges
Shaded
Shading
Additionally, the following properties of the associative drawings are mapped to the tangent edges Display Style property in Creo Parametric:
• Tangent Line Visibility
• Tangent Line Appear
The Tangent Line Visibility and the Tangent Line Appear properties in the associative drawings map to the Creo Parametric drawing properties as follows:
Creo Elements/Direct Tangent Line Visibility and Appearance
Tangent Edges Display Style in Creo Parametric
Tangent lines not visible
None
Tangent line type SOLID
Solid
Tangent line type DASHED
Centerline
Tangent line type DOTTED
Centerline
Tangent line type DOT-CENTER
Centerline
Tangent line type LONG-DASHED
Centerline
Tangent line type DASH-CENTER
Centerline
Tangent line type PHANTOM
Phantom
Tangent line type CENTER-DASH-DASH
Phantom