The names of the library parts form the lowest level of the structure. You can easily recognize this level from its name. The name is an amalgam of the name of the associated file and entry for the ellipse value. The ellipse value indicates the degree to which the drawing of the library part is tilted with respect to the imaging plane. This makes it easy to select the correct viewport to fit your drawing.

Arbortext IsoDraw creates the library parts from the file automatically. The parts appear in the list as a group of the associated file. If a library drawing contains circles and/or ellipses for which Arbortext IsoDraw can detect the ellipse value, then this angle value is appended to the name. Drawings for which Arbortext IsoDraw has not detected an ellipse value have 90 added to them.

You can obtain further information on how to create library parts in Creating your own Library Parts.

The further structure of the files and folders depends on how many similar parts (e.g. screws) belong under a particular heading.

The cylindrical screws in the list provide a good illustration of a structure. When you click on the CylindricalScrews folder, a number of files appear. At the next level you see the library part under each of these files in different viewports. All these viewports (groups) are grouped representations of a library part from the associated file. The appropriate viewport can be easily selected by entering the ellipse value.

The names of the files each begin with their standard name for the screw type followed by the viewport add-on:

Many files with a view from above are also available in the simple version. In this version, the cylindrical screw is represented in simplified form.