Saving Imported Files as 3D Drawings

If you have pasted the file using the browser window, (see Show Browser Window) the file appears in a new untitled window. If you have opened the file using the Open file command, the window has the name of the original file. If a file with the same name has already been saved in the open file’s folder, the file will appear in a new untitled window. If you select File > Save or Save as, you will save the file together with all the three-dimensional information it contains in the form of an Arbortext IsoDraw file.

In order to retain the three-dimensional information of a drawing, you must ensure that you do the following during projection into a 2D illustration:

When clicking the camera button you must hold down the ALT key. If you do not hold down the ALT key when clicking the camera button, the now two-dimensional drawing will be saved under the same name as the 3D drawing. As a result, the three-dimensional information will be lost.

If you reopen this file later, you will be able to create additional 2D illustrations in 3D mode. This provides you with repeated access to the 3D data once a CAD file has been converted, without having to repeat the structured import process.

In this way, you can still have Arbortext IsoDraw CADprocess convert CAD files automatically without having to dispense with the manipulation options offered by 3D mode. The files are converted and saved as 3D files. Choose File > Batch process to do this (refer to Batch Process).