As you work on models, the associated drawings are updated automatically. You can defer the automatic updates for a drawing, keeping it static until you change its update status.
Use the deferred update state to:
- Prevent assembly drawings from updating while you work with drive constraints.
- Prevent drawings from updating while you experiment with the model design.
- Archive a drawing. A drawing can be viewed or printed without updating automatically.
The out of date icon appears next to a view or part list entry in the browser to indicate it is out of date with any of the associated files.
The Defer Update icon appears in the browser when the drawing file is set to defer update.
Drawings with deferred updates
When you set a drawing to defer its updates, it no longer responds to any changes in the model file. Drawing views, annotations, and dependent iProperties remain static.
You can open the drawing, add or change annotations that do not use model data, and add sketches. You cannot get model data, add or edit drawing views, or work with parts lists and balloons.
Archived drawings
Since a static drawing does not respond to changes in the model, you can use it to record a specific step in the design or to archive a released drawing permanently. Save the drawing with a file name that indicates it is an archived drawing.
Updating a static drawing
When you change the defer update setting in a drawing, the views on the active sheet immediately update to reflect all changes to the associated model files. Views on other sheets update as you activate each sheet.
In some cases, substantial updates to the model can disassociate annotations from the geometry or view. When this case happens, reattach or replace the annotation.