Setting Up Hydraulic Drawings

Use the Project Manager to manage your hydraulic drawings.

From here, you can create a drawing and modify any drawing properties.

Create a new drawing

1. Click Project tabProject Tools panelManager. Find
2. If AEGS is not the active project, activate the AEGS project.

   If AEGS is in the list of open projects:

   • Select AEGS and right-click.
   • Click Activate.

   If AEGS is not in the list of open projects:

   • Select the project list drop-down.
   • Click Open Project.
   • On the Select Project File dialog box, navigate to and select the AEGS.WDP file.
   • Click Open.
3. In the Project Manager, right-click the project name, and select Properties.
4. In the Project Properties Project Settings dialog box, click Default to switch on all paths for pneumatic, hydraulic, and P&ID schematic libraries.
5. Click OK.
6. In the Project Manager, click the New Drawing tool.
7. In the Create New Drawing dialog box, specify:

   Name:  AEGS12

   Template: Mouse over the edit box to verify ACAD_Electrical.dwt is specified

   If ACAD_Electrical.dwt is not specified, click Browse. Select it from the list of available templates.

   Description 1:  Hydraulic Example

   Click OK.

   Note: If you want to set the component, wire number, cross-reference, style, and drawing format settings, click OK-Properties to proceed to Drawing Properties dialog box.
8. Enter DSETTINGS at the command prompt.
9. In the Drafting Settings dialog box Snap and Grid tab, turn on Snap and Grid and set the size of both to 0.125.
10. Click OK.
11. Click Schematic tabOther Tools panelDrawing Properties. Find
12. In the Drawing Properties dialog box Drawing Format tab, Scale section, make sure that the feature scale multiplier is set to 1.0 inch.
13. Click OK.
    Note: For metric unit, the following settings are recommended so that the wire connection points are placed on the grids for easier drafting. Grid and Snap Size = 2.5 mm; Feature scale multiplier =20 (scale factor = 20).