To Work with Automatic Drawing Updates

You can defer the automatic updates for a drawing, keeping it static until you change its update status.

Defer Automatic Updates to Drawings

1. With a drawing open, right-click the top browser node and click Defer Updates.
2. Alternatively, click Tools tab Options panel Document Settings .
3. On the Drawing tab of the Document Settings dialog box, select the Defer Updates check box.

When Defer Updates is unchecked from either of the above access points the views automatically update.

Defer Automatic Updates Before Opening a Drawing

1. Click File Open.

2. Locate and select a drawing file.
3. At the bottom of the dialog box, click to select the type of open action, Full or Defer.
4. Alternatively, use the legacy method by clicking Options.
5. Select Defer Updates in the File Open Options dialog box.

Un-defer and fully open a drawing

A deferred drawing opens quickly and model updates are ignored. You can un-defer a drawing and fully open it. Model updates are then possible.

1. While in a deferred drawing, right-click the top browser node.
2. In the context menu, click Defer Updates. Drawing views automatically update.

Update Drawing Views and Sheets Manually

If you do not want to trigger Update automatically, you can manually update drawings while you work. Manually updating drawing views and sheets does not cause a model to update. If you want drawing views to reflect the current state of the component, be sure the component is up-to-date before updating the drawing views.

1. On the Quick Access toolbar, click the arrow beside Update.
2. Select the appropriate option:
   • To regenerate only the active sheet, click Update ().
   • To update all sheets with changes, click Update All Sheets ().
   • To update this sheet, select the sheet in the browser and click Update.