To Work with Drawings

You can copy and update properties, replace model references, apply design view, and show or hide dimensions or weld annotation in the view.

What's New: 2021.1, 2021.2

Create a Drawing - New Command

1. Click New .
2. In the Create New File dialog box, select a file type, and then select a template.
3. You can use a sheet format within the template while creating a new drawing file.

Create a Drawing - File Command

1. Click File.
2. Hover over New to display the New flyout.
3. In the New flyout, hover over Drawing to display the template and sheet format options.
4. Select a template.

Note: The thumbnails are also displayed for Drawings from the Quick Access Toolbar.

Copy Model Properties to a Drawing

1. On the Drawing tab of the Document Settings dialog box, click Copy Model iProperty Settings.
2. In the Copy Model iProperty Settings dialog box, select Copy Model iProperties, and then select iProperties to copy to the drawing.
3. Click OK to close the Copy Model iProperty Settings dialog box.
4. Click Apply and OK to save the document settings and close the Document Settings dialog box.
   Note: You can use the Additional Custom Model iProperty Source option in drawing Document Settings to make custom iProperties from an external file available in the drawing.

Update Copied Model iProperties in a Drawing

All existing drawing overrides for iProperties copied from the model are discarded on the update.

Copied iProperties are not associative so do they do not update when the source file is updated.

The Update Copied Model iProperties command is not available when the drawing is in a deferred mode or the source model is not available.

1. With a drawing open, select Manage tab Update panel Update Copied Properties .
2. Click Yes to confirm the update on a message box.

Replace Model References in Drawings

The replacement model must be of the same type as the original model (replace IPT with IPT, IAM with IAM, IPN with IPN).

When you select a view that does not include a flat pattern, that view is deleted. Similarly, when a presentation does not contain the same explosion name as the original file, the view is deleted.

1. On the ribbon, click Manage tab Modify panel Replace Model Reference .
2. In the Replace Model Reference dialog box, select a model to replace.
3. Click Select New Model, and find and select a new model file.
4. Then click Open, and Yes.

Apply Design View

1. In the Drawing browser, right-click a view and select Apply Design View.
2. Click the arrow to select from listed design views, and then click the view to show a different design view representation.

Show or Hide Dimensions or Weld Annotations in the View

1. In the Drawing Browser, select the view name, then right-click and select Annotation Visibility.
2. Select or remove the selection for the appropriate annotations.