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Create and Modify Drawings
Once you finish checking and numbering the model, you can automatically create dimensioned and labeled 2D general arrangement and shop drawings. A drawing may consist of several linked details.
Topics in this section
- Overview
Learn about the model drawing principles, drawing styles and drawing processes. - Create a Detail Drawing
Learn the steps of creating a detail drawing. - Create Part Drawings in a Single Step
Use drawing processes to accelerate the drawing creation by automatically assigning drawing styles and layouts for the selected parts. - Drawing Prototypes
Drawing prototypes act as a template for any new drawing generated with Advance Steel. Their main role is to maintain the page format and the header. Prototypes can be reused as many times as required to output drawings from a project. - The Color of Detailed Objects
Learn how you can set the colors of detailed objects on drawings using defaults. - Configure and Use Customized Dimension Styles
Learn how to use dimension styles to define the appearance of automatic and manual dimensions. - The Weld Symbol
Learn how to create and modify weld symbols and how to configure the weld template. - Weld Dialog: Weld Main Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the main weld. - Weld Dialog: Weld Double Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the double weld. - Weld Dialog: Additional Data Tab
Use the properties on this tab to add extra information to the weld symbol. - Weld Dialog: Leader Line Tab
Use the properties on this tab to set the visibility and representation of the weld symbol leader line in detail drawings. - Configure the Hole Symbol
Learn how you can configure drawing styles to display a hole using a symbol instead of its real shape from the model using the Management Tools application and a series of DWG files containing the shapes that make up the symbol. - Leader Line Behavior when Labeling Holes
Create label leader lines for hole top views, using the center of the hole as a reference. - Dimension Point Behavior on Hole Patterns
Learn how to dimension hole, bolt and anchor patterns. - Manual Dimensions
Learn how to use, modify and update manual dimensions on Advance Steel detail drawings. - Dimension Dialog: Dimension Chain Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the dimension chain representation on detail drawings. - Dimension Dialog: Dimension Style Tab
Use the properties on this tab to set the appearance of dimensions in detail drawings. - Dimension Dialog: Dimension Text Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the dimension text and text position on detail drawings. - Dimension Dialog: Running Dimension Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the position of the absolute and relative dimension values on detail drawings. - Dimension Dialog: Dimension Label Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the position, content and representation of the dimension label on detail drawings. - The Blank Background for Label and Dimension Texts
Learn how to activate and customize the blank background for label and dimension texts. - Label and Symbols Dialog: Label Content Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the label content and representation on detail drawings. - Label and Symbols Dialog: Leader Line Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the leader line visibility and appearance on detail drawings. - Label and Symbols Dialog (Level Symbol): Text Style Tab
Use the option on this tab to set the level symbol text style. - Label and Symbols Dialog (Level Symbol): Presentation mode for Level Symbols Tab
Use the properties on this tab to set the type, format and precision of the unit value displayed on the level symbol. - Enable or Disable the Automatic Object Quantity Value in Labels
- Enable or Disable the Automatic Compass Label Arrangement
Enable or disable the functionality that automatically arranges all labels placed according to compass orientation, using the corresponding default available in the Management Tools application. - Align and Arrange Labels
Align or arrange labels on demand, using an existing reference label and a set of predefined rules, specific to each command. - Detail Explode Settings
Advance Steel details can be exploded into its component AutoCAD elements according to the rules defined in the Detail explode settings. - The Detail Explode Dialog
learn about the different options and settings you can configure in the Detail Explode dialog. - Keep Track of Changes
Usually, during the review stage of a project, different changes might be necessary both in the model and in the drawings. You can automatically keep track of the changes in drawings. - The Revision Control Dialog
Learn how to modify the format and the layout of the revision table. - The Add Revision Mark Dialog
Learn how to manage the detail drawing revisions. - The Revision Tab
This property tab is present on most detail view related dialogs and it gives you the option to place and customize a revision cloud on detail drawings. - Move a View
When creating assembly drawings, various views and cuts of the main part may be generated. You can change their position on the created drawing. - Rearrange Details
Learn how to rearrange details in your project documentation. - Change a Detail
This tool allows you to make additional changes to the detail parameters, such as scale, clipping or title text. - Update a Detail
When objects that are not displayed are modified (for example, the hidden lines color is changed) a gray rectangle appears around the modified object, meaning that an update is needed. This tool forces an immediate update of a modified detail. - Delete a View
This tool deletes views from a detail. The connection to the model remains intact. - View Dialog: Properties Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the view, the viewport and the dimension type in detail drawings. - View Dialog: Clip Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure clipping and clipping representation in detail drawings. - View Dialog: Orientation Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the compass mark and compass mark representation in assembly and general arrangement drawings. - Element (View) Dialog: Lines Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the line type and color of elements on detail drawings. - Element (View) Dialog: Axes Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the type and color of element system, median and helper lines in detail drawings. - Element (View) Dialog: Symbol Tab
Use the properties on this tab to configure the representation of cross section and single line symbols in detail drawings. - Element (View) Dialog: Representation Type Tab
Use the settings on this tab to control the visibility of elements on detail drawings. - Element (View) Dialog: Cut Region Hatch Tab
Use the properties on this tab to control the visibility and representation of hatches on detail drawings. - Cameras on Detail Drawings
Cameras created in the model can be detailed on general arrangement drawings using a symbol representation and a label showing information about the camera. - Create a Cut View from the Detail
Use this command to simply select the view where the manual cut is to be created and the cut position and depth. All the available overrides will be optional and accessible using a shortcut key at the view selection step. - Renumber Cut Views
Use this command only on individually opened drawings to avoid gaps in the cut view numbering. - The Cut View Symbol
Learn how to insert and configure the cut view symbol in your drawings. - Callout Views
Detail specific small areas of the model directly from existing general arrangement drawings. - Preferred View Request for Manual Cuts and Callouts
Add or remove a view configuration in the Drawing Style Manager to or from the manual cut view and callout view lists to obtain a clean list, containing only the preferred requests that you can use throughout the project. - Model Views with Camera Detailing Capabilities
Model views also have camera capabilities in addition to their ability to isolate objects in the 3D model space. This removes the need to create cameras for detailing purposes over existing model views for most use cases of elevation and general arrangement plan drawings. - Change the Prototype File
This tool allows you to change the prototype used for the detail creation, from the drawing. - Update the Page Header
This tool allows you to update the page header in all details linked to the model, according to the modified project data. - Toggle the Display of the Green Frames around Details
Enables or disables the display of the green frames around the details. - The Edit Detail Dialog
Parent topic: Create and Manage Drawings