Contents

Drawings

Drawing view creation

Specifying a preview type for drawing views

View annotation edit handles

Saving and reusing drawing view settings by model type

Drawing production workflows

Workflow to create a part drawing

Workflow to create an assembly drawing with a parts list

Using the View Wizard

Create drawing views of a part with the View Wizard

Creating drawing views from a model dragged onto a sheet

View Wizard command

View Wizard command bar

Drawing View Selection command bar

Drawing View Creation Wizard options

Select Model dialog box

Drawing View Creation Wizard (Drawing View Options)

Advanced Edge Display Options dialog box

Drawing View Layout dialog box (Create or Modify)

Custom Orientation dialog box

Drawing View Creation Wizard (Saved Settings)

Drawing View Creation Wizard (Select Family of Assembly Member)

Drawing View Creation Wizard (Alternate Position Assembly)

Select Attachment dialog box

Using the Drawing from Active Model command

Create a drawing with the Drawing of Active Model command

Drawing of Active Model command

Create Drawing dialog box

Assembly drawings

Assembly drawings

Create assembly part views with the View Wizard

Create a simplified assembly drawing view and parts list

Create an alternate position assembly drawing view

Set Primary and Alternate Positions dialog box

Reference parts

Make a part a reference part

Display construction and reference geometry in a drawing view

Drawing view types

Principal views

Principal views

Create a principal view

Principal View command

Principal View command bar

Auxiliary views

Auxiliary views

Modifying auxiliary views and view planes

Create an auxiliary view

Auxiliary View command

Auxiliary View command bar

Viewing Plane Selection command bar

Viewing Plane Properties dialog box

General tab (Viewing Plane Properties dialog box)

Caption tab (Viewing Plane, Detail Envelope, Cutting Plane Properties dialog box)

Perspective views

Perspective views

Create a perspective drawing view

Detail views

Detail views

Modifying detail views

Detail view and detail envelope captions

Create a circular detail view

Create a user-defined detail view

Detail command

Detail command bar

Convert to Independent Detail View command

Detail envelopes

Detail envelopes

Set detail envelope properties

Detail Envelope Selection command bar

Detail Envelope Properties dialog box

General tab (Detail Envelope Properties dialog box)

Section views

Section views

Modifying section views

Section view and cutting plane captions

Formatting fill and hatch patterns in section views

Create a section view

Create a revolved section view

Create a thin-section view

Change section view type

Scale a section view

Set rib hatching in section views

Show or hide cutting plane lines in section views

Section View command (Draft environment)

Section View command bar

Override Rib Hatching dialog box

Cutting planes

Cutting planes

Formatting cutting plane annotations

Draw a cutting plane line

Hide or show a cutting plane

Cutting Plane command

Cutting Plane Selection command bar

Cutting Plane Properties dialog box

General tab (Cutting Plane Properties dialog box)

Broken views

Broken views

Create a broken-out section view

Modify a broken-out section view

Create a broken view

Break an isometric view with a break axis

Connect a break line at a distance

Display break lines and cropped edges in a broken view

Modify break lines in a broken view

Copy break lines between drawing views

Remove inherited break lines

Broken-Out command

Broken View command

Broken View command bar

Inherit Break Lines command

Remove Break Line Inheritance command

Draft quality and high quality views

Draft quality and high quality views

Create a draft quality view

Convert a Draft Quality View to a High Quality View

Convert to High Quality View command

Drawing sheets

Drawing sheets

Working with drawing sheets

Manipulating sheets

Select a drawing sheet

Rename a drawing sheet

Reorder drawing sheets

Change the colors of sheets and sheet tabs

Delete a drawing sheet

Delete Sheet command

Rename Sheet command

Rename dialog box

Reorder Sheets command

Reorder Sheets dialog box

Working sheets

Working sheets

Create a new drawing sheet

Set up a drawing sheet

Insert Sheet command

Sheet Setup command

Sheet Setup Dialog Box

Size tab (Sheet Setup dialog box)

Name tab (Sheet Setup dialog box)

Background tab (Sheet Setup dialog box)

Working Sheets command

Background sheets

Background sheets

Display background sheets

Edit a background sheet

Replace background sheets

Attach a background sheet

Background Sheets command

Replace Background command

2D Model sheet

Using the 2D Model sheet

Define a 2D Model drawing area

Add a drawing sheet border to the 2D Model sheet

2D Model Sheet command

Drawing Area Setup command

Drawing Area Setup dialog box

Table sheets

Sheet scale

Sheet scale and drawing view scale

Set the drawing sheet scale

Set Sheet Scale command

Set Sheet Scale command bar

Add custom drawing view scales to QY CAD

QuickSheet templates

Create Quicksheet Template command

Create a Quicksheet template

Populate a Quicksheet template

Create automatic drawing views

Drawing captions

Understanding drawing captions

Drawing view captions

Working with drawing captions

Add a drawing view caption

Automating captions

Define caption content using property text

Define caption appearance

Modifying captions

Showing and hiding caption content

View annotation captions

Working with view annotation captions

Define a view annotation caption

Assigning view annotation labels

Define annotation labels

Specify Annotation Letters dialog box

Define Object Sequence dialog box

Drawing view properties

Defining drawing standards

Set properties on one or more drawing views

Display or hide parts in a part view

Drawing properties

Drawing View Properties dialog box

General tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)

Display tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)

Caption tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)

Annotation tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)

Model Options tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)

Sections tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)

Shading and Color tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)

Advanced tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)

Drawing view errors

What can go wrong-drawing view properties

The File Cannot Be Found

VHL Calculation Failed

Section Could Not Cut The Part

Could Not Read Component Geometry

Tangent Tolerance and Thread Axis Tolerance

Center of mass and coordinate system symbols

Displaying the center of mass or coordinate system on a drawing

Define a custom center of mass or coordinate system for drawings

Display a coordinate system or center of mass in a drawing view

Select Block dialog box

Edge display

Edge display in part views

Change edge display in a drawing view or sketch

Show part edges

Hide part edges

Set default display for part edges

Drawing View Display Defaults dialog box

Add graphics to a part view

Show Edges command

Hide Edges command

Edge Painter command

Edge Painter command bar

Draw In View command

Drawing view styles

Drawing view styles

Drawing view style workflow

Create or modify a drawing view style

Map drawing view styles

Example: formatting a new drawing

Example: formatting an existing drawing

Drawing View Style dialog box

Lines tab (Drawing View Style dialog box)

Caption Format tab (Drawing View Style dialog box)

Caption tab (Drawing View Style dialog box)

Drawing view manipulation

Drawing view manipulation

Change drawing view orientation

Rotate a drawing view

Change the display in a part view

Shade a drawing view

Fit Drawing View command

Fit a drawing view

Activate or inactivate drawing views

Inactivate Drawing Views command

Activate Drawing Views command

Bring a dimension, annotation, or text box to the front

Bring to Front command

Send a Dimension, Annotation, or Text Box to the Back

Send to Back command

Removing drawing view geometry

Using a drawing view clipping plane

Remove drawing view geometry with a clipping plane

Modify the drawing view display depth

Delete the drawing view display depth clipping plane

Set Drawing View Depth command

Set Drawing View Depth command bar

Aligning drawing views

Drawing view alignment

Create Alignment Between Drawing Views

Create Alignment command

Create Alignment command bar

Maintain Alignment Between Drawing Views

Maintain Alignment command

Delete Alignment Between Drawing Views

Delete Alignment command

Cropping drawing views

Drawing view cropping

Crop a drawing view

Example: Modify a drawing view cropping boundary

Uncrop Command

Change drawing text size

Updating drawing views

Drawing view updates

Track drawing views

Drawing View Tracker command

Drawing View Tracker dialog box

View out-of-date

Model out-of-date

Update part views in a document

Update a drawing view after editing a part or assembly

Open the 3D document that a drawing view references

Undo drawing view changes

Update Views command

Update Command

2D drawing views

Creating 2D drawing views

Editing 2D drawing views

Create a 2D view using the 2D Model sheet

Edit a 2D drawing view

Convert a part view to a 2D view

Convert to 2D View command

2D Model (View) command

2D Model View command bar

Comparing drawings

Compare two drawings for differences

Saving and reviewing drawing comparison results

Compare Drawings command

Review drawing comparison results

Queries

Using queries to find model objects in a drawing view

Find a part in a drawing view

Create a new draft query

Use a query to hide objects in a drawing view

Queries tab

Query dialog box (Draft environment)

Using hyperlinks

Using hyperlinks

Add, edit, and view hyperlinks

HyperLink command

HyperLink Dialog Box

Open (Link) Command

Add/Edit Link Command

Remove Link Command

Inserting images

Insert an image on a drawing

Insert an image on a model

Insert Image command

Insert Image command bar

Border page (Insert Image dialog box)

General page (Insert Image dialog box)

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