Contents


Drawings
1. Drawing view creation
2. Specifying a preview type for drawing views
3. View annotation edit handles
4. Saving and reusing drawing view settings by model type
5. Drawing production workflows
5. Workflow to create a part drawing
5. Workflow to create an assembly drawing with a parts list
6. Using the View Wizard
6. Create drawing views of a part with the View Wizard
6. Creating drawing views from a model dragged onto a sheet
6. View Wizard command
6. View Wizard command bar
6. Drawing View Selection command bar
6. Drawing View Creation Wizard options
6. Select Model dialog box
6. Drawing View Creation Wizard (Drawing View Options)
6. Advanced Edge Display Options dialog box
6. Drawing View Layout dialog box (Create or Modify)
6. Custom Orientation dialog box
6. Drawing View Creation Wizard (Saved Settings)
6. Drawing View Creation Wizard (Select Family of Assembly Member)
6. Drawing View Creation Wizard (Alternate Position Assembly)
6. Select Attachment dialog box
7. Using the Drawing from Active Model command
7. Create a drawing with the Drawing of Active Model command
7. Drawing of Active Model command
7. Create Drawing dialog box
8. Assembly drawings
8. Assembly drawings
8. Create assembly part views with the View Wizard
8. Create a simplified assembly drawing view and parts list
8. Create an alternate position assembly drawing view
8. Set Primary and Alternate Positions dialog box
8. Reference parts
8. Make a part a reference part
8. Display construction and reference geometry in a drawing view
9. Drawing view types
9. Principal views
9. Principal views
9. Create a principal view
9. Principal View command
9. Principal View command bar
9. Auxiliary views
9. Auxiliary views
9. Modifying auxiliary views and view planes
9. Create an auxiliary view
9. Auxiliary View command
9. Auxiliary View command bar
9. Viewing Plane Selection command bar
9. Viewing Plane Properties dialog box
9. General tab (Viewing Plane Properties dialog box)
9. Caption tab (Viewing Plane, Detail Envelope, Cutting Plane Properties dialog box)
9. Perspective views
9. Perspective views
9. Create a perspective drawing view
9. Detail views
9. Detail views
9. Modifying detail views
9. Detail view and detail envelope captions
9. Create a circular detail view
9. Create a user-defined detail view
9. Detail command
9. Detail command bar
9. Convert to Independent Detail View command
9. Detail envelopes
9. Detail envelopes
9. Set detail envelope properties
9. Detail Envelope Selection command bar
9. Detail Envelope Properties dialog box
9. General tab (Detail Envelope Properties dialog box)
9. Section views
9. Section views
9. Modifying section views
9. Section view and cutting plane captions
9. Formatting fill and hatch patterns in section views
9. Create a section view
9. Create a revolved section view
9. Create a thin-section view
9. Change section view type
9. Scale a section view
9. Set rib hatching in section views
9. Show or hide cutting plane lines in section views
9. Section View command (Draft environment)
9. Section View command bar
9. Override Rib Hatching dialog box
9. Cutting planes
9. Cutting planes
9. Formatting cutting plane annotations
9. Draw a cutting plane line
9. Hide or show a cutting plane
9. Cutting Plane command
9. Cutting Plane Selection command bar
9. Cutting Plane Properties dialog box
9. General tab (Cutting Plane Properties dialog box)
9. Broken views
9. Broken views
9. Create a broken-out section view
9. Modify a broken-out section view
9. Create a broken view
9. Break an isometric view with a break axis
9. Connect a break line at a distance
9. Display break lines and cropped edges in a broken view
9. Modify break lines in a broken view
9. Copy break lines between drawing views
9. Remove inherited break lines
9. Broken-Out command
9. Broken View command
9. Broken View command bar
9. Inherit Break Lines command
9. Remove Break Line Inheritance command
9. Draft quality and high quality views
9. Draft quality and high quality views
9. Create a draft quality view
9. Convert a Draft Quality View to a High Quality View
9. Convert to High Quality View command
10. Drawing sheets
10. Drawing sheets
10. Working with drawing sheets
10. Manipulating sheets
10. Select a drawing sheet
10. Rename a drawing sheet
10. Reorder drawing sheets
10. Change the colors of sheets and sheet tabs
10. Delete a drawing sheet
10. Delete Sheet command
10. Rename Sheet command
10. Rename dialog box
10. Reorder Sheets command
10. Reorder Sheets dialog box
10. Working sheets
10. Working sheets
10. Create a new drawing sheet
10. Set up a drawing sheet
10. Insert Sheet command
10. Sheet Setup command
10. Sheet Setup Dialog Box
10. Size tab (Sheet Setup dialog box)
10. Name tab (Sheet Setup dialog box)
10. Background tab (Sheet Setup dialog box)
10. Working Sheets command
10. Background sheets
10. Background sheets
10. Display background sheets
10. Edit a background sheet
10. Replace background sheets
10. Attach a background sheet
10. Background Sheets command
10. Replace Background command
10. 2D Model sheet
10. Using the 2D Model sheet
10. Define a 2D Model drawing area
10. Add a drawing sheet border to the 2D Model sheet
10. 2D Model Sheet command
10. Drawing Area Setup command
10. Drawing Area Setup dialog box
10. Table sheets
10. Sheet scale
10. Sheet scale and drawing view scale
10. Set the drawing sheet scale
10. Set Sheet Scale command
10. Set Sheet Scale command bar
10. Add custom drawing view scales to QY CAD
10. QuickSheet templates
10. Create Quicksheet Template command
10. Create a Quicksheet template
10. Populate a Quicksheet template
10. Create automatic drawing views
11. Drawing captions
11. Understanding drawing captions
11. Drawing view captions
11. Working with drawing captions
11. Add a drawing view caption
11. Automating captions
11. Define caption content using property text
11. Define caption appearance
11. Modifying captions
11. Showing and hiding caption content
11. View annotation captions
11. Working with view annotation captions
11. Define a view annotation caption
11. Assigning view annotation labels
11. Define annotation labels
11. Specify Annotation Letters dialog box
11. Define Object Sequence dialog box
12. Drawing view properties
12. Defining drawing standards
12. Set properties on one or more drawing views
12. Display or hide parts in a part view
12. Drawing properties
12. Drawing View Properties dialog box
12. General tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)
12. Display tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)
12. Caption tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)
12. Annotation tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)
12. Model Options tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)
12. Sections tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)
12. Shading and Color tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)
12. Advanced tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box)
12. Drawing view errors
12. What can go wrong-drawing view properties
12. The File Cannot Be Found
12. VHL Calculation Failed
12. Section Could Not Cut The Part
12. Could Not Read Component Geometry
12. Tangent Tolerance and Thread Axis Tolerance
13. Center of mass and coordinate system symbols
13. Displaying the center of mass or coordinate system on a drawing
13. Define a custom center of mass or coordinate system for drawings
13. Display a coordinate system or center of mass in a drawing view
13. Select Block dialog box
14. Edge display
14. Edge display in part views
14. Change edge display in a drawing view or sketch
14. Show part edges
14. Hide part edges
14. Set default display for part edges
14. Drawing View Display Defaults dialog box
14. Add graphics to a part view
14. Show Edges command
14. Hide Edges command
14. Edge Painter command
14. Edge Painter command bar
14. Draw In View command
15. Drawing view styles
15. Drawing view styles
15. Drawing view style workflow
15. Create or modify a drawing view style
15. Map drawing view styles
15. Example: formatting a new drawing
15. Example: formatting an existing drawing
15. Drawing View Style dialog box
15. Lines tab (Drawing View Style dialog box)
15. Caption Format tab (Drawing View Style dialog box)
15. Caption tab (Drawing View Style dialog box)
16. Drawing view manipulation
16. Drawing view manipulation
16. Change drawing view orientation
16. Rotate a drawing view
16. Change the display in a part view
16. Shade a drawing view
16. Fit Drawing View command
16. Fit a drawing view
16. Activate or inactivate drawing views
16. Inactivate Drawing Views command
16. Activate Drawing Views command
16. Bring a dimension, annotation, or text box to the front
16. Bring to Front command
16. Send a Dimension, Annotation, or Text Box to the Back
16. Send to Back command
16. Removing drawing view geometry
16. Using a drawing view clipping plane
16. Remove drawing view geometry with a clipping plane
16. Modify the drawing view display depth
16. Delete the drawing view display depth clipping plane
16. Set Drawing View Depth command
16. Set Drawing View Depth command bar
16. Aligning drawing views
16. Drawing view alignment
16. Create Alignment Between Drawing Views
16. Create Alignment command
16. Create Alignment command bar
16. Maintain Alignment Between Drawing Views
16. Maintain Alignment command
16. Delete Alignment Between Drawing Views
16. Delete Alignment command
16. Cropping drawing views
16. Drawing view cropping
16. Crop a drawing view
16. Example: Modify a drawing view cropping boundary
16. Uncrop Command
16. Change drawing text size
17. Updating drawing views
17. Drawing view updates
17. Track drawing views
17. Drawing View Tracker command
17. Drawing View Tracker dialog box
17. View out-of-date
17. Model out-of-date
17. Update part views in a document
17. Update a drawing view after editing a part or assembly
17. Open the 3D document that a drawing view references
17. Undo drawing view changes
17. Update Views command
17. Update Command
18. 2D drawing views
18. Creating 2D drawing views
18. Editing 2D drawing views
18. Create a 2D view using the 2D Model sheet
18. Edit a 2D drawing view
18. Convert a part view to a 2D view
18. Convert to 2D View command
18. 2D Model (View) command
18. 2D Model View command bar
19. Comparing drawings
19. Compare two drawings for differences
19. Saving and reviewing drawing comparison results
19. Compare Drawings command
19. Review drawing comparison results
20. Queries
20. Using queries to find model objects in a drawing view
20. Find a part in a drawing view
20. Create a new draft query
20. Use a query to hide objects in a drawing view
20. Queries tab
20. Query dialog box (Draft environment)
21. Using hyperlinks
21. Using hyperlinks
21. Add, edit, and view hyperlinks
21. HyperLink command
21. HyperLink Dialog Box
21. Open (Link) Command
21. Add/Edit Link Command
21. Remove Link Command
22. Inserting images
22. Insert an image on a drawing
22. Insert an image on a model
22. Insert Image command
22. Insert Image command bar
22. Border page (Insert Image dialog box)
22. General page (Insert Image dialog box)
23. Try It: Drawing creation
23. Activity: Drawing view placement
23. Activity: Assembly drawing creation
23. Activity: Quicksheet
23. Activity: Broken view creation
23. Activity: Broken-out section creation
23. Lesson review
23. Summary
23. Activity: Retrieving and placing dimensions
23. Activity: Placing annotations
23. Activity: Placing a parts list
23. Summary