Activity: Create a drawing

Activity: Create a drawing

Try this activity, to learn how to create a drawing in a managed environment using an existing assembly from Teamcenter.

After completing this activity, you will be able to:

• Use the assembly to create a drawing.

• Save and upload a drawing into Teamcenter.

Instructions for loading the activity files are found in Activity data set and configuration requirements. The activities assume ISO templates are loaded.

Launch the Activity: Create a drawing.

Verify QY CAD is still running with Teamcenter enabled.

• Verify that Teamcenter is displayed in the application title bar.

Search for the assembly you created in the first part of the activity.

1. Choose Application button→Open to access the Open File dialog box.

2. In the Filter Options pane, set the Files of type to Assembly Documents (*.asm).

3. In the Advanced Search pane, from the Saved Searches list, select Item Name.

4. In the Criteria column, specify the Item Name you gave the assembly in the previous activity. Type Handle Assembly.

5. Click Search.

6. Select the item from the list and click Open.

Create a drawing.

1. On the Application menu, choose New→Drawing of Active Model.

   The Create Drawing dialog box is displayed.

2. Clear the Run Drawing View Creation Wizard option and click OK.

   Since the specified template is not a Quicksheet template and the current model file is an assembly, an isometric view is created.

Save the drawing.

1. Click Save on the Quick Access toolbar

   The Item ID, Revision, and Item Name are assigned to the document.

   Note:

   By default, the draft document is created in the same Item Revision and gets the same Item ID as the first view on the drawing.

2. Change the Item Name to Drawing of Handle.

3. Enter a Dataset Description of Drawing Created in Lesson 4.

4. Ensure the Action is set to Upload for both the draft document and assembly, and click Perform Actions.

Close the drawing and exit QY CAD.

1. Choose Teamcenter tab →Close.

   In PathFinder, the status of the assembly is Checked Out To You because the file has not been closed.

2. Choose Teamcenter tab→Close →Close All.

3. Exit QY CAD.

4. Click the Close button in the upper- right corner of this activity window.

This concludes the activity.

Activity summary

In this activity, you learned how to create a drawing using managed data, and recognize the relationship between the draft document and the Item Revision and Item ID of the first view on the drawing. You also learned to how to upload documents into Teamcenter.

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