Manufacturing & Publications

Use the links below to find content related to preparing your design for manufacture.

• If you are just getting started, the Next level section at right contains links to manufacturing topics that can change the way you work.

• The Quick Search links are the most frequently searched keywords and phrases related to Manufacturing. Click a link to check it out.

Learn the basics

• Apply materials to part models using the Material Table and the Sheet metal gages file.

• Create drawing views from a model dragged onto a sheet

• Retrieve dimensions and annotations from the model into drawing views. Learn how to use the Dimension edit handles and Change drawing text size.

• Print a document Using the Paper Print page

• Create YouTube videos in QY CAD

Next level

• Learn about Flattening sheet metal parts before Creating flat pattern drawings

• Learn how to create Perspective views and change Table styles

• Produce Assembly reports and understand their relationship to the Occurrence Properties command

• Prototype your designs by Printing solid models, Using the 3D Print page

Quick Search

3D print - costing - drafting - additive manufacturing - gage - arrangement - drawing captions - options - distance between - macro - pmi - PDF - styles tolerance - section view (2D) - picture - parts list (BOM) - material - nailboard (wire harness drawing) - viewer

Document your finished model and create model views for inspection and manufacture with Product Manufacturing Information (PMI). Learn how to use PMI edit handles and cursors.

From an open model document, you can Create a drawing with the Drawing of Active Model command.

Learn how to automate Drawing view creation of part drawings and Assembly drawings.

Use Pack and Go to package your model files. Share documents from a folder location or ZIP file.

Use the Design for Cost tool pane and the Design for cost workflow to estimate the baseline cost to manufacture a sheet metal part.

Add Parts lists and tables.

Use QY CAD Requirements to track the functional design specification for each part in your document.

Create and publish illustrated work instructions, operations manuals, service guides, and drill-down parts catalogs with QY CAD Technical Publications.

Use QY CAD Mold Tooling to document the mold tool design process to your standards.

Use QY CAD CAM Pro to program your CNC machine tools to manufacture your QY CAD (or imported) CAD models.

Produce nailboard drawings from your wire harness and electrical design. Working with nailboards.