Catia Notes4

Generative Drafting
Site Map
Preface
What's New
Getting Started
Basic Tasks
Workbench
Description
Customizing
Glossary
Index
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About This Product
This User's guide is intended for users who need to generate drawings from 3D parts and
assembly definitions. Users will also learn how to apply dimensions, annotations and
dressup elements to the drawing.
Using This Documentation

Where to Find More Information
Using This Documentation
The user should be familiar with basic concepts such as document windows, standards and
view toolbars.
Where to Find More Information
Prior to reading this book, we recommend that you read:
Infrastructure User's Guide

Sketcher User's Guide
Part Design User's Guide
the Conventions chapter
.
What's New
Sheet
Enhanced: Defining a Sheet (modifying annotations standard at anytime)
Views
Enhanced: Create a breakout view (Multi Breakout allowed)
Enhanced: Create a broken view (Multi Broken allowed)
Enhanced: Creating an Unfolded View (Manipulators)
Enhanced: Creating a Detail View / Detail View Profile (you can move detail text)
Enhanced: Add a generative Bill of Material (associative Bill Of Material)

View Modification
New: Modify cut elements in a Section View
New: Duplicating generative geometries
Customizing
Enhanced: General settings (view axis size)
Enhanced: View and sheet layout (auxiliary view orientation)
Enhanced: Geometry and dimension generation (fillet)

New: Annotations
Getting Started
Before getting into the detailed instructions for using Generative Drafting, the following tutorial
aims at giving you a feel of what you can do with the product. It provides a step-by-step
scenario showing you how to use key functionalities. The main tasks proposed in this section
are:
Before You Begin, make sure you customized the following settings:
Grid:
De-activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).
View names and scaling factors:

Go to Tools->Options (Mechanical Design -> Drafting option at the left of the dialog box,
Layout tab) and un-check the View name and Scaling factor options.
This step-by-step scenario introduces the basic capabilities of Generative Drafting. You
just need to follow the instructions as you progress along.
At the end of this getting started, you will be able to print the following sheet:
Before discovering this scenario, you should be familiar with the basic commands common
to all workbenches. These are described in the Infrastructure User's Guide.
Defining the Drawing Sheet
Opening a Part
Creating a Front View
Creating Projection Views
Creating a Section View
Creating a Detail View
Creating a Section Cut
Defining the Drawing Sheet
This task shows you how to define the drawing sheet to be used for creating the views described
in further tasks.
1. Click the New icon from the Standard toolbar or select
File -> New... from the menu bar.
2. Select Drawing workbench from the List of Types and click

OK.
3. Select A0ISO format and click OK.

In this particular case and all along the guide we use the ISO
standard.
You can add an unlimited number of customized Standard using CATDrwStandard files that you
will create and, if needed, modify in the install_root/reffiles/Drafting directory. Once created, this
Standard will appear in the New Drawing dialog box. For more details on standards, see chapter
Manage standards. Care that any user-defined standard is based on one of the three international
standards (ANSI, ISO or JIS) as far as basic parameters are concerned.
In the Generative Drafting workbench, a grid is set by default. Throughout this documentation,
we decided not to display the grid. For this:
4. If needed, de-activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).
The drawing sheet appears as shown here:
From now on, you will work on the created sheet unless you define a new sheet.
Opening a Part
This task will show you how to open the part to be used in the Generative Drafting
workbench to create views. You may use either a 3D part or an assembly.
Before You Begin and all along the current Getting Started chapter, make sure you
customize the following settings:
Grid:
1. Click the Open icon from the Standard toolbar or select File->Open... from the
menu bar.
The File Selection dialog box appears.

2. Select the part to be opened. In this example, the user selects
GenDrafting_part.CATPart document.
The part is opened and will remain displayed in the window whatever the views you will
create from this part.
This task will show you how to create a front view on the sheet previously defined and from
the 3D part you previously opened.
At this step, we strongly advise that you tile screen horizontally . For this, go to Window ->
Tile Horizontally options from the menu bar.
If you do not want to have the specification tree displayed, press the PF3 key.
1. Click the Drawing window, and click the Front

View icon from the Views toolbar
(Projections sub-toolbar).
2. Select the desired planar surface of the 3D
part you opened, from the 3D Part viewer.
Blue arrows and a green frame including a preview of the view to be created appear on the
sheet.
These frame and arrows allow defining the location and orientation of the view to be
created.
3. Click on the drawing sheet or at the center of

the blue manipulator to generate the view.
As long as you see the green frame, you can
define the frame position using the blue
manipulators: top, bottom, left, right or
rotated according to a given snapping, or
else according to an edited rotation angle.
In the Generative Drafting workbench, the view name, scaling factor and view frame are
set by default. Throughout this documentation, we decided not to display view names and
scaling factors. For this:
Go to Tools->Options->Mechanical Design->Drafting option (Layout tab) and un-check the
View name and Scaling factor options.
The front view is created.
From now on, you will work on the created
sheet unless you define a new sheet.
By default, the following elements can be visualized on generated views. If needed, go to

Tools->Options -> Mechanical Design -> Drafting option (Generation tab) to have this
changed by un-checking the required options...
This task will show you how to create projection views on the sheet.
1. Click the Drawing window and click the

Projection View icon from the Views
toolbar (Projections sub-toolbar).
A preview of the view to be created appears. By

default, the projection view is aligned to the
front view.
As you move the cursor, a preview of the view
to be created appears, as long as you keep the
cursor positioned at any possible projection
view location (at the left, right, top or bottom of
the red frame).
2. Define the projection view position, for example

the right view position, using the cursor.
Note that the left view shown here was created
and therefore positioned according to ISO
standards and the First Angle Projection
method. For more information, please refer to
Creating Views via the Wizard.
3. Click to generate the view.
4. Click the Drawing window, and click the Projection View using the cursor.
5. Define the top view position.

6. Click at the left, right, top or bottom of the red
frame to generate the view.
The views result as shown here.
Creating a Section View
This task will show you how to create a section view using the front view
previously generated.
This section view will make drawings more readable by replacing the hidden
elements of parts including holes with filled areas.
1. Click the Drawing window, and click the

Offset Section View icon from the
Views toolbar (Sections subtoolbar).
2. Select the holes and points required for sketching the callout on the view.
Selecting a circular, a linear edge or an axis line (for example, a hole) amounts
to making the callout associative by default to the 3D feature. If you select a
circle, the callout will go through the circle center. If you select an edge, the
callout will be parallel to the selected edge.
If you are not satisfied with the profile you create, you can, at any time, use
Undo or Redo icons.

Note that SmartPick assists you when creating the profile.
The section plane appears at the second point you select and moves
dynamically on the 3D part as you create the callout on the drawing. This
section plane will automatically disappear as you will double-click to end the
callout creation.
3. Double-click to end the cutting profile creation.
Positioning the view amounts to defining the section view direction. The callout
blue arrows direction is modified according to the cursor position. In other
words, this preview behaves as if it were either a left or a right projection view
you need to position.
Using the cursor, you can then position
the section view so that it is or not
aligned to the front view.
You can modify the hatching pattern by pressing the right mouse button on the
section view pattern and selecting the Properties option from the contextual
menu. You will then display a Properties dialog box in which you will either
select a new hatching pattern or modify the graphical attributes of the existing
hatching pattern.
Creating a Detail View
This task will show you how to create a detail view from the front view you previously generated.
1. Click the Drawing window, and click the Detail View icon
from the Views toolbar (Details subtoolbar).
2. Click the callout center.

3. Drag to select the callout radius.
4. Click a point on the callout.

A blue circle appears at the position of the cursor.
5. Move the previewed detail view to the desired location.
6. Click inside the blue circle to position the detail view at

the desired location.
7. If needed, drag the detail view to a new position.

As shown above, the scale by default is twice that of the active view. You can modify this scale.
For this:
8.
Right-click the detail view and select the Properties option from the contextual menu, View tab,
enter 4 as Scale and click OK.
In this particular case, we will add a dimension to the detail view. For this:
9. Click the Dimensions icon from the Dimensioning toolbar.
10. Click both required elements in the view as shown here.

11. Enter 7mm as graphical value font size, in the Text Properties toolbar.
The dimension appears:
Creating a Section Cut
This task will show you how to create a section cut from the detail view you
just created.
Be careful: the scale of the section cut will depend on the scale of the view
this section cut is generated from. In this case, the section cut is generated
from a detail with a scale 4: The section cut scale will also be 4.
1. Right-click the detail view and select the Activate View option from the
contextual menu.
2. Select the Drawing window, and
click the Aligned Section Cut icon

from the Views toolbar (Sections
subtoolbar).
3. Select the holes and points required for sketching the cutting profile.
Selecting a circular, a linear edge or an axis line (for example, a hole)
amounts to making the cutting profile associative by default to the 3D feature.
If you are not satisfied with the profile you create, you can, at any time, use
Undo or Redo icons.

Note that SmartPick assists you when creating the profile.
A preview with the view to be created appears. Positioning the section cut
either to the right or to the left amounts to defining the section cut direction
(as if it were a projection view).
5. Click to generate the section cut.
Once you have clicked, you can modify position of the section cut relatively to
the detail view on the condition you right-click the section view and select the
Do not align views option from the contextual menu.
You can select an existing edge within the view and define automatically the
direction of the cutting profile. You can also select a reference plane in 3D or
a 3D wireframe plane. For more information, please refer to Creating an
Offset Section Cut/Section View.
In this particular case, we will add a
dimension to the detail view. For this:
6. Add a diameter dimension to the

section cut by clicking one edge only.
In this case, we applied a higher font
size to the dimension value.
You can modify the hatching pattern by pressing the right mouse button on
the section cut pattern and selecting the Properties option from the contextual
menu. You will then display a Properties dialog box in which you will either
select a new hatching pattern or modify the graphical attributes of the existing
hatching pattern.
Now the resulting sheet is as shown here. Note that in this case, we
re-positioned the views.
You can now print this sheet. For this, select File -> Print from the menu bar.
Make sure the print format of the current sheet is the same as the print format
of the printer.
Basic Tasks
The Generative Drafting workbench provides a simple method to create and modify
views on a predefined sheet. You may also add, modify and/or delete dressup and 2D
elements to these views. All this is performed on a sheet which may include a frame
and a title block and will eventually be printed.
Note that you may work on DXF imported files. These files will then be exported.
When opening a CATDrawing document sample using the http mode, make sure the
application associated to the file type is defined on the server.
In other words, in the Internet Explorer address field you must see "http://...".
Before You Begin, make sure you customize the following settings:
1. Grid:
2. View names and scaling factors:

Go to Tools->Options (Mechanical Design -> Drafting option at the left of the
dialog box, Layout tab) and un-check the View name and Scaling factor options.
The Command (and Option) Board is provided as a useful help for easily knowing about,
and finding out, toolbar icons and properties.
Command Board
Start New Drawing
CATDrawing document
Exporting and Importing Files
Sheet
Views
View Modification
Generating Dimensions
Dimensions
Dressup Elements
2D Geometry
Interoperability
Saving & Printing a Document
Command (and Option) Board
General
Grid Use Default
Snap to Point Analysis Display Mode
Detected Constraints Show Constraints
Filter Generated Elements
Projected/Forced/True Length Dimension
Drawing
Sheets
New Sheet New View
New Detail Sheet Instantiate 2D Component
Generated Views
Front View FD&T View
Unfolded View Quick Detail View
Projection Views Quick Detail View Profile
Auxiliary View Detail View
Offset Section View Detail View Profile
Offset Section Cut Clipping View
Aligned Section View Clipping View Profile
Aligned Section Cut Broken View
Isometric View Breakout View
Views via the Wizard Views via the Wizard
Views via the Wizard Views via the Wizard

Generating Dimensions Generating Dimensions Step by Step
Dimensioning
Dimensions Tolerancing
Dimensions Datum Feature
Cumulated Dimensions Geometrical Tolerances
Stacked Dimensions
Chamfer Dimensions
Coordinate Dimensions
Annotations
Texts Symbols
Text Roughness Symbol
Text with Leader Welding Symbol
Text Replicate Geometry Weld
Balloon
Datum Target
Dress-up Elements
Axis and Threads
Center Line (Reference) Thread (Reference)
Center Line (No Reference) Thread (No Reference)

Axis Line Axis Line and Center Line
2D Component
Re-use a component from a catalog
Graphic Properties
line color
line type Copy Object Format
line weight
Pattern
Dimension Properties
Line Type
Tolerance type
Unit
one part dimension Precision
two part dimension
two part leader
Text Properties
Font Name Font Size
Bold Superscript
Italic Subscript
Underline Left Justification
Strike-thru Center Justification
Over-line Right Justification
Anchor point Frame

Starting Creating a New Drawing
This task will show you how to create more or less automatically a new drawing with
pre-defined views generated from a part.
Open the GenDrafting_part.CATPart document.
1. Select the Start -> Mechanical Design commands.

2. Select the Drafting workbench.
The New Drawing Creation dialog box appears with information on views that can
possibly be created, as well as information on the drawing standards.
3. Select the views you want to be automatically created on your drawing from the New
Drawing Creation dialog box.
4. Click OK.
You can modify the drawing standards. For this, click the Modify button.
Be careful: the New Drawing Creation dialog box only displays on the condition you
previously opened a CATPart document.
These are the resulting views generated as you start creating the CATDrawing, from the
opened CATPart.
BE CAREFUL: if the color of the part is white and the 3D colors inheritance option
checked, the generated views will result white and therefore not necessarily
properly visualized.
The resulting view position will depend on the CATPart you loaded before starting the
Drafting workbench. In other words, the views will be positioned according to:
a plane you possibly selected in the part.
a planar surface you possibly selected in the part.
xy coordinates, in case you did not open a CATPart beforehand. In this case, you
will only be able to define the drawing standards via the New Drawing dialog box.
Opening a CATDrawing Document
This task will show you how to open a CATDrawing Document.
For more details, see Infrastructure user's guide.
1. Click the Open icon from the Standards toolbar or select the File -> Open
commands.
2. Select the document to be opened. In this case, open

GenDrafting_part.CATDrawing.
The GenDrafting_part.CATDrawing document opens as shown below:

Exporting and Importing a File
This section states the different methods for exporting and importing files:
Exporting a CATDrawing Document Data into a DXF/DWG File

Importing a DXF/DWG File into a CATDrawing
Inserting a DXF/DWG File into an Existing CATDrawing
Importing a CGM File
Exporting a CGM File
Sheet
The Generative Drafting workbench provides a simple method for managing a sheet.
A sheet contains:
a main view: a view which supports the geometry directly created in the sheet
a background view: a view dedicated to frames and title blocks
interactive or generated views
1. Grid:
Define a Drafting Sheet:

Define the sheet using commands and dialog boxes.
Modify a Drafting Sheet:
Modify the sheet orientation using the Page Setup dialog box.
Create a frame title block:
Create a background sheet and insert a frame and a title block into it using
the Frame and Title Block dialog box.
Insert an image into a frame title block:
Insert a .gif image into a title block.
Managing a Background View
Add to a sheet the background view (title block plus elements) from another
drawing.
Defining the Sheet
This task will show you how to define the sheet for a new CATDrawing document and, if needed,
add more sheets.
Before You Begin, make sure you customized the following:

Grid:
1. Click the New icon from the Standard toolbar or select

File -> New... from the menu bar.
2. Select the Drawing workbench, and click OK.
3. Select the Landscape option from the New Drawing dialog

box.
4. Click OK.
You can modify at any time the sheet orientation and/or scale. For this, select the
File->Page Setup items from the toolbar.
The sheet size depends on the standard type. For example, if you choose the ISO
standard, the sheet will automatically be assigned the A0 formatting type.
You can modify at any time the annotations standard. For this, select the File->Page Setup
command from the toolbar.
When the new standard is selected, the Apply on value becomes All sheets and the
new standard is applied to all drawing sheets annotations.
Adding a new sheet: at any time you can add new sheets. These new sheets will be assigned
the same standard, format and orientation as the sheet first created and defined using the New
Drawing dialog (default setting). Even though you then delete sheet1, the sheets newly created
will keep the same name. In other words, even if sheet1 has been deleted, sheet2 will remain
named sheet2.

Grid:
1. Click the New Sheet icon from the Drawing toolbar.
The new sheet automatically appears as follows:
If you do not want to have the specification tree displayed, press the PF3 key.
Once you have created more than one sheet, for activating one of the sheets, select this
sheet from the dialog window or from the specification tree.
Modifying a Sheet
This task will show you how to modify the sheet orientation. In other words, for a given
sheet, I can modify the options selected in the New Drawing dialog box for defining the
sheet.

Grid:
Create a sheet using the Landscape orientation in the New Drawing dialog box.
1. Select the File -> Page Setup items from the menu
bar.
2. Select the Portrait orientation from the displayed Page
Setup dialog box.
3. Click OK.
Note that at this step, you can also insert a background

view into the sheet you are currently modifying. If you
click the Insert Background View... button, the Insert
Elements into a Sheet dialog box appears.
Using this dialog and window, you may also modify the sheet format and set it to the
printer format. For more information, please refer to Printing a Document.
Creating a Frame Title Block
This task shows you how to create a background sheet and insert a frame and a title
block into it.

Grid:
Open the GenDrafting_part.CATDrawing document.
1. Select the Edit/Background items from the menu bar.
2. Click The Frame Creation icon from the Drawing toolbar.
OR
2. Select the Insert -> Drawing -> Frame and Title Block items from the menu bar.
The Insert Frame and Title Block dialog box is displayed:
3. Enter the desired options from the Insert Frame and Title Block dialog box.
The frame and title block result as shown below:
When the Frame Creation icon is activated you cannot edit the views. Use the Edit ->
Working Views when you need to work on views.
Of course, if you add sheets, the frame title block appears in the newly created sheets on
the condition you go to Tools->Options -> Mechanical Design ->Drafting (Layout tab).
Check the Copy background view option and the First sheet option, and you will insert the
frame and title view from the sheet you previously created on the current drawing.
Inserting an Image Into a Frame Title
Block
This task will show you how to insert a .gif image into a frame title block.

Grid:
Open the GenDrafting_part_titleblock_insert.CATDrawing document. Make sure you are

in the background view (go to Edit -> Background from the menu bar).
1. Select the Insert->Object items from the menu bar.
2. The Insert Object dialog box appears.
You can either create a new object or re-use an existing file.
3. Activate the Create from File option from the Insert Object dialog box.
4. Select the required .gif image from the Insert Object dialog box.
5. If needed, modify the position of the newly inserted object by dragging it with the
cursor.
Remember that you can modify the position as long as you remain in the background
view.
This is what you get:
For creating front views, go to Edit->Working views menu bar before clicking the Front
View icon.
Of course, if you add sheets, the frame title block appears in the newly created sheets on
the condition you go to Tools->Options command (Mechanical Design-> to the left of the
dialog box, Layout tab). Check the Sheet set as default, or first sheet option or still the
First sheet option, and you will insert the frame and title view from a sheet you previously
created on the current drawing.
Be careful: if you have a viewer installed with the gif type that is associated to the viewer,
you will not visualize the inserted image properly (an icon appears instead). If so, click on
the displayed icon to get the right image
Managing a Background View
This task will show you how to add to a sheet the background view (title block plus
elements) from the sheet of another drawing.

Grid:
1. Select the Tools->Options command to display the Options dialog box.

2. Click Mechanical Design->Drafting (Layout tab) and check the Copy background view
and Other drawing options.
If you un-check the Copy background view, only the sheet properties will be
copied from one sheet to another.
If you check the First sheet and the Copy background view options, the
background view of the first sheet will become the reference.
If you check the Other drawing and the Copy background view options, the
background view of the sheet you will select later will become the reference.
3. Click OK in the Options dialog box.
4. Click the New Sheet icon from the Drawing toolbar.
The Insert Elements into a Sheet dialog box appears.

5.
Click the Browse button in the Insert Elements into a Sheet dialog box.
The File Selection dialog box appears.
6. Browse select the drawing which you will use the background view from.
In this particular case, click GenDrafting_part_frame_titleblock.CatDrawing document.
7. Activate the Show Preview option in order to preview the selected CATDrawing
document.
8. Click OPEN in the File Selection dialog box.
The preview of the frame and title block of the selected CATDrawing is now displayed
in the Insert Elements into a Sheet dialog box.
At any time you can decide that you do not want the preview to appear.
For this, un-check the Preview On or Off button .
9. Click the Insert button.

The title block now appears on a new sheet named Sheet 2.
Each time you need to insert a new sheet with a given frame and title block, you will
go to Tools->Options -> Mechanical Design ->Drafting (Layout tab). Check the Copy
background view option and the Other drawing option.
Creating Views
The Generative Drafting workbench provides a simple method to create views on a
predefined sheet.
In this chapter, most of the tasks illustrate how to create views from parts. These views
can also be created from assemblies (exploded or not). We voluntarily decided to
illustrate these views only created from assemblies whenever specific points needed to
be mentioned.
Note that threads are also generated on the condition they are defined on 3D holes.
Before you Begin

You should be familiar with important concepts.
Create a front view
Use a reference plane on the 3D part to create a front view. If needed, use
the manipulator to assign the right position to the view.
Create projection views
Use the green frame to automatically generate the projection views as
desired.
Create an unfolded view
Create an unfolded view from a Sheet Metal part.
Create an FD&T view
Generate a view and the associated annotations from the 3D.
Create an auxiliary view
Define a plane that will be used to generate the auxiliary view.
Create an offset section view
Use a cutting profile to define and position the offset section view.
Create an offset section cut
Use a cutting profile to define and position the offset section cut.
Create an offset section view (Planar Surface)
Use a cutting profile to define and position the offset section view.
Create an aligned section view
Use a cutting profile to define and position the aligned section view.
Create an aligned section cut
Use a cutting profile to define and position the aligned section cut.
Create a quick detail view
Use a callout to create a detail view by computing the view directly from 2D
projection.
Create a quick detail view profile
Use a polygon to create a detail view by computing the view directly from
2D projection.
Create a detail view
Use a callout to create a detail view via a boolean operator from the 3D.
Create a detail view profile
Use a polygon to create a detail view via a boolean operator from the 3D.
Create a clipping view
Create a clipping view with a circle as callout.
Create a clipping view profile
Create a clipping view with a sketched profile as callout.
Create an isometric view
Create an isometric view using a 3D part.
Generate an exploded view
Create an isometric view, and then, projected views from an assembly
previously exploded via Digital Mock-up workbench (DMU Navigator).
Create an broken view
Create a broken view from an active and up to date generative view using
two profiles corresponding to the part to be broken from the view
extremities.
Create an breakout view
Remove locally material from an left generated view, in order to visualize
the remaining visible internal part.
Show geometry in views
Visualize geometrical elements in all viewpoints as well as in a 3D viewer
corresponding to the views analyzed.
Create views via the wizard
Create views using a wizard by defining options in the Pre-Defined
Configurations dialog box.
Automatically create front, bottom and right views using a wizard.
Automatically create front, left and top views using a wizard.
Automatically create all the views using a wizard.
Add a generative Bill of Material
Insert Bill of Material information into the active view.
Generating Associative Balloons
Generate balloons on the active view.
Before You Begin
What is the Active View ?
The active view is the view from which other views will be generated. This is also the view in which all the modifications will be performed.
For instance, all the 2D geometry and dressup elements that will be added to the draft views to be created.
The active view is framed in red. The non-active views

are framed.
When you create a view, until you click at the desired
view location, the view to be created is framed. If you
click this view, it becomes the active view and is framed.
Note that the active view is also underlined in the tree

structure.
To make a view active:

1. Double-click the frame of the view.
OR
1. Right-click the view to be set active.
The contextual menu appears.
2. Select Activate View from the displayed contextual
menu.
Axes are taken into account on active views. As a result,
the frame of an active view will adapt to the elements
included in this view.
Defining the Design Mode

In the Product Structure workbench, you can define that you work either in the Visu mode or in the Design mode (selectable).
Accordingly, in the Drafting workbench, the generated views will be either selectable and modifiable or not.
Defining the View Orientation
You can redefine the reference plane orientation of a view to be created using the available blue arrows. This is the case when generating
a front view, an isometric view or when generating views using the wizard.
Open the GenDrafting_part.CATPart document and start creating a front view.

1. Start creating the view.
2. Click the right or left arrow to visualize the right or left side, respectively.
3. Click the bottom arrow to visualize the bottom side.
4. Click the counterclockwise arrow to rotate the reference plane.
5. Drag the green knob to redefine the rotating angle.

The default increment value is 30 degrees.
You can modify the increment value using the green knob contextual menu. For this:
6. Right-click on the knob and select the desired option from the contextual menu.
Free hand rotation:

Rotation is not snapped to a given increment but totally free.
Incremental hand rotation:

This is the default value: the rotation is snapped to a given increment (from 30 to 30 degrees, between zero and 300).
Set increment...:
The Increment Setting dialog box displays.
1. Enter the Increment value you need. For example 5 deg (5 degrees).
Set current angle to:
If you select the Set angle value... option, the Angle Setting dialog box appears:
1. Enter the current angle (deg) you need. For example, 30.
Generated Geometry/Dress Up (Settings)

The colors of a part can be automatically generated onto the views. For this, select Tools -> Options from the menu bar, select Drafting at
the bottom left of the Options dialog box, Generation tab. Check the 3D colors inheritance option.
BE CAREFUL: if the color of the part is white and the 3D colors inheritance option checked, the generated views will result white
and therefore not necessarily properly visualized.
Generated Geometry/Dress Up (Properties)

Some geometry is possibly generated (provided you check the desired options using the contextual menu, Properties option, View tab):
The graphical properties of generated geometry are kept after you update views. This is also true if you delete one or more elements.
Note that, at any time you can restore deleted elements by selecting the Restore Deleted option from the contextual menu. This will be
effective at the next update.
Constraints
Constraints detected when views are generated from the 3D do not appear on the drawing.
Associativity 2D/3D
... On Views
A generative view results from specifications in a 3D document. This specification corresponds either to the whole document or to a feature
in the document. This feature can be:
1. a .model document
2. a part document (the whole document or still one or more bodies)
3. a product document (the whole document or still one or more assemblies)
Any modification applied to the specifications, before the generated view(s) is/are updated, is detected. In others words, update can be
performed: the Update icon can be selected (no more grey-colored).
... After Updating

Use the following commands to update views:
is used for checking sheets with views that need to be updated.
can be keyed in anyway to update the drawing in accordance with the 3D. Be careful: in this case, you may loose
manual modifications applied to the drawing.
Updating views means:
1. re-computing associative section/auxiliary view profiles.
2. re-generating the geometry.
3. re-computing any annotation/dimension/dress up element linked to the generated geometry.
4. taking into account deleted views (one or more) or views that are graphically modified on the condition the view is up-to-date when
you delete or modify it.
Note that, at any time you can restore deleted elements by selecting the Restore Deleted option from the contextual menu. This will be
effective at the next update.
... On Generated Dimensions

Generated dimensions are associative with the 3D part constraints on the condition you checked the Generation dimensions when
updating the sheet option from the Options dialog box (Tools -> Options -> Mechanical Design -> Drafting / Generation tab).
Note that these dimensions will be re-generated in accordance with the other options checked/un-checked in the Options dialog box.
... On color
When you refresh a generated view you have modified, the colors are re-generated with the part geometrical information and you might
obtain unexpected results.
As an example, if a user creates this part:
and modify one of the following generated view elements, in this example the line "a" color :
then when refreshing the generated view, lines a and b will be red:
The reason is that the view is refreshed with the part information and a and b lines are considered as the intersection of two planes and not
as two different elements of the generative view.
This task will show you how to create a front view either from a part or from the sub-part
of a product. You will use a reference plane.
A front view is a projection view obtained by drawing perpendiculars from all points on the
edges of the part to the plane of projection. The plane of projection upon which the front
view is projected is called the frontal plane.
In a Product Structure context, if you create a front view from

a scene of a product, you can directly select the Scene object
in the specification tree. You do not necessarily need to select
the Product and sub-products any more.
Grid:

Go to Tools->Options ->Mechanical Design -> Drafting option (Layout tab) and check the
3D colors inheritance
Go to Tools->Options->Mechanical Design->Drafting option (Generation tab) and un-check
the 3D colors inheritance option.
Open the GenDrafting_part.CATPart document. Start creating a new drawing.
1. Click the Front View icon from

the Views toolbar.
2. Select one plane of the 3D part or

a plane surface, to define the
reference plane.
Blue arrows appear.
If you select a plane surface, the
reference orientation will be the
external normal of the planar
surface.
To define the reference plane, you can also select:

Two edges
These edges correspond to both axes defining the reference plane according to
which the front view will be generated. The first edge determines the horizontal
axis.
A point and an edge, or three points
You will thus define a plane.
In other words, you will select, in the geometry, one of the followings:
a plane
a point and then an edge
an edge and then a point
two edges
two points and then an edge
three points
Note that you can redefine the projection plane using the arrows at any time before the
view generation.
3. Click inside the sheet to generate

the view.
Right-click the frame of the view, select the Properties option from the contextual menu,
View tab and check the required options in the Properties dialog box. By default, the
axis and center lines are generated. You can also visualize hidden lines, threads and
fillets.
For fillets you can choose to visualize either Boundaries or Original Edges.
Multi-Selecting Sub-Bodies/Sub-Products
You can multi-select sub-products in a product and also bodies in a part. These
multi-selected 3D elements will be previewed and then used as reference planes for
generating several front views.
Open the Product_Balloon.CATProduct document. Double-click Scene1 at the down left
of the screne.
1. Click the Front View icon

from the Views toolbar.
2. Select one body or press the Ctrl key and then multi-select the desired elements in
the specification tree.
Multi-select several bodies in a product:

3. Select the geometry defining the projection plane.
As you go over the geometry with the cursor, the oriented preview automatically appears
on the 3D document.
4. Click on the desired plane in the 3D.
Be careful: once you multi-select bodies or sub-products, and go further into the dialog,
you cannot select or de-select any more bodies or sub-products.
As you highlight a 3D element (going over it with the cursor), you can preview and
then select the plane corresponding to this highlighted element.
As you highlight and select one or more elements defining the final plane, you
can preview and assign a given orientation to this final plane.
Once you defined the plane, you can preview the front view within the 3D
document.
Note that once an element is selected, this element becomes gray colored.
In addition, you can only work in one 3D document. If you try selecting another
document, you automatically leave the Front View command.
The multi front view is being created and you can still modify the multi front view
orientation:
5. Click on the drawing document to generate the views.
You can insert Bill of Material information into the active view.
This task will show you how to create projection views on the sheet, relatively to the front
view previously generated.
Projection views are views conceived to be drawn or projected onto planes known as
planes of projection. A transparent plane or pane of glass representing a plane of
projection is located parallel to the front surfaces of the part.
Grid:

Open the GenDrafting_front_view.CATDrawing document.
1. Click the Drawing window, and double-click the
Projection View icon from the Views toolbar

(Projections subtoolbar).
As you move the cursor, a previewed projection view in

a green frame appears on the sheet.
2. Define the projection view position by positioning the
cursor at the desired view location, for example the
right view position.
3. Click inside the green frame to generate the view.
Note that the left view above was created and therefore positioned according to the first
projection method. Projection methods are described in Creating Views via the Wizard.
4. Define the bottom view position.

5. Click inside the sheet to generate the view.
Creating an Unfolded View
This task shows how to create an unfolded view from a Sheet Metal part. In other words,
you will extract drawings from the Sheet Metal workbench (refer to Sheet Metal Design
User's Guide).
An unfolded view is a projected view that is created from a Sheet Metal part in order to
include in a section certain angled elements. As a result, the cutting plane may be bent so
as to pass through those features.
The Unfolded View command is active in the Generative Drafting workbench with
version 5 Sheet Metal Design license.
Grid:
Activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).

Open the GenDrafting_sheet_metal.CATPart document.
Tile the windows horizontally to see both your drawing sheet and your Sheet Metal part at
the same time.
1. Click the Unfolded View icon from the Views

toolbar (Projections subtoolbar).
2. Select either the desired surface on the part or the desired plane in the Sheet Metal
specification tree.
3. Click on the sheet.
The unfolded view is displayed with the bend axes.
The unfolded view looks like this:
Axis lines resulting from bend axes on unfolded views are also generated. They are
represented as dashed lines.
4. Select one of this axis line. Manipulators appear allowing you to modify this line.
Generating an FD&T View
This task shows how to generate a view and the associated annotations from the 3D
(Functional Dimensioning and Tolerancing workbench).
An FD&T view is a view that is extracted from a 3D part that is assigned 3D tolerance
specifications and annotations.
Grid:

Go to Tools->Options->Mechanical Design -> Drafting (Layout tab) and check the View
name and Scaling factor options.
Open the GenDrafting_part_FDT.CATPart document.
Before You Begin:

Tile the screen horizontally:
Select Window -> Tile Horizontally option from the menu bar.
In addition: make sure the standard used in the CATDrawing document and in the
CATPart (annotations) is the same. Otherwise, both the view and the annotation will
not be possibly generated.
Go to Tools -> Customize... menu bar options (Commands tab) and select the Hide/Show
3D Annotations command. Then, press the CLOSE switch button. The Hide/Show 3D
Annotations command automatically appears in the workbench. Make sure it is active.
OR
Go to Start -> Mechanical Design -> Functional Dimensioning and Tolerancing (menubar)
and activate the Hide/Show 3D Annotations command.
1. Click the View From 3D icon from the
Views toolbar (Projections subtoolbar).
2. Select a view from the 3D, either in the specification tree or on the part. In this
case, select the third Front View in the specification tree.
The view to be created is previewed (included annotations) on the drawing. You

cannot modify the view orientation.
3. Click on the drawing to create the new view.
The annotations can be moved or modified. They are not associative to the
geometry (except if you key in "c: Force Update", in which case, the view is
updated and all the modifications possibly applied to the annotations are lost).
We advise you perform modification on the 3D part.
When you created a section cut in the 3D instead of clicking on the drawing to
generate the view, you can click on another view in which the callout will be
positioned.
If you go to Tools -> Customize... menu bar options (Commands tab) and
select the Unable/Disable 3D Annotation queries command, press the CLOSE
switch button and make sure the Unable/Disable 3D Annotation queries
command is active, whenever you will select an annotation, the surface this
annotation is linked to will highlight. Note you can also go to Start ->
Mechanical Design -> Functional Dimensioning and Tolerancing (menu bar)
and activate the Unable/Disable 3D Annotation queries command.
FD&T views cannot not be rotated. In other words, when you edit the
properties of this view (Edit -> Properties), the Angle field is set to the gray
color.
Creating an Auxiliary View
This task will show you how to create an auxiliary view.
Many objects are of such shape that their principal faces cannot always be assumed
parallel to the regular planes of projection. Creating an auxiliary view allows showing the
true shapes by assuming a direction of sight perpendicular to planes that are
perpendicular of the curves. This auxiliary view, together with the top view, completely
describes the object.
Grid:

Before You Begin:

Make sure the right view is active (use double-clicking).
1. Click the Auxiliary View icon from the Views

2. Sketch the representation of the plane. In this case,
click an edge on the right view.
You could also click a point and then an edge.
Both the 3D surface and the sketched plane are
associative.
The selected edge becomes a line that you can
position where desired using the cursor. This
line/callout will be automatically used as the plane.
3. Click to position the callout.

The reference plane is automatically positioned
according to the selected edge.
Positioning the auxiliary view callout amounts to
defining the auxiliary view direction.
.
4. Click to position the auxiliary view.
Before clicking, as you move the cursor
within a zone perpendicular to the
plane, a preview of the auxiliary view to
be created simultaneously appears.
This view will be automatically
positioned accordingly. This is also true
when creating a section view or a
section cut.
You can also move the cursor outside
the zone perpendicular to the plane and
position the view where you want.
Note that the callout can be inverted or

graphically modified.
You can move the view after it has been created. For this:
1. Right-click the frame of the view not to be aligned.

2. Select the Do not align view option from the displayed
contextual menu.
3. Drag the view to the desired location.
You can choose the auxiliary view axis orientation. For this go to Tools ->
Options -> Drafting -> Layout and check the Auxiliary and/or section views
orientation according to profileoption.
Creating an Offset Section View/Cut
This task will show you how to create an offset section view/cut using a cutting profile as cutting plane. In
sectioning through irregular objects, it is often desirable to show several features that do not lie in a straight
line by offsetting or bending the cutting plane.
Grid:

Go to Tools->Options ->Mechanical Design -> Drafting option (Layout tab) and check the View name and
Scaling factor options.
Go to Tools->Options->Mechanical Design->Drafting option (Generation tab) and un-check the 3D colors
inheritance option.
Open the GenDrafting_section_view02.CATDrawing and GenDrafting_section_view.CATDrawing documents.
Before You Begin:

Make sure the front view is active (use double-clicking).
Delete the text assigned to the front view (right-click on the text and select Delete option from the contextual
menu)
1. Click the Drawing window, and click the Offset Section View icon or
the Offset Section Cut icon from the Views toolbar (Sections
subtoolbar).
2. Select the holes and points required for sketching the cutting profile.
If you are not satisfied with the profile you create, you can, at any time, use Undo or Redo icons.
Note that SmartPick assists you when creating this profile.
The section plane appears on the 3D part and moves dynamically on the part.
OFFSET SECTION VIEW
Positioning the section view using the cursor amounts to defining the section view direction. The cutting
profile is hole associative.
4. Click to define the section view direction and to position the view on the
sheet.
The view name and scale appear on the generated view as you
checked the View name and Scaling factor options in the Options
dialog box.
Even when the view is generated, you can edit and modify the section
profile. For this double-click this profile and either invert or replace it.
OFFSET SECTION CUT: in this particular

case, select a circular axis and double-click when
you are satisfied with the position of the rotating
profile that automatically appears on the 3D view.
Positioning the section view using the cursor amounts to defining the section view direction. The cutting
4. Click to define the section cut direction and to

position the view on the sheet.
The view name and scale appear on the generated view as you checked the View name and Scaling factor
options in the Options dialog box.
Frame
The frame of the active view adapts to the length of the cutting profile.
Hatching pattern
You may modify the hatching pattern by right-clicking the section view and selecting Properties from the
contextual menu. You will then display a Properties dialog box in which you will either select a new hatching
pattern or modify the graphical attributes of the existing hatching pattern. Please refer to Modifying a
Pattern.
Apply uncut specification

In an assembly, you can define that given parts will or will not be sectioned when generated into section
views or breakout views.
In the Assembly Design workbench, select one part, then the Edit -> Properties command from the menu
bar from and either activate or de-activate the Not cut in section views options.
In the Drafting workbench, modify the view properties (Edit-> Properties or Tools->Options) to define that
the resulting views will or will not be sectioned.
You can assign a line type to the view to be generated. For this, go to Tools -> Options -> Drafting
(Generation tab), click the linetype switch button and select the desired option from the Linetype for
some views dialog box.
Creating a Section View/Cut (Planar Surface)
This task will show you how to create a section view / cut using a planar surface or a
wireframe plane in the 3D.
A section view / cut is a view that allows sectioning through irregular objects, and thereby
allows showing several features that do not lie in a straight line by offsetting or bending the
cutting plane.
Grid:

Go to Tools->Options ->Mechanical Design -> Drafting option (Layout tab) and check the View
name and Scaling factor options.
Go to Tools->Options->Mechanical Design->Drafting option (Generation tab) and un-check the 3D
colors inheritance option.
Open the GenDrafting_part.CATPart and the GenDrafting_front_view.CATDrawing

documents.
Before You Begin:
Make sure the front view is active (use double-clicking).
Tile your window vertically to see both your part and the related drawing.
1. Click the Drawing window, and click the Offset Section
View icon or the Offset Section Cut icon from

the Views toolbar (Sections subtoolbar).
2. Select a planar surface on the 3D part.
The section plane appears on the 3D part and moves

dynamically on the part.
The cutting profile is automatically displayed on the front view
as well as a preview of the view to be generated.
3. The cutting profile is automatically displayed on
the front view as well as a preview of the view to
be generated.
Click to generate the view.
You may modify the hatching pattern by right-clicking the section view and selecting
Properties from the contextual menu. You will then display a Properties dialog box in which
you will either select a new hatching pattern or modify the graphical attributes of the existing
hatching pattern. Please refer to Modifying a Pattern.
Creating an Aligned Section View and/or
Cut
This task will show you how to create an aligned section view and/or aligned section cut
using a cutting profile as cutting plane.
An aligned section view / cut is a view created from a cutting profile defined from non
parallel planes. In order to include in a section certain angled elements, the cutting plane
may be bent so as to pass through those features. The plane and feature are then
imagined to be revolved into the original plane.
Grid:

Open the GenDrafting_aligned_view02.CATDrawing document.
1. Click the Drawing window, and click the Aligned
Section Cut .
If desired, you can also click the Aligned Section View
icon from the Views toolbar (Sections subtoolbar).

2 Select the points and circles required for sketching the cutting profile.
If you are not satisfied with the profile you create, you can, at any time, use Undo or
Redo icons. Note that SmartPick assists you when creating this profile.
The section plane also appears on the 3D part and moves dynamically on the part.
Positioning the section view amounts to defining the section cut direction. The cutting
You may modify the hatching pattern by right-clicking the section view and selecting
Properties from the contextual menu. You will then display a Properties dialog box in
which you will either select a new hatching pattern or modify the graphical attributes of the
existing hatching pattern.
Creating a Quick Detail View / Quick
Detail View Profile
This task will show you how to quickly create a detail view using either a circle as callout
or a sketched profile. In this particular case, we create a quick detail view using a
sketched profile as we create this detail view from an oblong part. Note that for creating a
detail view using a circle, the dialog is exactly the same.
A detail view is a partial generated view that shows only what is necessary in the clear
description of the object. Note that, the Quick Detail view command computes the view
directly from the 2D projection whereas the Detail view command uses a Boolean
operator from the 3D. The representation is therefore different.
Grid:

Open the GenDrafting_isometric_view.CATDrawing document.
1. Click the Drawing window and click the
Quick Detail View Profile icon from the

Views toolbar (Details subtoolbar).
If you create a detail view using a sketched
profile, you will click the Quick Detail View icon
.
2. Select the points required for sketching a polygon.
3. Double click to end the cutting profile creation.
Note that you do not necessarily need to close the profile. If so, the profile will
automatically be closed.
4. Click to generate the quick detail view.

Unlike in the case of a detail view ( ), the
boundary is entirely closed. You can modify
this detail view boundary (Properties dialog
box).
The default scale is 2 (twice the scale of the active view). You can modify this
scale. For this, right-click the detail view and select the Properties option from the
contextual menu, View tab. Enter the desired Parameters Scale and then click OK
in this Properties dialog box.
You can assign a line type to the view to be generated. For this, go to Tools ->
Options -> Drafting (Generation tab), click the linetype switch button and select the
desired option from the Linetype for some views dialog box.
Creating a Detail View / Detail View Profile
This task will show you how to create from the 3D a detail view using either a circle as
callout or a sketched profile. In this particular case, we create a detail view using a
sketched profile as we create this detail view from an oblong part. Note that for creating a
detail view using a circle, the dialog is exactly the same.
A detail view is a partial generated view that shows only what is necessary in the clear
description of the object. Note that, the Detail view command uses a Boolean operator
from the 3D whereas the Quick Detail view command computes the view directly from the
2D projection. The representation is therefore different.
Grid:

3D colors inheritance:
Open the GenDrafting_isometric_view.CATDrawing document.
1. Click the Drawing window, and click the Detail

View icon from the Views toolbar (Details
subtoolbar).
2. Click the callout center.
3. Drag to select the callout radius and click a point to
terminate the selection.
Or...
...If you create a detail view using a sketched profile, you will click the Detail View Profile
icon .
2. Create the points required for sketching a polygon used as profile.

3. Double click to end the cutting profile creation.
SmartPick assist you when sketching the profile.
You do not necessarily need to close the profile: the profile will automatically be
closed.
The dress-up elements generated from the 3D are identified and represented in the
generated detail view whereas it is not when generating quick detail views.
4. Click to generate the detail view.

The default scale is 2 (twice the scale of the active view). You can modify this scale.
5. Right-click the detail view and select the Properties option from the contextual menu,
View tab. Enter the desired Parameters Scale, for example 3 and then click OK in this
Properties dialog box.
You can also modify the detail view boundary (Properties dialog box).
Options -> Drafting (Generation tab), click the linetype switch button and select
the desired option from the Linetype for some views dialog box.
In the isometric view, you can move the detail text ("A" in this example) after
detail view creation.
Creating a Clipping View and/or a
Clipping View Profile
This task will show you how to create both a clipping view using a circle as callout. You
can also use a roughly sketched profile.
A clipping view is a partial view that shows only what is necessary in the clear description
of the object. This operation is applied directly onto the active view.
Grid:

Go to Tools->Options ->Mechanical Design -> Drafting option (Layout tab) and uncheck
the View name and Scaling factor options.
Open the GenDrafting_clipping_view.CATDrawing document.
1. Click the Drawing window, and click the Clipping

View icon from the Views toolbar (Clippings
subtoolbar).
If you create a clipping view using a sketched profile,
you will select the Clipping Profile View icon .
USING A CIRCLE
2. Select the center of the circle or select the required points for sketching a polygon, for
example (see on the right column).
3. In the case of a polygon, double-click to end the cutting profile creation.

The clipping view and associated profile result as shown here:
Note that the generated dimensions that are not in the clipping view and annotations
that are no more linked to the generated clipping view are automatically turned into the
NoShow mode.
4. Click the Swap visible space icon from the View toolbar.
You can now visualize the dimensions and annotations that appear no more on the
clipping view and, if needed, make them appear again on the clipping view.
Be careful: you can select the Unclip option from the dialog box. BUT, in no way this
option will allow you making re-appear the dimensions on the unclipped view.
5. Click the Hide/Show icon from the View toolbar.

6.
Select the dimension you want to appear on the clipping view.
7. Click the Swap visible space icon from the View toolbar.
The selected dimension now appears on the clipping view again.

Creating an Isometric View
This task will show you how to create an isometric view from a 3D part.
Isometric means "equal measure". To produce an isometric projection, it is necessary to
place the object so that its principal edges make equal angles with the plane of projection
and are therefore foreshortened equally. Note that an isometric view created from a
product can be re-used for generating an exploded view.
Grid:

Open the GenDrafting_part02.CATPart document. Start creating a new drawing (and this
case, create an empty sheet).
In a Product Structure context, if you create a

front view from a scene of a product, you can
directly select the Scene object in the
specification tree. You do not necessarily
need to select the Product and sub-products
any more.
Tile your window vertically to visualize the 3D part and the sheet at the same time.
1. Click the Drawing window, and click the
Isometric View icon from the Views

2. Click the 3D part.

A green frame with the preview of the
isometric view to be created, as well as blue
manipulators appear. You can re-define the
view to be created position using these
manipulators: to the bottom, the left, the right,
the top, or rotated using a given snapping or
according to an edited rotation angle. For
more information, see chapter called Before
You Begin.
Generating an Exploded View
This task will show you how to create an isometric view, and then, projected views from
an assembly previously exploded via Digital Mock-up workbench (DMU Navigator).
Grid:

Open Gun_Body.CATProduct.
In a Product Structure context, if you create a front view from a scene of a product, you
can directly select the Scene object in the specification tree. You do not necessarily need
to select the Product and sub-products any more.
1. Go to Digital Mock-up workbench (DMU Navigator) and define the Scene with the
adequate orientation and with the instances properly positioned.
2. Explode the view as shown here:

3. Go to
Drafting
workbench
and click the
Isometric
View icon
from the
Views toolbar
(Projections
subtoolbar).
4. Select the product from the specification tree and then a plane on this product.
5. Click to locate the resulting exploded view.
Non exploded product: Exploded product:
Creating a Broken View
This task will show you how create a broken view from an active and up to date
generative view. You will define two profiles corresponding to the part to be broken from
the view extremities.
A broken view is a view that allows shortening an elongated object.
Grid:

Open the GenDrafting_part_Broken_View.CATDrawing document.
1. Click the Broken View icon

from the Views toolbar.
2. Click a first point corresponding to

the first extremity of the first profile.
A green dotted profile appears which
allows you to position the profile
either vertically or horizontally.
3. Click a second point corresponding
to the profile second extremity. In this
example, click a point so that the
profile appears horizontally.
OR
3. Drag the cursor over the green
horizontal profile that appears as you
create a first point and, if needed,
click to locate the second point on
this first profile.
4. If needed, translate the profile.
Red zones appear. These red zones
correspond to the zones out of which
the view cannot be broken.
Note that the orientation of the
second profile is the same as the
orientation of the first profile.
5. Click a point for defining the
position of the second green profile
that appears.
6. Click on the sheet.
The broken view appears.
You can create new breaks in a broken view, but in the same direction and two breaks
can not overlap.
To propagate the broken specification during the creation of a projection or auxiliary view,
go to Tools -> Options -> Drafting from the menu bar (Layout tab) and activate the
Propagation of broken and breakout specifications option.
Propagating a specification means generating a view (B) from another view (A) on which
you previously performed an operation, and obtaining a view (B) which includes this
operation.
For example, (i) you create a broken view (view A) and activate the activate the
Propagation of broken and breakout specifications option, you then (ii) generate a
projection view (view B). As a result, the projected view (view B) will appear with the
broken area.
You can only perform a propagation from a broken view if the projection direction is
perpendicular to the direction of the broken view.
You can assign a line type to the view to be generated. For this, go to Tools -> Options ->
Drafting (Generation tab), click the linetype switch button and select the desired option
from the Linetype for some views dialog box.
You can suppress created break via the contextual menu.
Creating a Breakout View
This task will show you how to create a breakout view. In other words, you will remove
locally material from a generated view in order to visualize the remaining visible internal
part. A breakout view is one not in direct projection from the view containing the cutting
profile. In other words, it is not positioned in agreement with the standard arrangement of
views. A breakout view is often a partial section.
Grid:

Go to Tools->Options ->Mechanical Design -> Drafting option (Layout tab) and un-check
the View name and Scaling factor options.
In addition: Make sure the generated view is active. In this particular case, double-click
the left view.
1. Click the Drawing

window, and click the
Breakout View icon

from the Views toolbar
(Break View subtoolbar).
2. Click the first point of

the breakout profile.
3. Click as many points as
desired for creating the
profile.
4. If needed, double-click
to end the profile
creation and
automatically close this
profile.
OR
4. Click on the profile first
point to close and end
the profile creation.
The 3D Viewer window appears and presents the 3D part corresponding to the
generated view. This window allows:
positioning the 3D part according to a view you go over (on the drawing),
provided the Animate option is checked.
visualizing view planes that correspond to some kind of a prism that allows
you breaking the view. One plane is fixed and green dashed. The other can
be moved either by dragging it to the desired location or by going over the
circle or the edge of a perpendicular view (in this task, go over the front view
that is perpendicular to the left view). This modifiable plane is plain and green.
5. Check the Animate option for visualizing the 3D part in accordance with the position
of the cursor on a generated view.
6. In the CATDrawing document, go over the front view that is perpendicular to the left
view.
7. In the CATDrawing document, go over and then select the edge or circle to be used
as one extremity plane.
The modified plane is orange until you select it on the generated view.
OR
7. In the 3D Viewer
window, drag the plane
that can be moved to the
desired location.
8. Click OK in the 3D
Viewer window.
The breakout view is
created.
You can create breakout view on a view that already contains breakout views.
You cannot generate views from a breakout view.

Once created the breakout view profile cannot be modified.
The geometry that defines the breakout view is not associative with the generated
views.
Once the breakout view is created, you can right-click the view, and select the
Remove Breakout option.
You can also right-click the view, select the Apply to option and click another view
you want to apply the breakout to.
To generate views (projection, auxiliary and section) with this breakout, go to Tools
-> Options -> Drafting from the menu bar (Layout tab) and activate the Propagation
of broken and breakout specification option.
Propagating a specification means generating a view (B) from another view (A) on
which you previously performed an operation and generated a view (B) which
includes this operation.
For example, (i) you create a breakout view (view A) and activate the activate the
Propagation of broken and breakout specification option, you then (ii) generate a
projection view (view B). As a result, the projected view (view B) will display this
breakout area.
Options -> Drafting (Generation tab), click the linetype switch button and select the
desired option from the Linetype for some views dialog box.
Showing Geometry in Views
This task will show you how to visualize geometrical elements in all viewpoints as well
as in a 3D viewer corresponding to the views analyzed.
Note that you can analyze both text/dimension and edge type elements on all the views
of a CATDrawing document. These views can be views generated from an assembly, a
part or a .model. These views can also be interactive views.
Grid:

1. Go to Tools -> Analyze -> Show Geometry in All Viewpoints menu bar command.
Provided there is
at least one link
between the
CATDrawing
document and a
CATPart (or
assembly, part or
.model) a window
appears with the
3D model
corresponding to
the CATDrawing
views.
2. Move the cursor
over the
geometrical
elements on one
view.
All the views are
analyzed. The
blue color
corresponds to the
immediate edge.
The red color
corresponds to the
adjacent faces.
If the Animate
option is on, the
part automatically
appears with the
optimal position
(visually
speaking).
Creating Views via the Wizard
This task will show you how to create views using a wizard. These views are views that
are generated automatically once the CATDrawing document is opened. These views can
then be modified as if they had been manually created one after the other.
Grid:

Go to Tools->Options -> Mechanical Design -> Drafting option at the left of the dialog box,
Layout tab) and check the View name and Scaling factor options.
Open the GenDrafting_part.CATPart document.

Start creating a new drawing (and this case, create an empty sheet).
Before You Begin

Make sure you select the projection mode you need. If you want to change the method you
use as you pre-define your configurations, what you need to do is:
1. Right-click the sheet.
2. Select the Properties option from the displayed contextual menu.
The Properties dialog box appears with Projection Method options.
3. Check the Create projection view using first angle standard option.
Create projection views using first angle standard: Orthographic representation
comprising the arrangement, around the principal view of an object, of some of all of
the other five views of that object. With reference to the principal view, the other
views are arranged as follows:
- the view from above is placed underneath
- the view from below is placed above
- the view from the left is placed on the right
- the view from the rear is placed on the left or on the right, as convenient.
(Ref. No. ISO 10209-2:1993)
Create projection views using third angle standard: Orthographic representation
comprising the arrangement, around the principal view of an object, of some of all of
the other five views of that object. With reference to the principal view, the other
views are arranged as follows:
- the view from above is placed above
- the view from below is placed underneath
- the view from the left is placed on the left
- the view from the rear is placed on the left or on the right, as convenient.
(Ref. No. ISO 10209-2:1993)
1. Click the Drawing window, and click the Wizard icon

from the Views toolbar (Wizard subtoolbar).
2. Select the desired view configuration from the View Wizard (1/2) : Predefined
Configurations dialog box.
In this case, ISO standard / First angle projection method is used and the following
configurations are available:
front, bottom and left
front, bottom and right
front, top and left
front, top and right
projection and isometric
projection, rear and isometric
If you use the ANSI standard (Third angle projection method), in the dialog box the
configuration symbol displayed , as well as the configuration options will be different.
To have the projection views linked to the main view click the option.
You can can define the Minimum distance between each view. For this, enter the desired
value in the modifiable field available in the View Wizard dialog box.
A preview is available:
The main view corresponds to the view which any other view will be linked to. This
main view can be either a front or an isometric view. It is squared in the green
color. This is the view that will become the active view when you will generate the
desired views.
Any other view (front and/or isometric view) that can possibly become the main
view is squared in the black color.
To make a view become the main view, right-click this view and select the Set as
main view option from the contextual menu.
At any time, you can delete one view you inserted.

For this, right-click the desired view and select the Delete option from the
contextual menu.
Once you generate the views, if you move the main view, all the children views will
move accordingly. You can right-click one view and select the Do not align option
from the contextual menu, if you need to move one child view independently from
the mother view.
3. Click the NEXT> button from the View Wizard (1/2) : Predefined Configurations dialog
box.
The View Wizard (2/2) : Arranging the Configuration dialog box is now displayed with a
new set of view buttons:
front view
rear view
top view
bottom view
left view
right view
isometric view
clear preview
4. Click the Isometric View button .
5. Position the isometric view onto the Preview window by dragging and clicking it as
desired.
6. Click the FINISH button from the View Wizard (2/2) : Arranging the Configuration dialog
box.
7. Select the CATPart document.

8. Click on the desired 3D part plane to be used as reference plane.
If the plane can be computed, the Oriented Preview of the 3D part appears as you move
the cursor over the 3D part (planes).
The views now appear on the CATDrawing document: they are previewed in green frames
and can be re-oriented thanks to the blue arrows that appear.
9. Go over the view frames with your cursor to have these views visualized.
10. Use the blue arrows to have the views re-oriented as desired and then go over the
views with the cursor, if you need to check the preview of the other views.
For more details, see chapter called Before You Begin.
You can also modify the increment value using the green knob contextual menu. For this,
right-click on the knob and select the desired option from the contextual menu. For more
details, see chapter called Before You Begin.
11. Once you are satisfied, click on the sheet to make the views be actually created.
The front view is actually the main view and the isometric view is added to the predefined
configuration.
The ISO and ANSI standards are independent from the angle projection method
Adding a Generative Bill of Material
This task will show you how to insert Bill of Material information into the active view. This Bill of Material corresponds to information on the
product element which the views were generated from. This Bill of Material, or parts list, consists of an itemized list of the several parts of a
structure shown on a catdrawing or on an assembly.
Open the Product_Balloon.CATDrawing document. Open the Product_Balloon.CATProduct document.
1. If the active view has no links with the product, a message will states whether the insertion is all right.
2. If the active view has a link with a product, the Bill of Material can be inserted.
3. Has the active view a link or not with a product, you can go into an open product and click on this product before clicking on the
CATDrawing in which you want to insert the Bill of Material. Not that you can perform this as often as you need.
You are in the background view

(you first selected Edit -> Background View from the toolbar)
1. Click the Insert Bill of Material icon , if you are in the background view (you first selected Edit -> Background View from the toolbar).
2. Click the Product from the specification tree in the CATProduct document.
3. Click the point at which the Bill of Material is to be inserted.
OR
You are in the working views
(you first selected Edit -> Working Views from the toolbar)
1. Select Insert -> Generation -> Bill of Material command,
2. Click the point at which the Bill of Material is to be inserted.
In this example, click at the bottom right of the isometric view.
Before positioning the Bill of Material, you can pre-define the position. For this, use the Text Properties toolbar and select either one of the
top or one of the bottom anchor points.
Note that, if no Product is or several Products are opened, you will first select the Product source.
The Bill of Material automatically appears:
To modify the contents of the Bill of Material and display given properties, go to Product Structure workbench, select from the menu bar:
Analyze->Bill of Material ->Listing Report.
To modify the way you visualize the contents, modify file called CATAsmBOM.CATRsc.
It allows you to modify the columns size:
Bill Of Material cells are associated to the Product Structure Attributes.

Open the Product_Balloon.CATDrawing document. Open the Product_Balloon.CATProduct document. Add a bill of material.
You obtain the following bill of material:
1. Replace the Part Number "pm6-7b-1e shunt to body washer" by "New Name" (for this edit Part Properties in the Part contextual menu,
and change the Part Number in Product tab).
2. Refresh the drawing. The Bill Of Material has changed, "pm6-7b-1e shunt to body washer" is replaced by "New Name".
Generating Balloons on a View
This task will show you how to generate in the active view balloons corresponding to
references defined on the different parts of an assembly.
Grid:

Open the Product_Balloon_Gen.CATProduct and Product_Balloon_Gen.CATDrawing

documents.
1. Double-click the view in which you want to generate the balloons. In this particular case,
double-click the front view. This view is now active.
2. Select the Generate Balloons icon .
The balloons that were previously created on the CATProduct are automatically generated
onto the active view.
3. If needed, multi-select these balloons and modify the font size from the Text Properties
toolbar. You can also manually modify the positions of the balloons.
Balloons automatically generated:
Balloons after the font size and location were modified:
4. If needed, insert a bill of material into the active view (Insert -> Generation -> Bill of
Material from the menu bar).
The part numbers appear in the bill of material on the condition you specified it previously
(Product Structure workbench: Analyze -> Bill of Material -> Listing Report from the
menu bar).
Modifying Views
The Generative Drafting workbench provides a simple method to modify previously
created views.
Before you begin

Drag a view to a new location.
Move a view
Drag a view to a new location.
Set view relative positioning
Re-position a Generative or Interactive view relatively to Generative or
Interactive elements.
Isolate generated elements
Suppress associativity between an existing CATPart (or CATProduct or
CATModel) and the corresponding generated views.
Lock a view
Use the contextual menu (Properties option) to lock a view.
Do not align views
Do not to align a projection view to the parent front view.
Scale a view
Modify the scale of a view.
Rename a view
Give a new name to an existing view.
Modify a callout graphism
Modify the graphical attributes of one or more callout used when generating
auxiliary, section or detail views.
Modify a callout geometry
Modify the geometrical properties of a callout used when creating detail
views, section views and section cuts.
Modify cut elements in a Section View
Modify cut/uncut elements in a section view.
Modify a pattern
Modify the pattern of a view and apply a material to this pattern.
Before You Begin
Editing Multi-Selected Views (Properties)
You can modify the properties of a group of views of different kinds (interactive,
generative or detail views), either on a single sheet or on different sheets. These
modifications will be applied to the properties values common to the selected views.
In other words, when you will edit the properties values of different views, only the
properties values of the views with the same parameters will be modifiable.
Still, mixed properties values will be modifiable. Mixed properties values meaning
values which are not common to the selected views.
You can select the views from different sheets.
Open the GenDrafting_part_Move_View02.CATDrawing document.

1. Multi-select views from the specification tree. In this particular case, select all the
views.
Remember that you can use the Shift or the Ctrl key.
2. Select Edit -> Properties command from the menu bar.

The Properties dialog box appears: de-activate the options as shown here: View
Frame option unlocked.
The views result as shown here:
3. Multi-select views from the specification tree. In this particular case, select the top,
bottom, left and right views. Activate the Properties options as shown here: activate
the options as shown here: Hidden Lines option unlocked.
The views result as shown here:
If the view name is not common, no View name and no Name Editor With
Formula appear by default.
If the view scale is not common, no Scale appears by default.
In the case of a mixed values, the modifiable fields appear white and empty.
If one view is locked and mixed properties values will also be locked.
If you modify one view (view A) and then select another view (view B), click the Apply
switch button if you do not want to loose the modifications first applied on the view A.
Moving a View
This task will show you how to move one or more views by dragging them.
Grid:

Moving One View

You can move one view by selecting or more views (implicitly) by dragging the parent
view.
Open the GenDrafting_part_Move_View.CATDrawing document.
1. Click the view to be moved.

2. Drag the clicked view to the new location.
3. Release the mouse button when you want
to position the view.
The view is newly positioned.
Moving More Than One View Explicitly

You can move more than one view explicitly (generative and interactive views). These
views can be:
child views that are linked to a single parent view (and constrained to this parent
view)
child views that are linked to different parent views (be careful: constrained views
remain so by default ; not constrained views move in accordance with the position
of the cursor)
Open the GenDrafting_part_Move_View02.CATDrawing document.
1. Multi-select the views to be moved.

2. Drag the selected views to the new location.
3. Release the mouse button when you want to position the views.
CASES:
You multi-select views that are independent (not linked to a parent view)
When you move the views with the cursor, all these views are translated into the
same direction.
You multi-select views that are linked to different parent views which are not
selected
When you move the views with the cursor, all these views are translated into a
direction that depends on the constraints between the parent and the child views. In
other words, two child views may be moved into two new locations which are not
synchronized (for example, one according to x, the other according to y).
You multi-select views that are linked to different parent views which are also
selected
When you move the views with the cursor, all these views are translated into a
direction that depends on the constraints between the parent and the child views.
As a result, all the child views (with an active link), be they selected or not,are
translated into the same direction as the parent views.
Setting View Relative Positioning
The purpose of this task is to re-position a Generative or Interactive view relatively to
Generative or Interactive elements (a line/callout, a point or the frame of a view).
Grid:

Open the GenDrafting_part_positioningview.CATDrawing document.
1. Right-click view to be re-positioned, for example an isometric view.

2. Select the Set Relative Position option from the displayed contextual menu.
A direction positioning line appears that is related to the isometric view. This isometric
view can be positioned as desired and relatively to the front view.
Note that the isometric view is assigned anchor points.
3. Select the direction positioning line end black square point.

Once you have clicked the end square point, this point becomes a blinking red end point
and remains so until you select a point or a view frame.
You can also click the direction positioning line. In this case, the positioning line becomes
a blinking line and remains so until you select a line (callout line).
Press the Ctrl key to move the positioning line according to a direction that is
perpendicular to the positioning line.
4. Click the edge according to which you want the isometric view to be aligned.
5. Click one anchor point, for example, the bottom right one.
The view anchor point aligns to the green point and thereby to the direction positioning
line.
6. As you move the cursor over the direction positioning line, the position and length
coordinates of the line appear.
Note that you may also select the front view frame and align the isometric view to the
front view according to the barycenter.
7. Using the green point, you can rotate the isometric view around the front view.
8. Using the direction positioning line, translate the isometric view along the direction line
and locate it at the desired distance.
If you happen to modify the length of the direction positioning line, this new length will be
kept whatever positioning modifications you may apply to the isometric view.
Note that if you had previously positioned this isometric view according to a point, not
only the line length but also the line angle will be kept.
9. Click in the free space to leave view relative positioning.
As you use relative positioning, do not try to move the view outside of the anchor point
frame. If you do so, you will leave view relative positioning.
Additional Positioning:
You can also perform the following:
Align a view relatively to one edge of this view.
For this, you will first select one edge on the view to be aligned. As a result, the
manipulators automatically align according to this selected edge.
Isolating Generated View(s)
This task will show you how isolate one or more generated views.
Isolating a view amounts to:
suppressing associativity between an existing CATPart (or CATProduct or
CATModel) and the corresponding generated views.
transforming a generated view into an interactive view.
1. Right-click the view(s) to be isolated.

2. Select the Front view object -> Isolate option from the contextual menu. In this
particular case, we select the front view but if you had selected, for example the left
view, the Left view object -> Isolate option would have been the option to be selected
in the contextual menu.
A warning box appears.
3. Click OK in the warning box to confirm the view isolation.
The view(s) is/are isolated. If you perform one or more modifications on the CATPart,
the isolated view(s) will not be updated.
Be careful:
A view that has been isolated cannot be de-isolated.
Once you isolate a view, only the geometrical elements remain on this view.
That is to say, dimension and hatching pattern type elements disappear.
Some dress-up elements may be deleted.
Locking a View
This task will show you how to lock views. This may be useful if you need to modify a part
without modifying the generated views. For example, when you need to modify a
constraint in the 3D but not the generated views.
Locking a view means you are not allowed to:
create views from a locked view
create either annotations or dimensions on this locked view
update, delete or cut the locked view.
The move command is still available when views are locked.
Grid:

Open the GenDrafting_front_view.CATDrawing document.
1. Right-click the view

to be modified (either
the view frame or the
view itself).
2. Select the Properties
option from the
contextual menu.
The Properties dialog
box appears:
3. Select the View tab
and check the Lock
View button .
The fields appear in
gray indicating that you
can no longer edit
them.
The views are locked
as soon as you check
the Lock view button.
The options OK, Apply
and Cancel buttons (in
the Properties dialog
box) have no impact
on the status of the
view that is being
locked.
4. The view is
automatically locked.
This is indicated in the
specification tree:
Not Aligning a View
This task will show you how not to align a right projection view to the parent front view. At
creation, views are by default linked to the parent view. You will then reposition the parent
view as well as the still-aligned child views.
Grid:

Go to Tools->Options ->Mechanical Design -> Drafting option at the left of the dialog box,
1. Right-click the frame of the view not to be aligned.

2. Select the View Positioning -> Do Not Align View option from
the displayed contextual menu.
3. Drag select the left projection view to the required location.

4. Click to position the left view.
The Do not align views option can be performed on one particular view at a time as
multi selection is not allowed.
If you need to align views, repeat the above scenario selecting the Align view
option from the displayed contextual menu.
Scaling a View
This task will show you how to modify the scale of a view.
Grid:

Open the GenDrafting_detailview_scale.CATDrawing document.
1. Right-click the frame of the view to be modified. In this case, right-click the detail view.

3. Enter the new Scale value in the Properties dialog box. For example, 3.
4. Click OK.
The detail view is updated. Note that only the generative elements (axes included) are
scaled, neither the view name nor the dimension.
Renaming a View
This task will show you how to rename an existing view.
Grid:

Open the GenDrafting_Rename_View.CATDrawing document.
1. Right-click the frame of the view to be modified.

3. Enter the new View Name in the Properties dialog box. For example, B as identifier
(Ident).
4. Click OK.
You can also access the Properties dialog box selecting the Edit->Properties
commands.
Note that the callout in the mother view also is now assigned a new identifier (B-B).
Modifying a Callout Graphism
This task will show you how to modify the graphical attributes of one or more callout used
when generating auxiliary, section or detail views.
Grid:
Open the GenDrafting_part_Callout.CATDrawing document.
1. Multi-select the callout to be modified.

In this example, we select both a section view callout and a detail callout.
2. Right-click these callout and select the Properties option from the contextual menu.
3. Select the Callout tab.
The preview displays both selected callout with
attributes corresponding to the generated views.
The options you select in the Graphic Properties toolbar also influence the graphical
attributes you apply to the selected callout (line color, line type, line weight, Copy Object
Format icon, Pattern Chooser option).
Auxiliary/Section Views:
Switches for pre-defined types:
continuous lines, mixed lines, elbows and extremities only or one arrow only.
Line thickness
Line type
Extremity thickness
Length
Anchor point (head or tail)
Detail Views:
Thickness
Type
Extremity thickness
Length
Anchor point
Arrows on Auxiliary/Section Views and Detail Views:

Arrow length
Head type
Head length
Head angle
4. Modify the callout graphical attributes as shown
above.
5. Press OK.
Modifying a Callout Geometry
This task will show you how to modify the geometrical characteristics of a callout
used when creating detail views, section views and section cuts.
For modifying the detail and section callout, you will go through some kind of a
sub-workbench and modify the existing callout geometry, reverse the callout
direction or replace the callout.
Grid:

1. Double-click the callout

to be modified.
The Edit/Replace toolbar
appears.
2. Drag one of the element components to the desired location. In this particular case,
drag one segment extremity of the callout.
By default and in
order to modify
more easily and
more precisely the
callout, the
segment extremities
are fixed.
To make one
segment no more
constrained,
right-click this
segment and select
the Line.object ->
Unfix option from the contextual menu.
3. Click the End Profile Edition icon from the Edit/Replace toolbar.
The callout arrow is

now properly positioned
and the section view
(B-B) is automatically
updated.

1. Double-click the callout
to be reversed.
2.
Click the Invert Profile
Direction icon from the
Edit/Replace toolbar that
now appears.
The callout is
automatically inverted.
At any time, you can
stop editing the callout.
For this, click the End
Profile Edition icon from
the Edit/replace toolbar.
You cannot reverse the
callout of a detail.
3. Click the Replace Profile

icon from the
Edit/Replace toolbar
now appears.
4. Start creating the new

profile.
5. Double-click to end the
new profile creation.
The new profile
automatically appears
and the old one
disappears.
Modify cut elements in a
Section View
This task will show you how to modify cut elements in a section view generated from a CATProduct.
Grid:

Go to Tools->Options (Mechanical Design -> Drafting option at the left of the dialog box, Layout tab) and
check the View name and Scaling factor options.
Open the Product_Balloon2.CATDrawing document.
1. Right-click the section view A-A.

2. In the contextual menu -> Section view A-A object, select Overload properties. Select the cut element
you want to edit. The following dialog box appears:
3. Select the element you want to edit in the dialog box and click the Edit button.
You can modify the following parameters:

choose if the element will be cut in the section view or not,
if it will be use in the view when projecting,
if it will be shown or not
If hidden lines will be represented,
you can also modify graphic properties such as element color, line type and line thickness.
4. Uncheck Cut in section views.
5. Click OK.
The selected element is not cut anymore.

In the Characteristics dialog box, the Reset button allows you to recover the values you had before
changing information in the editor dialog box.
Modifying a Pattern
This task will show you how to modify the pattern of a view and apply a material to this
pattern. You can recover a material applied to a part on the section view pattern.
Grid:
Open the GenDrafting_exploded_isometric.CATDrawing document.
1. Right-click the pattern to be

modified.
2. Select Properties from the
displayed contextual menu.
The Properties dialog box displays
the view current pattern.
3. Select Pattern table switch and
select a new pattern from the Pattern
table that appears. Then click OK in
this Pattern table.
4. Click OK in the Properties table to confirm your operation.
You can also customize different hatching types by entering the desired values in the box
called Hatching.
Each part is assigned a pattern. Therefore, each time you modify a pattern using the
Properties dialog box, all the patterns of the views generated from this part will be
modified. These modifications will be applied to all the existing sheets.
No update can be performed. When you select a pattern from the Pattern table, the link
between this pattern and the material becomes broken.
For more information about associating materials to a pattern, please refer to Real Time
Rendering user's guide.
The Generative Drafting workbench provides a simple method for manipulating
Dimensions. This dressup is associative to the elements created from a part or an
assembly.
Now, you are going to create the elements associated with a view.
Note that for views that are generated from surfaces, only sketched constraints are
generated.
Before you begin

Perform dimensions generation.
Generate dimensions in one shot:
Generate dimensions in one shot from the constraints of a 3D part
(distance, length, angle, radius and diameter constraints).
Filter dimensions to be generated:
Set filters before or after (Tools/Dimension Generation) dimension
generation using the Filter dialog box.
Generate dimensions semi-automatically:
Generate dimensions step by step from the constraints of a 3D part
(distance, length, angle, radius and diameter constraints).
Analyze before generating dimensions:
Perform an analysis either before or after the dimension generation via the
Analysis dialog box.
Position dimensions:
Position dimensions (either generated dimensions or interactive
dimensions) in a better way and on the active view exclusively.
Analyze interfering dimensions:
Analyze dimensions that were generated and possibly re-positioned
(Positioning icon) on the active view.
Before You Begin
This section provides the relevant information you need when performing dimensions
generation, whichever the command you activate to do so. In other words, the rules
described in the following section are valid either when performing a Dimension Generation
in one Shot or a Semi-Automatic Dimension Generation.
Now make sure, you customized the Dimension Generation settings via the
Tools/options/Drafting/Generation.
The generated dimensions are positioned according to the views most representative.
In other words, a dimension will appear on a view so that this dimension needs not be
also created on another view. The generated dimensions will be positioned according
to the following criteria:
1. on the view on which the dimension may be generated.
2. on the view on which the dimension is better visualized. For example, a view
on which elements are visualized in non-hidden lines instead of hidden lines.
3. on external views. For example on projection views instead of detail or section
views.
4. on the view with a bigger scale.
5. on views including more dimensions.
1. If needed, modify the 3D part, for example, modify a constraint.
2. Click icon.
The dimensions are generated on the views on the condition the settings were
previously switched to the dimension generation option. For this, go to
Tools/Options/Drafting.
What About the Dimensions that may be Generated from

Constrained 3D Elements ?
To make sure the dimensions you need to handle in your session are those expected, here
is a list presenting the constrained 3D elements and the resulting associated dimensions
after generation.
Constrained 3D Elements Generated Dimension Types
Sketcher All dimensions: angle, distance, radius, diameter
3D part Angle, distance
Features: The dimensions below:
Pad distance
Pocket distance
Shaft/Groove angle
Constraints and associated dimensions:
Hole:
- Simple
- Tapered
- Counterbored
- Countersunk
- Counterdrilled
Fillet constraint variable Radius/Radii

Shell Distance
Thickness Distance
Stiffener Distance
Assembly constraints All assembly dimensions
Generating Dimensions in One Shot
Grid:0

This task will show you how to generate dimensions in one shot from the constraints of a
3D part. Only the following constraints can be generated: distance, length, angle, radius
and diameter.
Constraints may be of three kinds: created manually (i) via the sketcher or (ii) via the 3D
part, or else (iii) automatically created via internal parameters.
Open the GenDrafting_front_view.CATDrawing document. Open the

GenDrafting_part.CATPart document.
1. Click the Generating Dimensions icon from the Generation toolbar (Dimension
Generation subtoolbar).
The dimensions are automatically generated on all the views. You can generate
dimensions on views you previously selected.
In this particular case, the dimensions appear, for example, on the front view.
Drawing view with generated dimensions and one 3D part with displayed dimension
selected dimension: corresponding to the dimension
selected on the drawing view:
The Generated Dimensions Analysis dialog box with the corresponding constraints is
automatically displayed.
2. Click OK to close the dialog box.

The generated dimensions are positioned according to the views most representative. In
other words, a dimension will appear on a view so that this dimension needs not be also
created on another view.
Filtering Dimension Generation
Grid:

Go to Tools->Options (Mechanical Design -> Drafting option at the left of the dialog box, Layout
tab) and check the View name and Scaling factor options.
Dimension Generation
Go to Tools-> Options->Mechanical Design->Drafting (Generation tab).
By default, options are checked as shown here:
Activate the Filters before generation option. If you do not specify this option, filtering via dialog
box will not be possible (see further down).
This task will show you how to set filters before or after dimension generation using the Filter
dialog box provided you specified in Tools-> Options->Mechanical Design->Drafting (Generation
tab).
You can perform dimension generation within the views of your choice. What you need to do is
just multi-select them. The selected views are automatically highlghted.
Open the GenDraftingDimGeneration.CATPart document. You will then create projection views
from this part.
Tile your window horizontally to visualize at the same time your drawing and the related part(s).
For this, go to Window -> Tile Horizontally options from the menu bar.
1. Select the views on which you want to generate dimensions.

The views are automatically highlighted.
2. Click the Generating Dimensions icon from the Generation toolbar (Dimension
Generation subtoolbar).
The default Dimension Generation Filters dialog box appears first, meaning that the generated
dimensions may refer to at least one generated element.
3. Check the Generate all dimensions button.

You get the maximum number of dimensions even if they are not associated with generated
elements.
The highlighted dimension represents a sketcher constraint, for example an offset between two
points, even if the points are not visible in the drawing.
4. Click OK.
Let's describe the dialog box more precisely:
Generate all dimensions: generates dimensions even if they are not associated with
generated elements.
Sketcher wireframe constraints: generates dimensions from Sketcher wireframe
constraints even if they are not associated with generated elements.
3D wireframe constraints: generates dimensions from 3D wireframe constraints (for
instance an Offset between two planes) even if they are not associated with generated
elements.
Measured Dimensions: generates dimensions from measured constraints.
Design Tolerances: applies the constraint tolerances to the corresponding generated
dimension.
: This icon appears as soon as you delete a dimension. Allows to recover the
excluded constraints and re-generate the dimension. You need to select the constraints
in the 3D.
The Generated Dimension Analysis dialog box now appears
5. Click OK to close the Generated Dimension Analysis dialog box.
In the default settings, this dialog box is not displayed at the end of dimension generation unless
you specify it using the Tools->Options menu items.
Note that you can perform dimension generation within the views of your choice. What you need
to do is just select them. the software automatically highlight the selected views.
Generate Dimensions Semi-Automatically
Grid:

Dimension Generation
Generation tab) and check the options as shown here:
This task will show you how to generate dimensions step by step from the constraints of
a 3D part. Only the following constraints can be generated: distance, length, angle,
radius and diameter. Constraints may be of three kinds: created manually (i) via the
sketcher or (ii) via the 3D part, or (iii) automatically created via internal parameters.
Open the GenDrafting_part.CATDrawing.
In this sample, constraints were manually created. You will then go to Generative
Drafting workbench and create views from this part.
1. Select the views on which you want to generate dimensions. For example, the front
view.
2. Click the Generating dimensions step by step icon from the Generation toolbar
(Dimension Generation subtoolbar).
The Step-by-step generation dialog box displays and will remain displayed until the end
of the dimension generation.
3. Check the Visualization in 3D button to see the constraints corresponding to

the dimensions to be created on the views.
4. Check the Timeout option.
The default timeout is set to two seconds (2s).
Enter the timeout value you need for example, three seconds (3s).
5. Click the Next Dimension Generation switch button to start the dimension
generation.
Dimensions appear one after the other on the views.
Now, you might need to pause the generation for modifying the dimension position for
example.
6. Click the Pause in Dimension Generation switch button . The generation is paused.
7. Select the dimension to be modified.

8. Drag the dimension to its new position.
Note that, at this step (pause), you can perform all kinds of modifications before the
dimension generation.
You want the dimension last generated before you clicked the Pause switch not
to be generated on the view? Perform as follows:
1. Click the Not Generated option in the Step by Step Generation dialog box.
The constraint is automatically excluded and the dimension will not

generated.
You want the currently generated dimension to be transferred (via Transfer
icon)? Perform as follows:
1. Click the Transfer icon from the Step-by-Step Generation dialog box.
2. Click the Pause switch.
3. Select the frame of the view in which the current dimension, or the dimension
last created, is to be pasted.
You want to modify the graphical attributes of the current dimension? Perform
as follows:
You simply need to apply the desired attributes in the required Properties
toolbar.
9. Click again the Next Dimension Generation switch button and continue the
process.
The dimensions are automatically generated on all the views.
The dimensions appear as shown, for example, on the front view documented in this
particular case.
The Generated Dimensions Analysis dialog box is automatically displayed with the
pre-defined settings). This Generated Dimensions Analysis dialog box shows the
corresponding constraints. It is described in detail in Dimension Generation Analysis
chapter.
Note that you can stop at anytime the generation by clicking or, on the contrary,
accelerate the process by clicking .

Analyzing Before Generating Dimensions
Grid:

This task will show you how to perform an analysis via the Analysis dialog box. You can
either perform the analysis before or after the dimension generation.
The Generated Dimensions Analysis dialog box is used to highlight the dimensions in the
drafting sheet as well as the associated 3D constraints you can visualize in your Part or
Product document.
This Generated Dimensions Analysis dialog box appears when you generate dimensions
either automatically (Generating Dimensions icon ) or semi-automatically (Generating
Dimensions Step by Step icon ).
The Generated Dimension Analysis dialog box displays information about:

Constraints
Contraints associated with generated dimensions: note that if you select a
dimension, the corresponding constraint is highlighted in the 3D and conversly.
Other constraints: constraints not associated to generated dimensions.
Excluded constraints: constraints not taken into account during the dimension
generation. You previously excluded them using the icon .
Dimensions
New Generated Dimensions: allows to identify new generated dimensions since
your last dimension generation.
Generated Dimensions: displays all generated dimensions.
Other Dimensions: displays dimensions created via the Interactive Drafting
workbench.
In the default mode, this dialog box is displayed at the end of dimension generation unless
you specify via the Tools->Options menu items that you do not want to.
Positioning Dimensions (View per View)
Grid:

In addition: Select the View -> Toolbar -> Positioning option from the menu bar in order to
have the necessary toolbar (Positioning toolbar) displayed in the workbench.
This task will show you how to position distance and length dimensions (either generated
dimensions or interactive dimensions) in a better way. These dimensions will be
positioned on the active view exclusively.
Open the GenDrafting_part_ positioningdim.CATDrawing document.
1. Click the Dimension Positioning icon from the Positioning

toolbar.
OR
1. Select Tools -> Positioning -> Dimension Positioning... from the menu bar.
The dimensions are automatically re-positioned.
If you want to have dimension interferences analyzed, use the Dimension Analysis icon
(or select Tools->Analyze->Dimension Analysis from the menu bar). You will thus be
able to visualize and manage interfering dimensions.
Analyzing Interfering Dimensions
Grid:

In addition: Select the View -> Toolbar -> Analyze option from the menu bar.
This task will show you how to analyze dimensions that were generated and possibly
re-positioned (Positioning icon) on the active view.
Open the GenDrafting_part_ positioningdim02.CATDrawing document.
1. Click the Dimension Analysis
icon from the Analyze toolbar.
OR
1. Select Tools -> Analyze -> Dimensions Analysis from the menu bar.
The Analyse dialog box appears

with the following options:
List with all the annotations

badly placed/Optimized list
with the annotations badly
placed
You can choose to have
either a whole or a filtered
list with the interfering
elements
Total number of elements in the current list
As you choose the above list type, the total number of interfering elements is
automatically updated
Number of the pointed element
You are provided a number for the element currently pointed as an interfering
element
Scanner (Start, Before, Update, Next, End)
You can navigate among the list of interfering elements
The interfering dimensions are

automatically displayed in the red
orange color.
Small circles allow visualizing the
interference location.
2. Select Optimized list with the

annotations badly placed option.
3. Click the Next switch .

4. Start modifying the dimension
positions one after the other.
Note that you may either
re-position one dimension or either
delete or copy this dimension, if
needed.
View with interfering dimension

(Number 3): View once the interfering dimension has been deleted:
I
Manipulating Dimensions
Dimension commands are available in Interactive Drafting user's guide. As such
you will find enclosed detailed dialog in an Interactive Drafting context.
Still, you can open the GenDrafting_part.CATDrawing document directory and thus
manipulate dimensions in a Generative Drafting context.
These dimensions will be associative to the elements created from a part or an
assembly. When created, these elements are associated with a view.
Note that for views that are generated from surfaces, only sketched constraints are
generated.
Before you begin:

Create dimensions:
Create dimensions by clicking elements.
Create half-dimensions:
Create half dimensions on distance, angle, diameter, cylinders, diameter edges
and diameter tangents but not on cumulate dimensions.
Create/Modify angle dimensions:
Create an angle dimension and perform the following kinds of
modifications: new angle sector or turn an angle sector into a supplementary
sector.
Modify the dimension type:
Modify the dimension type as you create a dimension. On other words, you
modify the dimension attributes.
Modify the dimension line location:
Use the mouse to modify dimension line location either before or after creating
dimensions.
Modify the dimension value text position:

Use the cursor to modify dimension value text position.
Modify the text before/after:

Insert text before or after the dimension value.
Modify the dimension overrun/blanking:
Use the Blanking Edition dialog box to modify dimension overrun or blanking.
Create coordinate dimensions:

Automatically create coordinate dimensions on 2D elements.
Create cumulate dimensions:

Create cumulate dimensions on a view.
Create stacked dimensions:

Create stacked dimensions on a view.
Creating Associative Thread Dimensions:
Create associative thread dimensions.
Create chamfer dimensions:

Create chamfer dimensions.
Line up dimensions (free space):

Line up dimensions relatively to a point in the free space.
Line up dimensions (reference):

Line up dimensions according to a given reference.
Create a datum feature:

Use the Datum Feature Creation dialog box to create a datum feature.
Create a geometrical tolerance:

Use the the Geometric Dimensioning And Tolerancing Parameters dialog box to
create geometrical tolerances.
Modify a geometrical tolerance:
Use the the Geometric Dimensioning And Tolerancing Parameters dialog box to
modify geometrical tolerances.
Creating Associative Thread Dimensions
This task will show you how to create associative thread dimensions.
Open the thread.CATDrawing document.
1. Click the Thread Dimension icon from the Dimensioning

toolbar (Dimensions subtoolbar).
2. Select the thread to be dimensioned in the front view. The

diameter dimension appears.
3. Click the Thread Dimension icon .
4. Select the only one of the thread elements in the section

view, two dimensions appear:
the thread diameter

the thread depth
In the top views you can modify threads dimensions orientation.

Dressup of the View
Dressup commands (both annotations and dressup elements) are available in
Interactive Drafting user's guide. As such you will find enclosed detailed dialog
in an Interactive Drafting context.
Still, you can open the GenDrafting_part.CATDrawing document and thus manipulate
annotations and dressup elements in a Generative Drafting context.
This dressup will be associative to the elements created from a part or an assembly.
When created, these elements are associated with a view.
ANNOTATIONS
Before you begin:
Create a free text:
Create a text that either wraps or not, that is assigned an unlimited width
text frame, even though this text may reach the frame boundary.
Create associated text:
Create a text which you want to be and remain associated to an existing
element.
Make an existing text associative:
At any time and once a text has been created, you can add a positional link
between a text and another element.
Create a text with a leader:
Create a text with a leader either in the free space or associated with an
element.
Add a leader to existing text:
Add a leader to text that was previously created.
Replicate a text attribute:
Replicate text as well as the corresponding text attribute.
Copy graphical properties:
Copy the text graphical properties of one element to existing texts.
Create a datum target:

Create a datum target on a view.
Modify a datum target:
Modify a datum target by editing it in a dialog box.
Create a balloon:
Create a balloon using a dialog box.
Creating a balloon on generated views:

Create associative balloons on views generated from a product.
Modify a balloon:
Modify a balloon using a dialog box.
Create a roughness symbol:

Create a roughness using a dialog box.
Create a welding symbol:
Create a welding symbol using a dialog box.
Create a geometry weld:
Create a geometry weld symbol.
Find/replace text:
Locate and then, if needed, replace string of characters.
Modifying annotation positioning:
Assign new positioning to existing annotations.
DRESS UP
Create center lines (no reference):
Apply a center line to one or more circles.
Create center lines (reference):
Apply a center line to one or more circles with respect to a reference (linear
or circular).
Modify center lines:
Modify one or more center lines at one or more end(s) of this/these center
lines.
Create threads (no reference):
Create a thread without a reference.
Create threads (reference):
Create a thread with a reference, either circular (circle or point) or linear
(line).
Create axis lines:
Create an axis line by selecting lines.
Create axis lines and center lines:
Create an axis line by selecting lines.
Create the area-fill:
Create an area-fill: a closed area on which you will then apply graphical
dressup element called hatching pattern. Hatching patterns can only be
applied to area-fills created from sketched elements.
Create arrows:
Create an arrow.
2D Geometry
2D geometry commands are available in Sketcher user's guide.
Be careful: in Sketcher user's guide, we inserted images that correspond to Sketcher workbench and therefore illustrate
geometry in an environment that is different from Drafting environment (symbols, background color, for example).
These commands allow you to create and modify 2D geometry. Note also that SmartPick is an easy-to-use tool designed to make all
your geometry creation as simple as possible.
Before you begin creating 2D geometry, make sure you are familiar with concepts such as:
Tools toolbar
Multi-selection
Remember that before you start creating 2D geometry, you can double-click the icon and then create a as many elements as desired.
Create points
Use the Tools toolbar or click the point horizontal and vertical coordinates
Create points using coordinates:
Enter in the Point Definition dialog box cartesian or polar coordinates.
Create equidistant points:
Enter in the Equidistant Point Definition dialog box the number and spacing of the points to be equidistantly created on a line
or a curve-type element.
Create a point using intersection
Create one or more points by intersecting curve type elements via selection.
Create a point using projection
Create one or more points by projecting points onto curve type elements.
Create lines:
Use the Tools toolbar or click the line first and second points.
Create an infinite line
Use the Tools toolbar or click the infinite line first and second points.
Create bi-tangent lines:
Click two elements one after the other to create a line that is tangent to these two elements.
Create a bisecting line
Click two lines.
Create circles:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define the circle center and then one point on the circle.
Create three point circles:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define the circle start point, second point and end point one after the other.
Create circles using coordinates:
Use the Circle Definition dialog box to define the circle center point and radius.
Create ellipses:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define the ellipse center, major semi-axis and minor semi-axis endpoints one after the other.
Create arcs:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define the arc center and then the arc start point and end point.
Create three point arcs:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define the arc start point, end point and second point one after the other.
Create three point arcs using limits:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define the arc start point, end point and second point one after the other.
Create profiles:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define lines and arcs which the profile may be made of.
Create splines:
Click the points through which the spline will go.
Create rectangles:
Use the Tools toolbar or click the rectangle extremity points one after the other.
Create oriented rectangles:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define a first side for the rectangle and then a point corresponding to the rectangle length.
Create parallelograms:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define a first side for the parallelogram and then a point corresponding to the parallelogram
length.
Create hexagons:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define the hexagon center and dimension.
Create elongated holes:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define the center to center axis and then a point corresponding to the curved oblong profile
length and angle.
Create curved elongated holes:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define the center to center circular axis and then a point corresponding to the curved oblong
profile length and angle.
Create keyhole profiles:
Use the Tools toolbar or click to define the center to center axis and then both points corresponding to both radii.
Modify Elements Coordinates

Use the Line Definition dialog box to modify element coordinates.
Create a corner:
Create a rounded corner (arc tangent to two curves) between two lines using trimming operation.
Create a chamfer:
Create a chamfer between two lines using trimming operation.
Trim elements:
Trim a line or a circle (either one element or all the elements).
Break elements:
Break any type of curves.
Create symmetrical elements
Repeat existing elements using a line, a construction line or an axis.
Translate elements:
Perform a translation on 2D elements by defining the duplicate mode and then selecting the element to be duplicated.
Rotate elements:
Rotate elements by defining the duplicate mode and then selecting the element to be duplicated.
Scale elements:
Resize a profile to the dimension you specify.
Offset elements:
Duplicate a line, arc or circle type element.
Copy / Paste elements:
Copy and paste element.
Duplicating generative geometries:
Duplicate a generative view sub-element .
Duplicating generative geometries
This task will show you how to duplicate a generative view sub-element in order to
modify a generated view sub-part independently from the part linked to the drawing.
1. Double-click on the view you want to modify to activate it.

The view is automatically highlighted.
2. Select the elements you want to modify and right-click on this selection.
3. Choose the Duplicate Geometry function in the contextual menu.
The selected geometry is duplicated on the view at the same position. It is highlighted
after creation, click on the drawing to de-select it.
The resulting geometry is backward the generative one. To bypass this problem you
can hide the corresponding generative geometry.
Interoperability
The Generative Drafting workbench provides a simple method to create and modify
views from a .model.
Create and modify views from a .model

Use a master model exact solid to create and modify views from a .model.
Creating and Modifying Views from a .Model
Grid:

Go to Tools->Options (Mechanical Design -> Drafting option at the left of the dialog box, Layout tab) and
check the View name and Scaling factor options.
This task will show you how to create and modify views from a .model on the condition this .model is a
master model exact solid.
Open pm6-7b-1e_gun_body_draw.model.
Tile the windows horizontally to see your drawing sheet and your Sheet Metal part at the same time.
1. Create projection views from this .model.
The only modifications you can perform on a CATDrawing are dressup modifications.
The dressup modifications applied to any .model are not associative.
Printing a Document
The Generative Drafting workbench provides a simple method to print one or more sheets
inserted in your document.
Quick Print
Quickly print a given sheet.
Display current settings
Modify the settings of a document you will then print.
Save and load a CATDrawing (Resolved link)
Load and save a CATDrawing document from an existing CATPart
document, with resolved links between them.
Save and load a CATDrawing (Unresolved link)
Load a CATDrawing document from an existing CATPart document with
unresolved links between them.
Printing a Document Quickly
This task will show you how to quickly print a given sheet.
When printing a sheet, the current filter and layers (those used for screen display) are taken into
account. For more details on layers and filters, see Infrastructure User's Guide.
Open a CATDrawing document. Create a circle, a line and a profile on this document.
1. Select File -> Print Preview from the menu bar.

The Print Preview dialog box is displayed.
2. Press OK.
3. Select File -> Print from the menu bar.
The Print dialog box displays.
4. Click the required options from the box.
5. Press OK.
You may print either all or given sheets (the sheet selected or a given number of existing
sheets).
You may also print the views currently displayed on your screen (Current display option).
You may also choose the number of copies you need to print.
Fitting choice provides the following options:
: Assigns the best orientation to the views to be printed.
: Prints keeping the printer options.
: Clips the drawing representation to the sheet format.

For details on Options, see Infrastructure User's guide Version 5.
By default the sheet to be printed will Fit to Printer Format. The printer default format will be
used whatever the sheet format. Let's say the printer format is Portrait. If you check the options
as described below, the sheet will be previewed and printed as follows.
Best Orientation/Fit to printer format/Clip to the sheet format

Fit to printer format/Clip to the sheet format
Clip to the sheet format

Best orientation/Clip to the sheet format
Let's start from a new drawing:
Best Orientation/Fit to printer format/Clip to the sheet format
Best Orientation/Fit to printer format

Printing a Document After Modifying
Current Display Settings
This task shows how to modify the settings of a document you will then print.
Create views on different sheets with the Landscape orientation.
1. Select File -> Print from the menu bar.

The Print dialog box is displayed.
2. Click the required Printer options from the dialog box.
3. Activate the Current display option.
4. Click the Options option from the box.
5. If needed, select the Color tab.
6. If needed, select the Banner tab.
7. If needed, select the Various tab.

8. Click OK.
9. Click the Settings option from the Print dialog box.

The Layout dialog box is displayed.
10. De-activate the Fit in Page option.
11. For example, click the center switch for positioning the sheet at the center of the
previewed layout.
12. Press OK.
13. Select the Print Preview option from
the Print dialog box.
The Print Preview dialog box is
displayed.
14. Press OK.
The Print dialog box is displayed.
15. Press OK to launch the printing
operation.
Loading/Saving a CATDrawing (Resolved Link)
This task will show you how to load and save a CATDrawing document from an existing CATPart document.
Use the same methodology to save a CATProduct, a sheet metal Part or a .model V4/V5 document.
In this particular case, all the links that exist between the CATPart document and the CATDrawing document
will be resolved as you will choose to load the referenced document.
You can now modify your CATPart choosing not to update the related CATDrawing document. It is now
possible to customize the settings.
Activate the settings. For this:
1. Select the Tools -> Options... command.
2. Click General in the list of objects to the left of the Options dialog box (General tab).
3. Make sure the Load referenced documents option (default option) is actually checked.
4.
Press OK.
1. Open the GenDrafting_part_links.CATDrawing document.
Make sure the specification tree actually appears as shown above. In other words, make sure the symbols are
not broken which would means that links between the CATPart and the projection views are unresolved.
2. Select the Edit->Links command.
The Links dialog box appears with the existing links between the CATDrawing and its related CATPart. In our
example, this corresponds to links applied to the front, top and right views which are found and loaded
(currently displayed in our session).
3. Press OK.
Loading/Saving a CATDrawing (Unresolved Link)
This task will show you how to load a CATDrawing document from an existing CATPart document. Use the
same methodology to load a CATProduct, a sheet metal Part or a .model V4/V5 document.
In this particular case, all the links that exist between the CATDrawing document and the CATPart will be
unresolved as you will choose not to load the referenced document.
You can now modify your CATPart choosing not to update the related CATDrawing document.
Load referenced document:
Go to Tools->Options-> General option (General tab) and uncheck the Load referenced documents option
(option set by default). Press OK and re-start the software.
1. Open the GenDrafting_part.CATDrawing document.
If the CATPart does not exist at all, the following message will appear simultaneously: "The following links
could not be found or contain wrong information".
Make sure the specification tree actually appears as shown here. In other words, the specification tree shows
that the links between the CATPart and the projection views are not resolved.
2. Select the Edit->Links command.

The Links dialog box appears with the existing links between the CATDrawing and its related CATPart. In this
example, this corresponds to links applied to the front, rear, top, bottom, left, right and isometric views. These
links are not found (although currently displayed in our session).
This means the following commands are no longer available: Projection View, Dressup and Dimension.
Still, you can modify the graphic properties of the elements.
3. Select the line corresponding to the link to be solved.
4. If needed, select the option from the Links dialog box.

You can now solve the links in the current session.
What you can also do is change the source in order to re-define the link and assign it to an equivalent part.
5. Press OK.
FOR MORE DETAILS
At any time, you can select one feature and open or change the source (CATPart) corresponding to
this feature. For more details, see Infrastructure User's Guide.
The Search Order capability allows you to solve links. For more details, see Infrastructure User's
Guide.
Workbench Description
This section contains the list of the icons and menus specific to Generative Drafting
workbench.
You may read these pages whenever you require more detailed information on these
commands which have been documented in other parts of the guide.
Menu Bar
Drawing Toolbar
Views Toolbar
Dimension Toolbar
Menu Bar
In this chapter we will describe the various menus, submenus and items specific to the Generative
Drafting workbench.
File
For... See...
Page Setup... Defining the Drafting Sheet
Print... Printing a Document Quickly
Printer Setup... Printing a Document After Modifying Current

Display Settings
Edit
For... See...
Links Saving and Loading
Saving and Loading
Not Aligning a View
Properties Access and edit information on 2D

geometry, dress-up elements,
annotations and dimensions in a
single dialog box
Background Creating a Frame Title Block
Insert
For... See...
Views Creating Views

Drawing Creating sheet
Dimensioning Creating dimensions
Generation Generating dimensions
Annotations Dressup of the View
Dress Up Dressup of the View

Geometry creation 2D Geometry
Geometry modification 2D Geometry
New sheet Define a Drafting Sheet
New Detail Sheet Create a 2D component
New View Create views
Instantiate Detail Re-use a 2D component

Dimensions Create dimensions
Cumulated Dimensions Create cumulated dimensions
Stacked Dimensions Create stacked dimensions
Length/Distance Dimensions Create explicit dimensions
Angle Dimensions Create explicit dimensions
Radius Dimensions Create explicit dimensions
Diameter Dimensions Create explicit dimensions
Chamfer Dimensions Create chamfer dimensions
Coordinate Dimensions Create coordinate dimensions
Create Interruption Interrupt one or more extension lines
Remove Interruption Interrupt one or more extension lines
Remove all Interruptions Interrupt one or more extension lines
Datum Feature Create a datum feature
Geometrical Tolerance Create a geometrical tolerance

Generating Dimensions Generate dimensions in one shot
Generating Dimensions Step by

Generate dimensions semi-automatically
Step
Balloon generation Generating Associative Balloons
Bill of material Add a generative Bill of Material
Text Create a free text
Text with Leader Create a text with a leader
Text Replicate Replicate a text attribute
Balloon Create a balloon
Datum Target Create a datum target

Roughness Symbol Create a roughness symbol
Welding Symbol Create a welding symbol
Weld Create a geometry weld
Center Line Create center lines (no reference)
Center Line with Reference Create center lines (reference)
Thread Create threads (no reference)
Thread Create threads (reference)
Axis Line Create axis lines
Axis Line and Center Line Create axis lines and center lines
Tools
For... See...
Positioning Further down

Analyze Further down
Reset All Defaults Before You Begin:
Insert File Exporting and Importing a File
Element Positioning Modifying annotation positioning
Line up dimensions (free space)

Line-up
Line up dimensions (reference)
Dimension Positioning Position dimensions
Center Line Create center lines (no reference)
Center Line with Reference Create center lines (reference)

Drawing Toolbar
See Manipulating the Drafting Sheet

See Creating a 2D Component
See Re-using a 2D component
See Creating a 2D Component
See Add a generative Bill of Material
Views Toolbar
See Creating a Front View
See Creating an Unfolded View
See Creating Projection Views
See Creating an Auxiliary View
See Creating an Offset SectionView/Offset Section Cut
See Creating an Offset SectionView/Offset Section Cut
See Creating an Aligned Section View/Aligned Section Cut
See Creating an Aligned Section View/Aligned Section Cut
See Creating a Quick Detail View/Quick Detail View Profile
See Creating a Detail View/Detail View Profile
See Creating a Detail View/Detail View Profile
See Creating a Clipping View
See Creating a Clipping View
See Creating an Isometric View

See Creating a Broken View
See Creating a Breakout View
See Creating Views via the Wizard
See Creating Views via the Wizard

Dimension Generation Toolbar
See Dimensions Generation in One Shot
See Semi-automatic Dimension Generation

Customizing
Customization commands are available in Base Infrastructure user's guide.
The tasks you can perform are:
Dimension creation:
Customize given options when creating or re-positioning dimensions.
General settings:
Set general settings to be used in the Interactive Drafting workbench.
Geometry and dimension generation:
Customize given options for controlling geometry and dimension generation whenever you
need to update sheets.
Geometry creation:
Customize given options when creating 2D geometry, either or not using autodetection (or
SmartPick), or still adding constraints to this geometry.
View and sheet layout:
Customize given options when creating views or when adding sheets.
Annotations
Customize given options when creating annotations.
Manage standards:
Use the parameters contained in the standard ASCII file enable to customize texts and
annotations.
Glossary
A
absolute position A sheet coordinates.
active view A view from which you create any element: another view or
2D dress-up. The view from which section views, section
cuts and detail views will be created. This view generally
corresponds to either the front view or the isometric view.
aligned section view A section view created from a cutting profile defined from
non parallel planes. In order to include in a section certain
angled elements, the cutting plane may be bent so as to
pass through those features. The plane and feature are
then imagined to be revolved into the original plane.
associative detail A detail view associated with a 3D element.
view
associativity In the Drafting workbench, the ability of child view(s) to
follow the behavior of the parent view: moving, scaling.
attribute In the Drafting workbench, the graphical and/or geometrical
properties inherited from 3D element.
auxiliary view A view in a direction not necessarily vertical or horizontal. In
order to show the true shapes, it is necessary to assume a
direction of sight perpendicular to planes that are
perpendicular of the curves. This auxiliary view, together
with the top view, completely describes the object.
B
background sheet A sheet dedicated to frames and title blocks.
background view A sheet dedicated to frames and title blocks.
back-clipping A back-clipping removes all the elements behind a
pre-defined plane. It can only be applied on an extracted
view. Aback-clipping plane is a plane used for generating a
back-clipping.
A piece of information inserted into the active view of a
bill of material CATDrawing document. For this, you can be either in the
working view or in the background view.
breakout A breakout is a partially removed section which allows
visualizing a particular element in the view. A breakout view
is one not in direct projection from the view containing the
cutting profile. In other words, it is not positioned in
agreement with the standard arrangement of views. A
breakout view is often a partial section.
A view that allows shortening an elongated object, using
broken view two profiles corresponding to the part to be broken from the
view extremities.
C
callout A graphical representation of a cutting profile.
child view A view generated from a parent view.
clipped view A view modified via a clipping profile.
clipping profile A zone to be kept and visualized in a view.
cross hatching A symbolic representation in the form of a pattern used to
display a cut area.
cut area The cut surfaces on a section view or section cut.
cutting profile A set of planes used to define a section view or section cut.
D
datum feature An element defining a contacting surface on a part.
datum target An element defining a contacting surface on a part and
represented by spherical or pointed locating pins.
design tree Area of the document window reserved for viewing the
design specifications of a drawing, presented in the form of
a tree structure.
detail view A view corresponding to a zoomed particular area to be
visualized. This area to be visualized is defined by a circle
or a given polygon. This view is computed using a boolean
operator from the 3D
The root feature. Sheets are aggregated in the drawing.
drawing
Views are aggregated in the sheets.
dress-up A graphical attribute of a 2D element.
F
A view that is extracted from a 3D part that is assigned 3D
FD&T view
tolerance specifications and annotations.
filter A restriction on elements to be cut in a section view or
section cut, or elements to be seen in a projection view.
first angle projection method An orthographic representation of the views comprising the
arrangement, around the principal view of an object, of
some of all of the other five views of that object. With
reference to the principal view, the other views are arranged
as follows: the view from above is placed underneath, the
view from below is placed above, the view from the left is
placed on the right and then the view from the rear is placed
on the left or on the right, as convenient.
(Ref. No. ISO 10209-2:1993)
frontal plane A plane of projection upon which the front view is projected.
front view A projection view obtained by drawing perpendiculars from
all points on the edges of the part to the plane of projection.
The plane of projection upon which the front view is
projected is called the frontal plane.
I
isometric view A 3D view that represents a part according to a given
projection plane. This view allows a perspective
visualization. To produce an isometric projection (isometric
means "equal measure"), it is necessary to place the object
so that its principal edges make equal angles with the plane
of projection and are therefore foreshortened equally.
L
lock A locked view is a view in which any graphical modification
of the generated 2D elements is forbidden.
M
main view The view which supports the geometry directly created in
the sheet.
O
object In the Drafting workbench, there are two kinds of object:
activated and selected. The view frame of an activated
object is displayed in red.
offset section view /cut A section view created from a cutting profile defined with
several parallel planes. In sectioning through irregular
objects, it is often desirable to show several features that do
not lie in a straight line by offsetting or bending the cutting
plane.
overlay In a multi-model context, all passive elements are called
overlayed elements.
P
parent view A reference view from which another view is generated (for
example a front view from which a section view will be
created). The view frame of the parent view is displayed in
red. Typically the front view is a parent view. See also child
view.
part A 3D entity obtained by combining different features in the
Part Design workbench.
A graphical representation used to represent a
pattern sectioned/cut part. A same representation is used for the
different parts of the resulting section or section view.
projection view A view conceived to be drawn or projected onto planes
known as planes of projection. A transparent plane or pane
of glass representing a plane of projection is located parallel
to the front surfaces of the part.
Q
quick detail view A view corresponding to a zoomed particular area to be
visualized. This area to be visualized is defined by a circle
or a given polygon. This view is directly computed from the
2D projection.
S
section cut A view representing the intersection between the 3D
geometry and the cutting profile.
section profile See cutting profile.
section view In the Drafting workbench, a view representing the
intersection between the 3D geometry and the cutting
profile, and all the 3D geometry located behind the cutting
profile.
simple breakout A simple breakout removes locally a sectioned part
perpendicularly to the current view plane. You will then be
able to visualize the remaining visible inside part.
sheet A set of views. Several sheets may be created in the
Drafting workbench.
standard The international conventions that are supported in the
Drafting workbench: ANSI, ISO and JIS.
T
template In the Drafting workbench, an object that is included in the
document (for example, the title block).
An orthographic representation of the views comprising the
arrangement, around the principal view of an object, of
some of all of the other five views of that object. With
reference to the principal view, the other views are arranged
third angle projection method as follows: the view from above is placed above, the view
from below is placed underneath, the view from the left is
placed on the left and the view from the rear is placed on
the left or on the right, as convenient.
(Ref. No. ISO 10209-2:1993)
title block A frame which contains the title block.
U
An unspec breakout operation removes locally a 3D part. It
unspec breakout allows visualizing the inside of a 3D part. It can only be
applied to an extracted view.
unfolded view A projected view that is created from a Sheet Metal part in
order to include in a section certain angled elements. As a
result, the cutting plane may be bent so as to pass through
those features.
V
A square or rectangular frame that contains the geometry
view frame
and dimensions of the view.
W
wizard An assistant for views to be automatically generated once
the CATDrawing document is opened. These views can
then be modified as if they had been manually created one
after the other.
Index
Numerics
3Delements
dimensions generation
A
active view
aligned section cut
create
aligned section view
create
views
analyse
interfering dimensions
associativity 2D/3D
auxiliary view
views
B
background view
sheets
breakout view
view
C
callout geometry
modify
callout graphism
modify
CATDrawings (resolved link)
load
save
CATDrawings (unresolved link)
load
save
clipping views/profiles
views
create
aligned section cut
frame title block
front views
customizing
D
define
sheets
detail views/profiles
views
dimension
manipulate
dimensions
position
3Delements
analyse
filter
one shot
semi-automatically
display
settings
document
print quickly
documents
print
dressup
view
dressup elements
generation
duplicate generative geometry
E
export
file
F
FD&T
views
views generation
file
export
import
filter
frame title block
create
front views
create
views
G
generation
dressup elements
geometry
geometry
geometry
generation
I
import
file
analyse
dimensions
interoperability
isolate
views
isometric
views
L
load
lock
views
M
manipulate
dimension
modify
modify
callout geometry
callout graphism
paterns
sheets
move
views
N
not align
views
O
offset
section cut
section view
one shot
P
paterns
modify
position
dimensions
position relatively
views
print
documents
print quickly
document
project
views
Q
quick detail views/profiles
views
R
rename
views
S
save
scale
views
section cut
offset
section view
offset
section view
semi-automatically
settings
display
sheets
background view
define
modify
U
unfolded views
views
V
view
breakout view
dressup
views
auxiliary view
clipping views/profiles
detail views/profiles
FD&T
front views
isolate
isometric
lock
move
not align
position relatively
project
quick detail views/profiles
rename
scale
unfolded views
wizard
views generation
FD&T
W
wizard
views

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Using This Documentation

Infrastructure User's Guide

Enhanced: Create a broken view (Multi Broken allowed)

Enhanced: Creating an Unfolded View (Manipulators)

Enhanced: Add a generative Bill of Material (associative Bill Of Material)

Enhanced: View and sheet layout (auxiliary view orientation)

Enhanced: Geometry and dimension generation (fillet)

View names and scaling factors:

2. Select Drawing workbench from the List of Types and click

3. Select A0ISO format and click OK.

The drawing sheet appears as shown here:

The File Selection dialog box appears.

1. Click the Drawing window, and click the Front

3. Click on the drawing sheet or at the center of

By default, the following elements can be visualized on generated views. If needed, go to

1. Click the Drawing window and click the

A preview of the view to be created appears. By

2. Define the projection view position, for example

3. Click to generate the view.

5. Define the top view position.

1. Click the Drawing window, and click the

Undo or Redo icons.

2. Click the callout center.

4. Click a point on the callout.

5. Move the previewed detail view to the desired location.

6. Click inside the blue circle to position the detail view at

7. If needed, drag the detail view to a new position.

9. Click the Dimensions icon from the Dimensioning toolbar.

10. Click both required elements in the view as shown here.

2. Select the Drawing window, and

click the Aligned Section Cut icon

Undo or Redo icons.

5. Click to generate the section cut.

6. Add a diameter dimension to the

2. View names and scaling factors:

Grid Use Default

Snap to Point Analysis Display Mode

Detected Constraints Show Constraints

Filter Generated Elements

Projected/Forced/True Length Dimension

New Sheet New View

New Detail Sheet Instantiate 2D Component

Front View FD&T View

Unfolded View Quick Detail View

Projection Views Quick Detail View Profile

Auxiliary View Detail View

Offset Section View Detail View Profile

Offset Section Cut Clipping View

Aligned Section View Clipping View Profile

Aligned Section Cut Broken View

Isometric View Breakout View

Views via the Wizard Views via the Wizard

Views via the Wizard Views via the Wizard

Generating Dimensions Generating Dimensions Step by Step

Dimensions Datum Feature

Cumulated Dimensions Geometrical Tolerances