Create and Modify Template Drawings

Introduction to Variant Templates

ABA has been designed to deal with sets of drawings produced from a template, which then require minor variations from the original template. For example, a template for producing a general piping arrangement that is satisfactory for 95% of drawings, but needs an additional isometric view to clarify some details on the remaining 5%, is treated as a variant of the original rather than a new template.

The original template is known as the master and the template with minor changes is known as the variant. There can be only one master but several variants.

The master/variant process is:

• New drawings always use the master template.

• Variants can only be selected from the existing drawing list on the Process Drawings Control window.

• The M or V annotations indicate whether a drawing uses the master or variant template, in the list of selected drawings.

• It is not possible to make a variant revert to a master in the application.

ABA drawing, view and sheet templates can be created and modified using the following methods:

• Create ABA Template Drawing

• Create ABA Template Sheet

• Modify ABA Template Drawing

• Modify ABA Template Sheet

• Create and Modify ABA Template View