SUBPICTURE FROM SBD

Purpose:

To insert a sub-picture, retrieved from an SDB file, into the current drawing.

Instructions:

1. In the Insert menu, click Subpicture from SDB.

2. In the file browser dialog that now appears, you are prompted to select an SDB file. The file must contain a drawing of subpicture type otherwise you will see an error message in the message window.

3. If the selected subpicture is a view, no owner has to be defined. Otherwise, the user is requested to indicate the owner, to which the subpicture shall belong structurally. Clicking Operation Complete here means that a new view and possibly a sub-view will be created automatically.

   The transformation of the owner will now be applied on the subpicture, before it is positioned and possibly transformed by the user.

   Note: For subpictures to be used in nesting sketches the highest level should always be level 3. By ensuring that subpictures do not have a higher level than 3 then it will be possible to control in which sub-view of the nesting picture object the inserted subpicture should be put.

Options

None

Result:

A copy of the user-given subpicture is inserted and transformed in the current drawing.