Suggested Working Practice 1

Most of the drawing annotation is done in AutoCAD. The final drawing is an AutoCAD drawing, not an Draft drawing. Plots are output using AutoCAD. Draft is used to create views of design geometry with labels and dimensions.

The Frame Editor may not be required if all drawing borders are to be added in AutoCAD.

The Symbol Editor may be used at the beginning of a project to create an Draft symbol template library for ‘intelligent’ symbolic labels.

For each drawing sheet:

1. Create hidden-line views of the design in Draft.

2. Dimension the drawing in Draft

3. Add ‘intelligent’ labels in Draft (that means, those containing information extracted from the database using the intelligent text system).

4. Send the drawing Sheet to the Drawing Editor.

5. Add drawing frame, symbols, text notes, detail views using AutoCAD functions.

6. Plot the drawing using AutoCAD plotting

To update a drawing:

7. Update hidden-line views in Draft, including dimensions and labels.

8. Send the drawing to the Drawing Editor.

Note:
The Drawing Editor removes the original Draft layers from the AutoCAD drawing file and replaces them with the updated Draft picture. Original AutoCAD additions (on AutoCAD layers) remain unchanged, but AutoCAD additions on Draft layers will be lost.