Create Drawings and Sheets

There are two methods of creating Drawings, Explicitly or From Template.

1. Both methods are accessed either by:

   1. Selecting Create Drawing on the Registry Information form,

   2. Selecting Create > Drawing from the main menu.

Explicitly

• By choosing to create a drawing explicitly, you will have to use the Create options on the main menu bar to create all of its member elements, such as sheets and their Views.

From Template

2. Select the From Template option on the Registry Information form.

3. Select OK on the Create DRWG form displays the Create New Drawing from Template form.

   

4. Select the source of the template, the drawing size, and the sheet number of that drawing.

   Create	Sets the Creation mode of the form. Options of Drawing from Template or Sheet from Template are available.
   From	Allows an option to be selected from a drop-down list showing the drawing disciplines that contain the drawing template libraries.
   Template Drawings	Select a drawing from the Drawings list.
   Template Drawing Sheets	Select a single sheet from the Sheets list.
   Use Default Naming	Select to give default names to created drawings and sheets.
   Use as Default	Select to use created drawing or sheet as a default.

   If a drawing is created from a template, several other elements will be created automatically. The Drawing will own a Sheet, which will own at least one View. The View will own several Layers.

   There may be other elements, such as Sheet Notes, which are used to store text and primitives for the 2D Drafting.

   The Drawing will also own a Library. Draft makes extensive use of libraries, most of which are set up by the System Administrator. Libraries are used to store things like symbols and Drawlists. General users can only extract information from libraries, not change them.

   Note: Libraries are accessed by the Application automatically and, therefore, you will not need to access them directly. Do not attempt to rename or delete Libraries, or their members.

   Clicking OK on the Create New Drawings from Template form, creates a Sheet having all the attributes of the template and displays the Sheet in the Drawing Window.

   Note: A quick way to create a Drawing Sheet is by selecting Create New From Default Template on the toolbar of the same name:

   

   A Drawing Sheet, automatically named, will appear in the Drawing View based on a built in template.