General ADP

The General ADP Utility uses special drawing sheets, referred to as Backing Sheets, which enable schedules and lists of reference drawings to be generated and placed on the drawing sheet automatically. It also uses intelligent keyplans (in the form of overlays), which can be used to define the limits of the models shown on the drawings.

ADP depends on having rules set up to define how different types of drawing will be created and annotated. There are defaults rules supplied as part of the sample project, which will be used in this exercise. Changing the defaults is a System Administration task, and so is outside the scope of this manual (see Draft Administrator Application User Guide).

The ADP forms can be used to create an annotated and dimensioned view on a drawing sheet.

1. To do so, the ADP application is entered by selecting Draft > Auto Drawing Production from the main menu.

2. If no sheet is currently displayed, the Drawing Selection form displays allowing you to select the required sheet.

   1. Alternatively, the sheet can be selected using Draft Explorer.