Starting the MDS-ABA Drawing Process

From within the Automatic Drawing Production module, click on the Create top bar menu and select MDS Drawings¼ from the drop-down menu.

The Create MDS Drawing form now appears, allowing the user to begin creating drawings.

This form allows you to:

• Select either of the two options from the Load Supports menu to populate the form lists with the available MDS supports:

  • CE & Below selects and populates the form with all supports below the current element, including the MDS support the current element belongs to.

  • All in MDB selects and populates the form with all the MDS supports found in the current MDB.

• Select the Drawing Registry to write the drawing to (select an item from the Drawing Registry window).

• Select any elements to include in a drawing from the lists in the Frameworks, Hangers and Ancillaries windows.

  Click on the CE button to select the current element. Lists can be filtered using the Selection Filter gadget.

• Select a template from the Template gadget.

• Select existing drawings to be updated or regenerated by clicking the Existing Drawings¼ button (see Viewing Existing Drawings).

• Review the run time logfiles by clicking the Stored LogFiles¼ button (see Stored LogFiles).

• Check the Detail Sheets box to produce steelwork shop detail drawings.

Click on the Apply button to finish the process when satisfied with your selections.

This will initiate the individual MDS ABA drawing creation process for all the selected supports in each of the support type list gadgets.