Produce Drawings

If you only use the preset defaults, you need only specify the restraint(s) to be drawn and the H&S Drawing Registry in order to generate complete drawings automatically. If you want to change the default settings, see next section.

1. When you have set up all the required formatting defaults and have specified which restraints are to be drawn, you can produce the resulting drawings in either of the following ways:

   • If you wish to produce only a small number of drawings, you can initiate drawing production immediately from within the application. You will probably find this method efficient only for one-off drawings, since the drawing execution times are longer than those for batch mode.

   • If you wish to produce many drawings, you can save all the current settings for the content and format of the drawings to a macro file. You can then run the macro file in batch mode to produce the drawings.

2. To generate a drawing of the hangers and supports defined by the current Restraint list, click Process Now on the H&S Batch Macro Generation form.

   The format of the drawing will be as defined by the current default settings and the drawing will be stored under the Draft Registry defined by the H&S Drawing Registry setting on the H&S Overall Defaults form.