Draw Assemblies

Description

There are new ways to insert an assembly into the drawing. The first one is in the "Insert model" dialog which has been updated with a new line for assemblies:

In the name field you can give the name of an assembly object optionally with wild cards. In the "Block/Zone/Wld/Env/Asm" you can give a name of an assembly or assembly world element. If given, the search will be limited to assemblies below this element. If this field is left empty the whole MDB is searched.

The second possibility to add an assembly to the drawing is to use drag&drop from the design explorer: you select an assembly in the design explorer drag it and drop it in a view in the current drawing. (The drag&drop is a new feature in this release, please see a separate release note for more documentation.)

Another improvement is that the assembly is always shown with the correct number of parts. One effect of this improvement is that the appearance of hull models may be different from what it was in previous releases regarding line styles, colours, p-lines The appearance of the hull models will now be controlled by the representation rule set defined for the view. This is valid for all view types ("Wireline", "Wireline Hidden Line", "Modelled Wireline", "Local Hidden Line", "Global Hidden Line" and "Universal Hidden Line").

Benefits

It is easy to add assemblies to the drawing. The assemblies are always drawn with correct number of parts.

Compatibility Constraints

The appearance of hull models may be different from what it was in previous releases regarding line styles, colours, p-lines

For More Information

Only noted here.

Affected Programs

Hull Design