© Siemens AG 2011. All Rights Reserved. Drafting – Getting the Most Out of Draft
Jan 17, 2015
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Drafting – Getting the Most Out of Draft
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Speaker Bio: Ricky Black
Background:
Product Manager - Solid Edge Draft from 2002
Nearing 30 years of experience in
manufacturing and mechanical CAD
Machinist and CNC programmer
Solid Edge Draft software development team
from the beginning of Solid Edge
Areas of Expertise:
Manufacturing - Drawing
Personal interests:
Boating/Fishing
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Executive Summary
Today’s Topics:
Drawing View Styles
Drawing View Captions
Annotation Improvements
Key Takeaways:
Understanding Drawing View caption workflow.
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General Question
What version of Solid Edge are you using now?
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Drawing Views – Captions
Drawing View Caption has a new
tab.
Caption is based on new
Drawing View Style.
More on Drawing View Style
later.
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Drawing Views – Captions
Use Property Text in Captions
Retrieve model name in caption
%{File Name (no extension)|G}
%{File Name (no extension)|GP}
%{File Name (no extension)|R1}
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Drawing Views – Captions
Drawing View – Property Text
%{Annotation Sheet Number|DV}
%{View Sheet Number|DV}
%{Primary Scale|DV}
%{Secondary Scale|DV}
%{View Angle|DV}
Removed options for formatting
User defined strings
Options were getting out of control.
Scale
%{Primary Scale|DV}:%{Secondary
Scale|DV}
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Drawing Views – Captions
Caption Building Helpers
Commonly displayed properties
Suffix – Section, Auxiliary, and
Detail View
Annotation Sheet Number
View Scale
Angle of Rotation
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Drawing Views – Captions
How to use caption
properties
Example – Section View
Suffix Format = “A-A”
Input String =
“%VA-%VA”
%VA = CP Name
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Drawing Views – Captions
Example – Section View
Suffix Format = “A-A”
Buttons are helpers.
They input the proper
syntax.
Click “View Annotation
name button”
Inputs “%VA” in Suffix
Key in “-”
Click “View Annotation
name button”
Inputs “%VA” in Suffix
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Drawing Views – Captions
Example – Section View
Scale Format = “1:1”
Click “Primary Scale
Property Text”
Inputs “%{Primary
Scale|DV}”
Key in “:”
Click “Secondary Scale
Property Text”
Inputs “%{Secondary
Scale|DV}”
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Drawing Views – Captions
Properties and Captions
Property Buttons
Insert 2-letter codes for
the properties at the
bottom
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Symbols and Values
Symbols and Values Button
Drawing View Captions
Dimension Prefix
Callout
Feature Control Frame
Text Box
Etc.
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Symbols and Values
Symbols and Values Dialog
Stop the button madness!!!
New Symbols for ASME
14.5-2009
Symbols grouped by type
Double click to add
Click + Select to add
Will be added to annotation.
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Symbols and Values
Symbols and Values Dialog
Values grouped by type
Double click to add
Click + Select to add
Will be added to annotation.
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Drawing Views – Captions
Property Buttons
Suffix %AS Button
Inserts “%AS” at cursor
%AS displays Derived
Suffix Property String
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Drawing Views – Captions
Property Buttons
View Scale %VS Button
Inserts “%VS” at cursor
%VS displays Derived
Scale Property String
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Drawing Views – Captions
Show (Evaluate) Check Boxes
Enable display in caption
%2-Letter code alone will
not display
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Drawing Views – Captions
Two Captions
Primary Caption
Secondary Caption
Both may be multi-line.
Either may be shown/hidden.
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Drawing Views – Captions
Two Captions
Primary Caption
Secondary Caption
Appearance controlled
separately
Font
Color
Etc.
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Drawing View Style
Drawing View specific properties
have been removed from
Dimension Style.
Dimension Style was
overloaded.
Drawing View Style has been
created.
Drawing View and DV
Annotation Style properties will
be here.
Drawing View Caption, Cutting
Plane Line, Auxiliary View Plane
Line, Detail Envelope
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Drawing View Style
Name Tab
Specify the Drawing View Style
name.
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Drawing View Style
Caption Tab
Set the Caption defaults
discussed earlier.
The Drawing View Properties
override these defaults.
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Drawing View Style
Caption Tab
Predefine each view type
separately.
Principal and Pictorial
2D Model
Section
Auxiliary
Detail
All predefined types are stored
in a single drawing view style.
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Drawing View Style
View Annotation Captions
Predefine each annotation type.
Cutting Plane
Auxiliary View Plane
Detail Envelope
All predefined types are stored
in a single drawing view style.
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Drawing View Style
Caption Format Tab
Primary caption and
Annotations
Secondary caption
Units – Reference to dimension
style
Caption Location
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Drawing View Style
Lines Tab
Options same as in previous
versions
Moved from Dimension Style to
Drawing View Style
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Solid Edge Options
Other options for captions
Solid Edge Options –
Annotation Tab
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Solid Edge Options
Automating Caption Display
Sheet Number
Drawing View Scale
Rotation Angle
These options automate the
Drawing View Caption check
boxes for Show (Evaluate).
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Solid Edge Options
Automating Caption Naming
Cutting Plane, View Plane,
Detail Envelope
Object Creation Sequence
Annotation type does not
matter.
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Solid Edge Options
Automating Caption Naming
Cutting Plane, View Plane,
Detail Envelope
Defined Object Sequence
Annotation type does matter.
Automatically sorts names as
annotations are added.
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Solid Edge Options
Specify Annotation Letters
User defined character
sequence for each annotation
type
Request – No O, I, Z, and S
Looks Like – 0, 1, 2, and 5
Multiple Character Lists
Used in the assignments
below
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Aspect Ratio and Wrap text
Set String Length in Objects
Callout
Text Box
Tables
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Aspect Ratio and Wrap text
Adjust aspect ratio to widthCallout UI
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Aspect Ratio and Wrap text
Wrap text to widthCallout UI
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Blank (NULL) Callouts
Where did my callout go?
There it is!!!
Blank callouts display
But they don’t print
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Formatted Callouts
Tolerance
Dual Units
Round off
Etc.
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Formatted Callouts
Example
%DI %{%HS/ST.01^-.02} - %{%HD/@3/ST.002^-.003} DEEP
Go to Solid Edge Help.
Click on the Search tab.
Key in “Format codes” and Enter.
Double click on the item in the list.
Gives examples of codes.
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Formatted Callouts
Predefine these in Dimension
Style – Hole Callout Tab
Remember that you can
predefine multiple styles if
needed.
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Centerlines – By 2 Lines
Update Drawing View
By 2 Line Centerline changed to
By 2 Point Centerline
By 2 Line Centerline lost
associativity to model
Could not reattach centerline
Much rework because of
dimensions
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Centerlines – By 2 Lines
Centerline Enhancements
See the lines that the centerline
is based on.
Use handles to ALT+Drag to
disconnect and reconnect.
Center Marks can be
disconnected and reconnected.
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Centerlines – By 2 Lines
Add centerline rebind failure to
Dimension tracker.
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Centerlines – By 2 Lines
Click on detached centerline.
Displays existing handles.
Drag both handles to reattach.
Center Marks can be reattached
too!!!
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Angular Dimensions to Center Marks
Center Mark lines are
treated as lines for angular
dimensions.
Locate the lines, not the
center of the center mark.
Locate the center to get the
old style dimension.
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Callout Dimension
Old Way
Dimension Prefix
Enter Text
Change Dimension
Type
Blank
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Callout Dimension
New Way
Set Dimension Type to
Hole Callout
Derives syntax from
Style Hole Callout Tab
Intelligent Dimension
Placement
Only Places Callout
when Needed
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Feature Control Frame
ASME 14.5 – 2009
New symbols in Symbols
and Values Dialog
Multi-Line Composite
All Over Symbol
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Feature Control Frame
Parallel and Perpendicular to
connection object
This includes dimension
projection lines.
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Text Box - Bullets
Bullets and Numbering
Single level only for ST4
Bullets
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Text Box - Numbers
Bullets and Numbering
Single level only for ST4
Numbers
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Text Box - Fractions
Fractions in text box
Superfix and Subfix text
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Text Box - Fractions
Key in fraction followed by
space bar.
Specify the type in the
combo boxes.
Fraction string converts to
type specified.
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Text Box – Stacked Text
Use Text – Stack to insert
fractions, superfix and subfix
text.
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Perspective Drawing Views
Use Custom Orientation Window
in the Drawing View Wizard to
define.
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Other Improvements to Look at (Your request may
be here.) Much More!!!
N – Sided Polygon
Closed B-Spline Curve
Rectangle by Center
New style ISO/DIN Edge Condition Symbol
Surface Finish Symbol Improvements
Retrieve Dimension and Annotation
Improvements
Dimension Enhancements – Jogs on
Projection Lines, etc.
Parts List Overhaul
Bend Table Improvements
Direction based on view direction.
Column definition in draft
Save as PDF Improvements
Multi-Sheet Printing Across Documents
Drawing View Scale for Measure
Commands
Do not Fit Hidden Layers
Drawing View Delete – Undo
Lock Drawing View Position
Sheet Scale Improvements
Mouse Wheel Scroll Improvements
Detail View Improvements
Section, Revolved Section, and Broken Out
Section Improvements
Broken View Improvements
Hidden/Tangent line display in Drawing
Views
Auto-balloon Fastener System (Stack
balloons)
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Conclusions
Much work has been done on drafting over the last few releases.
Many customer requests have been put into Draft.
We still have work to do.
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Drafting
DEMO!!!