Creating General Arrangement drawings

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Step 1


We will now create and modify a general arrangement plan with multiple views.


- Open the drawing GA Drawings.dwg



- Click on the button and then click on Add new Plan views

- Activate Grid A


- Then click on

- Make sure that only the option Annotate profiles is checked

- Then click on


Wait a few seconds until the new view becomes visible.

- Click on the icon Detail in GA drawing

- Make a frame around the connection at the top right corner

- Press the button twice to accept the default values

- Select a point somewhere in empty space next to the existing view for the location of the new detail

You can add as many views as you want on one page.


Step 2


We will now add a dimension to the view, modify the 3D model, and then refresh the 2D drawing.


- Click on the icon Chain dimension

- Zoom to the middle connection and move the cursor to the top line of the tube.
Click the left mouse button to choose the endpoint of that line.

- Move the cursor to the top line of the tube underneath.
Click the left mouse button to choose the endpoint of that line.

- Move the cursor to between the two tubes and click on the left mouse button.

- Then press <Enter> to end the chain dimension tool.

- Click on the tab just below the drawing, so that model space becomes active

- Start the Move commando using the top menu Modify

- Select the two tubes between columns A1, A2 and A3

- Then press <Enter> to confirm the selection

- Click somewhere in empty space


- And then enter the following coordinates : @0,0,500 followed by <Enter>

- In the Sheets manager window, click with the left mouse button on the sheet Grid A in order to select it


- Then click the right mouse button to open a sub menu

- Click on Refresh views in the menu

The view was updated to reflect the modified 3D parts.
The dimension and the annotations of the modified tubes were also updated.