Workshop drawings : comprehensive

Step 1

In this exercise we will assign phases to the parts, and then we will generate only the shop drawings of a particular phase.
	- Open the drawing Workshop drawings - comprehensive.dwg
	- Open the properties window : Modify > Properties
	- Create a blue frame around the cage ladder, from bottom left to top right
	- Click in the top of the properties window on All (XXX) to open a list of all selected objects - And then select Member (24) in the list of objects
	- Search for the property Phase and modify it's value to 2.
	- Select Bolt (22) in the top of the window
	- Search the property Phase and modify it's value to 2.
	We can change the properties of each individual part very quickly this way. All new parts have received phase 1 by default because this is a setting stored in the drawing. You can change this default value in the general settings dialog box of Parabuild :

Step 2

	- Click on Sheets manager
	- Click on the button and then click on Generate Pos + assembly sheets
	- Click on
	- For the parts to be treated, choose Phase
	- Enter 1 for the phase - And then click on The progress of sheet generation is shown. You can cancel this process at any time by pressing the Escape key a few times.
	The resulting sheets.

Step 3

	- Click on the button and then click on Generate Pos + assembly sheets
	- Click on
	- For the parts to be treated, choose Phase
	- Enter 2 for the phase - And then click on
	Parabuild adds the phase number to the name of each sheet. This allows you to print the sheets in parts when the production has to be done in phases. It is possible that for example Position number PR1 exists in both phase 1 and in phase 2. In this case 2 sheets will be created for the same part PR1.

Step 4

- Click on the button and then click on Slideshow of sheets

- Enter 1 for the number of seconds

- And then click on

Can you find the position number of the part that is bad this way?

We will correct this part in the following exercise.

Step 5

	- Click on the button and then click on Print all sheets
	In this example we choose the printer DWG To PDF.pc3, but you can choose a different printer if you don't have this one. Print settings for format A4 - Choose the printer Print as PDF.pc3 or DWG To PDF.pc3 - Choose for the format A4 or ISO Full Bleed A4 (297.00 x 210.00 MM) - And then click on
	Print settings for format A3 - Choose the printer Print as PDF.pc3 or DWG To PDF.pc3 - Choose for the format A3 of ISO Full Bleed A3 (420.00 x 297.00 MM) - And then click on
	Parabuild remembers the printer settings for each format, and asks the settings just once per format. Depending on your settings the Pdf files are opened automatically or not. This is adjustable in the Plotter manager.