From within the sheets manager, click on  to start the function Generate Pos+Assembly drawings


A dialog will appear to warn you that the revision is not locked - here you have the option to lock the revision using the Revision manager or to continue without locking. It is safe to continue without locking.


Before generation of the 2D sheets you will be prompted to select which 3D objects are to be processed : 

By changing one or both filters here, you can process a part of the 3D drawing, for example a particular phase or revision.

The phase or revision choice you make here will be permanently stored within the 2D sheet.
The number of parts that will be shown on the sheet is only the number of parts counted in the phase/revision selection.

If you change the 3D drawing later on, which would cause the number of parts on the sheet to change, then you can start the function Refresh views on the sheet(s) to update the bill on the sheet(s).
The refresh view function is done automatically on all sheets when you print or export the 2D sheets.

Quick-filter - Use this to quickly choose a globally stored object filter, or temporarily create a new local filter for this time only.

Filter on others - Use this to quickly filter on a single property value. This could for example be used to filter on parts that have a particular phase. This additional way of filtering is offered here because the filter can be set with less clicks.

Note  If both the Quick-filter and the Filter on others are set then they will be combined. The parts will need to pass both filters, otherwise the sheet will not be generated at all.


Enable fast sheet generation - You can enable this option to speed up the generation process, which can be valuable on large projects with hundreds of sheets to be generated.

When enabled, less time will be spent on the positioning of dimensions and annotations relative to the views, and on views relative to the sheet's space. So this may sometimes result in less favorable placement quality.

Tip If sheet generation still seems slow, then take a look at the topic Sheet generation performance



Assembly shown upside-down

Sometimes, the assembly will be drawn upside-down if you use Parabuild's default shop drawing options.

The cause of this is the main profile's Y axis, which is flat (in combination with the No cardinal view direction in the default option)

To fix this, we can use the view override of the main part in Properties


Select the part and open the Properties panel - scroll down to Output and click on the button under Main view override.

Following the command line prompt, Select a plane that determines the main view's direction, or <ESC> to clear the current plane selection

Select the front face of one of the members making up the assembly.








Then it's necessary to Erase Position or Assembly history of the assembly. Otherwise, the existing history will be used which doesn't have the override.

Before 

After