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Drawing Production Using

VANTAGE PDMS

Version 11.

Cadcentre Ltd, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HB, UK

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Contents

• 1 How to Use This Manual ..............................................................................1- Contents
• 1.1 The Scope of the Guide............................................................................................1-
• 1.2 Learning to Use PDMS ...........................................................................................1-
• 1.3 Further Training in PDMS .....................................................................................1-
• 1.4 Some Terminology...................................................................................................1-
  • 1.4.1 Instructions ....................................................................................................1-
• 1.5 How this Guide is Organised ..................................................................................1-
• 2 Introducing DRAFT.......................................................................................2-
• 3 Starting to Use DRAFT .................................................................................3-
• 3.1 Starting up PDMS DRAFT .....................................................................................3-
• 3.2 Using the Mouse......................................................................................................3-
  • 3.2.1 The Members List ..........................................................................................3-
  • 3.2.2 The DRAFT Database Hierarchy...................................................................3-
  • 3.2.3 Loading an Existing Sheet .............................................................................3-
  • 3.2.4 The Mouse Buttons ........................................................................................3-
• 3.3 Using Menus............................................................................................................3-
• 3.4 Using the Toolbar....................................................................................................3-
• 3.5 The Status Area ....................................................................................................3-
• 3.6 Using Forms and their Controls ...........................................................................3-
  • 3.6.1 Using Option Buttons...................................................................................3-
  • 3.6.2 Using Check Boxes .......................................................................................3-
  • 3.6.3 Using Text-Boxes .........................................................................................3-
  • 3.6.4 Using Drop-Down Lists ................................................................................3-
  • 3.6.5 Using Scrollable Lists ..................................................................................3-
  • 3.6.6 Actioning Form Inputs .................................................................................3-
• 3.7 Alert Forms ...........................................................................................................3-
• 3.8 Accessing On-Line Help ........................................................................................3-
• 4 Setting Up the DRAFT Hierarchy.................................................................4-
• 4.1 Creating a Department ...........................................................................................4-
• 4.2 Creating a Registry .................................................................................................4-
• 4.3 Creating Drawings and Sheets ...............................................................................4-
• 4.4 Viewing the Sheet ...................................................................................................4-
  • 4.4.1 Using the Keyboard and Mouse to Manipulate the View..............................4-
• 5 Views .............................................................................................................5-
• 5.1 Creating and Modifying Views................................................................................5-
• 5.2 User-Defined VIEWs...............................................................................................5-
  • 5.2.1 Defining the Drawlist Contents .....................................................................5-
  • 5.2.2 Setting the Scale.............................................................................................5-
  • 5.2.3 Other Options .................................................................................................5-
  • 5.2.4 Displaying the Contents of the View .............................................................5- contents -ii Drawing Production Using VANTAGE PDMS
• 5.3 Creating a Limits-defined View ..............................................................................5-
• 6 Labelling........................................................................................................6-
• 6.1 Introducing DRAFT Labelling ................................................................................6-
• 6.2 Creating a General Label........................................................................................6-
• 6.3 Label Attributes ......................................................................................................6-
• 6.4 Modify Mode ............................................................................................................6-
  • 6.4.1 Positioning......................................................................................................6-
  • 6.4.2 Using the Hotspots.........................................................................................6-
• 6.5 Modifying Labels Graphically.................................................................................6-
• 6.6 Menu Options for Modifying Labels .......................................................................6-
• 7 Dimensioning................................................................................................7-
• 7.1 The Dimensioning Hierarchy..................................................................................7-
• 7.2 Linear Dimensions ..................................................................................................7-
  • 7.2.1 Creating Linear Dimensions..........................................................................7-
  • 7.2.2 Deleting Dimension Points ............................................................................7-
  • 7.2.3 Modifying a Linear Dimension Graphically ..................................................7-
• 7.3 Angular Dimensions................................................................................................7-
  • 7.3.1 Editing Angular Dimensions Graphically .....................................................7-
• 7.4 Radial Dimensions ................................................................................................7-
• 8 Automatic Drawing Production ...................................................................8-
• 8.1 General ADP............................................................................................................8-
• 8.2 Steelwork Detailing ADP ........................................................................................8-
  • 8.2.1 The SDADP Options.......................................................................................8-
  • 8.2.2 The SDA Customisation Macro....................................................................8-
  • 8.2.3 Creating Some Drawings Automatically .....................................................8-
  • 8.2.4 How the Sheets are Generated ....................................................................8-
  • 8.2.5 Changing the SDA Options ..........................................................................8-
  • 8.2.6 Resetting the Options...................................................................................8-
• 9 2D Drafting ....................................................................................................9-
• 9.1 Introduction to 2D Drafting ....................................................................................9-
  • 9.1.1 2D Drafting Base Elements ...........................................................................9-
  • 9.1.2 2D Drafting Primitives...................................................................................9-
  • 9.1.3 The 2D Drafting Hierarchy ............................................................................9-
• 9.2 Creating Notes ........................................................................................................9-
• 9.3 Creating 2D Primitives ...........................................................................................9-
• 9.4 Editing 2D Geometry Graphically ..........................................................................9-
  • 9.4.1 Arcs .................................................................................................................9-
  • 9.4.2 Circles .............................................................................................................9-
  • 9.4.3 Diamonds........................................................................................................9-
  • 9.4.4 Ellipses ...........................................................................................................9-
  • 9.4.5 Hexagons ........................................................................................................9-
  • 9.4.6 Lines ...............................................................................................................9-
  • 9.4.7 Rectangles (and Tables) .................................................................................9-
  • 9.4.8 Symbols.........................................................................................................9-
  • 9.4.9 Text ...............................................................................................................9-

Contents

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9.4.10 Triangles..................................................................................................9- 9.4.11 Views........................................................................................................9- 9.4.12 Outlines ...................................................................................................9-

Appendix A: Menu Maps...................................................................................... A-

Appendix B: The DRAFT Database..................................................................... B-

Appendix C: Other Documentation..................................................................... C-

Index

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1 How to Use This Manual

1.1 The Scope of the Guide

This guide introduces PDMS DRAFT, Cadcentre’s Drawing Production module. It assumes that you are already familiar with drafting practices, but does not assume any knowledge of computer-aided design systems. The guide explains the main concepts underlying DRAFT and its applications. A key feature of the guide is a hands-on tutorial which runs through the manual, and illustrates the basic principles of using DRAFT. The tutorial is based on the sample project and standard libraries of sheets and symbols supplied with PDMS. This guide does not give step-by-step instructions on how to carry out specific design functions, since you can access such information as you work by using the on-line help. You will be told how to do this at an early stage.

1.2 Learning to Use PDMS

The aim of this guide is to help you to start to use DRAFT as quickly as possible. Once you have grasped the basic principles, you will find that most operations quickly become intuitive. The best way to learn is to experiment with the product for yourself. There are two sequences of information in this manual: Explanations of the concepts. The hands-on tutorial , which gives a step-by-step introduction to DRAFT. The intention is that you should work right through the manual, reading about each new concept and then doing the steps in the tutorial which illustrate the concepts. The start and end of each part of the exercise are marked by lines across the page to separate them from the general information sections, like this:

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1.3 Further Training in PDMS

Although this guide will enable you to start using DRAFT, it cannot possibly show you all the facilities available, nor can it identify the best ways in which you might use the product to suit your own drafting practices. To get the best out of PDMS, it is important that you receive proper training from a qualified instructor, who can answer your questions as they arise and give you advice on tailoring your techniques to match your objectives. A wide range of training courses are provided by Cadcentre Ltd, covering all levels of expertise and different disciplines. To arrange attendance on such a course, contact your nearest Cadcentre support office for further details.

1.4 Some Terminology

Modules are subdivisions of PDMS which you use to carry out specific types of operation. This guide is concerned with DRAFT, used for generating annotated and dimensioned drawings of 3D models produced in DESIGN. Applications provide interfaces to PDMS which are specific to particular disciplines. For example, DRAFT has separate applications for Dimensioning and Labelling.

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Chapter 5 , Views , describes how to set up Views, which control which parts of the model are drawn, and how different information is displayed on the drawings. Chapter 6 , Labelling , describes how to add Labels. It also describes how to change the appearance of annotation by changing pen settings. The principles apply to changing the appearance of dimensions as well. Chapter 7 , Dimensioning, describes how to add dimensions. Chapter 8 , Automatic Drawing Production, describes how to produce an annotated drawing automatically. Appendix A shows the menu hierarchy. Appendix B summarises the DRAFT database hierarchy. Lastly, there is an Index.

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2 Introducing DRAFT

DRAFT is the drawing production module of Cadcentre’s Plant Design Management System (PDMS). It allows you to generate fully annotated engineering drawings directly from data in the PDMS DESIGN model. Drawings can be easily updated to reflect changes in the design model. Drawing Creation The DRAFT Graphical User Interface has been designed to allow you to generate industry-standard engineering drawings quickly and efficiently. You select the part of the design model required and the direction and scale to use. You can then add dimensioning and other annotation. You do not need to do any calculations or data input as all annotation information comes directly from the design model. 3D Graphics The design model can be viewed from any angle at any scale, including isometric views, with perspective if required. The appearance of the 3D graphics is controlled from representation rules that are pre-defined by the project administrator. This allows different types of design items to have different line styles applied to them. You can select the required representation during view creation. Various levels of wireline and hidden-line removal can be used. Sectional views can be generated by the creation of flat or stepped section planes, and there are no restrictions on the number of planes created or the selection of items that can be sectioned. The scale of the 3D graphics can be selected from a set of Metric, Architectural and Engineering values with the option of an automatic scale selection to use the largest scale possible for the given design data and drawing sheet size. Labelling Labels can be attached to any design element and used to display any attribute of the element. You can control the format, content and appearance of the labels, with suitable project defaults defined by the administrator. Direct reference to the design data combined with a simple update annotation operation means that the annotation always reflects the current state of the design model. The position and orientation of the labels can be modified graphically to ensure a clear drawing layout.

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Automatic Drawing Production The Automatic Drawing Production application enables you to produce annotated drawings automatically. You can set rules which determine how the annotation is produced. The drawings can then be edited, if necessary, using the normal drawing editing options in DRAFT. There are separate sub-applications for different disciplines: General ADP Steelwork Detailing Hangers & Supports ADP Administration This Guide only deals with the DRAFT User Applications. If you have administration rights within DRAFT, you will be able to use the Administration applications: for more information see the VANTAGE PDMS DRAFT Administrator Application User Guide. A brief summary of the Administration facilities follows. The administration application is used by the DRAFT administrator to customise DRAFT by setting default attributes, and creating libraries of drawing frames, symbols and labels. The Administrator can set default representation rules, labelling rules, naming conventions, line styles and hatching patterns. Template drawings, which contain predefined drawing data, can be set up, thus reducing drawing creation time. Symbology The DRAFT administrator can generate suites of symbols to be used in both 2D annotation and as part of a symbolic label definition. The symbols are built up from standard 2D annotation elements and can be created by grouping existing 2D annotation. The library approach to symbol definition maximises drawing consistency whilst minimising the required storage space for the symbol itself.

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Starting to Use DRAFT

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The module of PDMS you want to use: select Draft. The Read Only button must remain Off: you may sometimes need to switch it on if you want to read information from a database which another user is using. Whether you want the PDMS forms and menus to Load from Macro Files (the only option available the first time you enter PDMS) or from a customised set-up saved during an earlier session (Binary Files). Select Macro Files. You can either type in each entry explicitly, or click the down arrow next to the text-box and select the required option from a list. The completed form should look like this:

Click OK and wait while the application is loaded. The macro files take a few seconds to read. When loading is complete, your screen should look like this:

Type in password

Click to select from list, or type in

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The Main Menu Bar is located directly below the window title bar, displays the names of the available menus. The Main Tool bar provides short-cuts to some common operations and standard settings via icon buttons and drop-down lists. The Main Display is the window in which you will display the drawings. Note that this window has a pop-up menu, which you can see by moving the cursor into the main display window and pressing the right-hand mouse button. The Status Area displays prompts and other information about what PDMS is doing. You can reposition or minimise these windows at any time by using the standard window management controls, but generally you should not close them in this way: if there is an option on a PDMS form to close the form, use it.

Main Display

Status Area

Main toolbar (^) Main menu bar

2D View toolbar

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Note : You can save this setting, and other changes you make to the display, by selecting Display>Save>Forms & Display from the main menu. When you save your work at the end of a DRAFT session, binary files will be created which you can load at the start of your next session using the Load From option on the PDMS Login form. You can load them at any other time by using the Display>Load options on the main menu.

3.2.2 The DRAFT Database Hierarchy

The DRAFT database is a tree structure, in which the World is the top element. The next level down in the structure is a Department. The World can own several Departments, which are known as its Members , and the World is known as the Owner of the Departments. Departments can own Registries, which can own Drawings, which can own Sheets. See Figure 3-1. When you look at the Members list you will see that the first (top) element is the World element. The World is shown in the Members list as ***** and cannot be either created or deleted. There will also be three Departments (DEPT) several Point Worlds (PTWL), one for each DRAFT (PADD) database in the MDB. You do not need to use the Point Worlds, so they will not be discussed further. The Department named Stabilizer_Drawings contains drawings of the Stabilizer model supplied as part of the sample project. There are two other Departments supplied with the product: Project_Libraries contains sample sheets. Master_Libraries containing standard backing sheets, symbol libraries etc.

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Figure 3-1 Structure of the DRAFT database hierarchy

3.2.3 Loading an Existing Sheet

In the Members list, select the DEPT Stabilizer_Drawings by clicking on it with the left-hand mouse button. The hierarchy shown in the list will be expanded to show the REGIs owned by the DEPT. Continue to work down the tree by selecting the following elements: The REGI Stabilizer_EquipDetails. The DRWG STAB The SHEE STAB50001/S Note that the element selected in the Members list is known as the Current Element.

Now display the Sheet by clicking on the button on the toolbar. The Name of the sheet will be displayed in the drop-down list next to the button, and the sheet will be displayed in the Main Display. This Sheet shows Equipment D1201.

WORLD

SHEE

REGI

DRWG

DEPT DEPT

REGI

DRWG

SHEE