Restoring Deleted Generated Elements 

In this task, you will learn how to restore generated elements that have been deleted from a view.
Before you begin, make sure you customized the following settings:

Grid:
De-activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).

View names and scaling factors:
Go to Tools->Options (Mechanical Design -> Drafting option at the left of the dialog box, Layout tab) and check the View name and Scaling factor options.
Open the GenDrafting_Restore_Deleted.CATDrawing document. 

The view in this drawing was generated from a 3D part, GenDrafting_Restore_Deleted.CATPart. You do not need to open the part.
1. In the Drawing window, select the circle shown on the view and press the Del key. The circle is now deleted from the view.

For the purpose of this exercise, you will now immediately restore the circle you deleted, but you could perform other operations before doing this (like save and close the drawing, or add annotations, for example).

2. Select the view and right-click the view frame. 

3. In the contextual menu, choose Object Front View -> Restore Deleted. 

4. You now have two possibilities:

If you did not modify the part between the moment you deleted the circle and now (which is the case in this exercise): in the Power Input Field on the status bar, type the following command: c:force update. 
This updates the drawing in accordance with the 3D part, and restores the deleted item on the view.

If you modified the part between the moment you deleted the circle and now: click the Update icon . This updates the drawing with the latest changes on the part, and restores the deleted item on the view.

 

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