Menu Bar

In this chapter we will describe the various menus, submenus and items specific to the Generative Drafting workbench.

File

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	`Page Setup...`	Defining the Drafting Sheet
	`Print...`	Printing a Document Quickly
	`Printer Setup...`	Printing a Document After Modifying Current Display Settings

Edit

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	`Links`	Saving and Loading
		Saving and Loading
		Not Aligning a View





	`Properties`	Access and edit information on 2D geometry, dress-up elements, annotations and dimensions in a single dialog box
	`Background`	Creating a Frame Title Block

Insert

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	`Views`	Creating Views
	`Drawing`	Creating sheet
	`Dimensioning`	Creating dimensions
	`Generation`	Generating dimensions
	`Annotations`	Dressup of the View
	`Dress Up`	Dressup of the View
	`Geometry creation`	2D Geometry
	`Geometry modification`	2D Geometry


`New sheet`	Define a Drafting Sheet
`New Detail Sheet`	Create a 2D component
`New View`	Create views
`Instantiate Detail`	Re-use a 2D component

`Dimensions`	Create dimensions
`Cumulated Dimensions`	Create cumulated dimensions
`Stacked Dimensions`	Create stacked dimensions
`Length/Distance Dimensions`	Create explicit dimensions
`Angle Dimensions`	Create explicit dimensions
`Radius Dimensions`	Create explicit dimensions
`Diameter Dimensions`	Create explicit dimensions
`Chamfer Dimensions`	Create chamfer dimensions
`Coordinate Dimensions`	Create coordinate dimensions
`Create Interruption`	Interrupt one or more extension lines
`Remove Interruption`	Interrupt one or more extension lines
`Remove all Interruptions`	Interrupt one or more extension lines

`Datum Feature`	Create a datum feature
`Geometrical Tolerance`	Create a geometrical tolerance

`Generating Dimensions`	Generate dimensions in one shot
`Generating Dimensions Step by Step`	Generate dimensions semi-automatically
`Balloon generation`	Generating Associative Balloons
`Bill of material`	Add a generative Bill of Material

`Text`	Create a free text
`Text with Leader`	Create a text with a leader
`Text Replicate`	Replicate a text attribute
`Balloon`	Create a balloon
`Datum Target`	Create a datum target

`Roughness Symbol`	Create a roughness symbol
`Welding Symbol`	Create a welding symbol
`Weld`	Create a geometry weld

`Center Line`	Create center lines (no reference)
`Center Line with Reference`	Create center lines (reference)
`Thread`	Create threads (no reference)
`Thread`	Create threads (reference)
`Axis Line`	Create axis lines
`Axis Line and Center Line`	Create axis lines and center lines

Tools

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	`Positioning`	Further down
	`Analyze`	Further down
	`Reset All Defaults`	Before You Begin:

	`Insert File`	Exporting and Importing a File


`Element Positioning`	Modifying annotation positioning
`Line-up`	Line up dimensions (free space) Line up dimensions (reference)
`Dimension Positioning`	Position dimensions


`Show Geometry in All Viewpoints`	Showing Geometry in Views
`Dimensions Analysis`	Analyzing Interfering Dimensions