The following table outlines the specific mappings for geometric elements
and geometric properties:
CADAM Drafting Element/Property |
Interactive Drafting Element/Property |
Comments |
Basic
geometry: |
|
|
Circle
|
Circle |
|
Ellipse
|
Ellipse |
|
Line
|
Line |
|
Linear spline
|
Polyline
|
|
Multiline
|
Polyline |
|
Point
|
Point |
|
Point, lever
|
Point |
A lever point
will be transferred as a standard point because V5 does not support the
concept of a lever point. |
Point, XYZ
|
Point |
The XYZ point
is transferred as a 2D point. So, the Z coordinate information is not
transferred. |
Spline
|
Spline |
|
Spline, offset spline
|
Spline |
The concept of an offset spline does not exist in the interactive
drafting product; therefore, the offset spline is transferred as a
spline. Given this, the geometry is transferred, but the association
between the offset spline and the parent spline is not transferred.
Also, in certain cases where the curvature or the offset is large, the
mathematically definition of the offset is not exactly reproduced.
Therefore, a offset spline may be visually different after the
transfer. |
Geometric reference elements: |
|
|
Dittos
|
Dittos |
The fill of the ditto is
not transferred. Text in dittos is scaled and rotated according to V5
conventions. |
Reference entities
|
Not
transferred (*) |
|
Symbol occurrence (standard) |
Library
component |
Before opening the CADAM Drafting model with the Interactive Drafting
product, the user must first convert the symbol table model into a
component library file. The user may continue to explode the symbols on
the CCD scale. The fill of the symbol is not transferred. See
Setting
Options, Step 5, to learn how to specify catalog location. |
Symbol occurrence (variable text and variable geometry symbols)
|
Exploded to geometry (manual step required) |
Before opening the CADAM Drafting model with the Interactive Drafting
product, the user must first use the "Symbol-Convert" option of CADAM
Drafting. This will allow the transfer of the exploded geometry to
Interactive Drafting. |
Standard
geometric properties: |
|
|
Color
|
Color
(matching RGB values) |
|
Hidden line removal - visualization data
|
Not
transferred (*) |
|
Line styles
|
Closest available line style |
The current Interactive Drafting product only supports a subset of the
line styles supported by CADAM Drafting. So, CADAM Drafting line styles
are transferred to the closest available Interactive Drafting line
style. |
Line widths, pen, line weight
|
Closest available line width |
The current Interactive Drafting product only supports a subset of the
line widths supported by CADAM Drafting. In addition, the concept of
pen and line weight is not supported. So, CADAM Drafting line widths
are transferred to the closest available Interactive Drafting line
width. Pen and line weight information is not transferred. |
Element
properties: |
|
|
Flange angle data
|
Not
transferred |
This
information is not supported in the Interactive Drafting product. As
the Interactive Drafting product works in conjunction with V5 3D
design, this information is not applicable for Interactive Drafting. |
User attributes
|
Not
transferred (*) |
|
VDS information
|
Not
transferred |
|