Managing a Background View

This task will show you how to add to a sheet the background view (title block plus elements) from the sheet of another drawing.
Before you begin, de-activate Grid in the Tools toolbar.

  1. Select Tools > Options. The Options dialog box is displayed.

  2. Click Mechanical Design > Drafting > Layout tab.

  3. Select the Copy background view check box and then the Other drawing option.

    • If you clear Copy background view, only the sheet properties will be copied from one sheet to another.
    • If you select the Copy background view check box and then the First sheet  option, the background view of the first sheet  will become the reference.
    • If you select the Copy background view check box and then the Other drawing option, the background view of the sheet you will select later will become the reference.

  4. Click OK in the Options dialog box.

  5. Click New Sheet in the Drawing toolbar. The Insert Elements into a Sheet dialog box appears.

  6. Click the Browse button in the Insert Elements into a Sheet dialog box. The File Selection dialog box appears.

  7. Browse to select the drawing which you will use the background view from. In this particular case, select the GenDrafting_part_frame_titleblock.CATDrawing document.

  8. Activate the Show Preview option in order to preview the selected CATDrawing document.

  9. Click Open in the File Selection dialog box.

    The preview of the frame and title block of the selected CATDrawing is now displayed in the Insert Elements into a Sheet dialog box.

    At any time, you can decide that you do not want the preview to appear. For this, de-activate the Preview On or Off button .

  10. Click the Insert button.

    The title block now appears on a new sheet named Sheet 2.
Each time you need to insert a new sheet with a given frame and title block, go to Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > Drafting > Layout tab, and select the Copy background view check box and then the Other drawing option.