Menu Bar

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

File

	For...	See...
	Save as	Exporting a CATDraxing format
	Page Setup...	Defining the Drafting Sheet
	Print...	Printing a Sheet
	Printer Setup...	Printing a Sheet

Edit

	For...	See...
	Links	Editing Drawing Links
		Positioning a View Independently of its Reference 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

	For...	See...
	Views	Creating  Views
	Drawing	Creating Sheets
	Dimensioning	Creating Dimensions
	Generation	Generating Dimensions
	Annotations	Annotations
	Dress Up	Dress-Up Elements

New sheet	Define a Drafting Sheet
New Detail Sheet	Create a 2D component
New View	Create views
Instantiate 2D Component	Re-use a 2D component
Dimensions	Create dimensions
Chained Dimensions	Create chained dimension systems
Cumulated Dimensions	Create cumulated dimension systems
Stacked Dimensions	Create stacked dimension systems
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
Thread Dimension	Creating Associative Thread Dimensions
Coordinate Dimensions	Create coordinate dimensions
Hole Dimension Table	Creating a Hole Dimension Table
Coordinate Dimension Table	Creating a Points Coordinates Table
Technological Feature Dimensions	Before you Begin
Re-route Dimension	Re-routing Dimensions
Create Interruption	Interrupt one or more extension lines
Remove Interruption	Interrupt one or more extension lines
Datum Feature	Create a datum feature
Geometrical Tolerance	Create a geometrical tolerance
Generate Dimensions	Generate dimensions in one shot
Generate Dimensions Step by Step	Generate dimensions semi-automatically
Balloon generation	Generating Associative Balloons
Bill of Material	Generating a 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
Text Template Placement	Annotating Drawings Using Text Templates
Roughness Symbol	Create a roughness symbol
Welding Symbol	Create a welding symbol
Weld	Create a geometry weld
Table	Creating/Modifying a Table
Table From CSV	Creating/Modifying a Table
Add Leader	Adding a Leader to an Existing Annotation
Center Line	Create center lines (no reference)
Center Line with Reference	Create center lines (reference)
Thread	Create threads (no reference)
Thread with Reference	Create threads (reference)
Axis Line	Create axis lines
Axis line and Center line	Create axis lines and center lines

Tools

	For...	See...
	Positioning	Further down
	Analyze	Further down
	Multi View (2.5 D)	Further down
	Dimension generation	Further Down
	Import a generative view style	Before you begin
	Reset All Defaults	Before You Begin
	Import From File...	Importing From Files

Element Positioning	Modifying annotation positioning
Line-up	Line up dimensions (free space) Line up dimensions (reference)
Align into System	Aligning a Dimension System
Dimension Positioning	Position dimensions

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

Multiple View Projection	Creating a Multiple View Projection
View Plane Definition	Defining the View Plane

Filters	Filtering Dimension Generation
Analysis	Analyzing Generated Dimensions