Customizing a Drawing View

This task shows you how to generate a drawing view, using various representation options.
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The document contains the harness obtained in Flattening the Harness.

Make sure the Drafting -> View options are set as follows:
Open the Tools -> Options... menu, then Mechanical Design:

In the Geometry generation / Dress-up frame, check the following options:

  • Project 3D wireframe

  • Project 3D points
For more information, refer to the View tab documentation.

  1. Open the Tools -> Options... menu, then in the Equipment & Systems category, choose the Electrical 3D Design item to define a graphic replacement catalog.

    To do so:

    • Click Add

    • Browse to the catalog.

    • Click OK to validate.

    A mapping will be done between the connector external reference (or the part number if the external reference is not valuated) and the name of the 2D detail.

    • If an equivalence is found, the corresponding 2D detail will replace the connector in the drawing.

    • If not, the 3D projection will be displayed.

  2. In the Drawing tab, select:

    • the double line for bundle segment representation
    • the 2D detail option for device graphical representation

  3. Click OK to validate.

  4. Perform the mapping:

    1. Right-click a connector to display the properties,

    2. Click More... to display the Electrical tab.

    3. Enter a value in the External Reference field.

    4. Click OK to validate.
      Once this is done, you will generate the drawing.

  5. Open a new drawing document.

  6. Click Front View and select a face of the connector as Plane.

    The drawing document updates according to this choice:
    The connectors have been replaced with the chosen 2D detail and bundle segments are displayed with a double line.

Note that the External Reference attribute does not exist for the support and you need to create it.
To do so:

  • Right-click the support to display the Properties.

  • At the bottom of the Product tab, click Define other properties...

    The dialog box displays:

  • Select String in the combo and click New Parameter of type.

  • Edit the name: External Reference

    This property is added to the support.

  • You can now enter a value to map a catalog 2D detail.