Creating a 2D Component Reference

This task shows you how to create a detail sheet and then position a 2D component reference on this detail sheet.
Differentiating the design sheet from the detail sheet lets you assign a structure to the document, in that the layout elements are separated from the re-usable components.
Create an empty layout as explained in Creating a Layout.

  1. Click New Detail Sheet in the Layout toolbar (Sheets sub-toolbar).
    The detail sheet is created, with a 2D component view at its lower left-hand corner. It is listed in the specification tree.

  2. Create geometry inside this view: two circles, for example.

    You can now instantiate this 2D component on a layout design sheet.

  3. Click 2D Component from the Layout toolbar.

  4. Click on the detail sheet to position the new 2D component view.

  5. Create geometry inside this view.

  6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 to create as many 2D components as wanted. You can then instantiate them on a layout design sheet.