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Manual

Manual

5.4.4.1. Overview

  • Storage locations

    • Make templates available for all catalogs

      Storage location: $CADENAS_SETUP/layouts/2dderivation

    • Make templates for parts in a specific catalog directory available

      Storage location: any

  • File ending

    The file ending of templates is: dw.

  • Default files

    Existing default files and/or views:

    • 3_views_eu.dw

    • 3_views_us.dw

    • 6_views_eu.dw

    • 6_views_us.dw

    • 4_views_frame.dw

  • Elements

    In order to create your own 2-D derivation views, you have the following elements to use:

    • Basic elements:

      • Template: Definition of a unique identifier

      • Description: Definition of the display name

    • Special elements:

      • Grid: A grid structure for placing several elements

      • Box: A placeholder element to determine position and degree

      • Derivation: A single 2-D derivation view

      • Text: Positionable and measurable text with deposited translations

      • Table: Positionable and measurable BOM-list

    • Frames:

      Should several single elements be combined, the element Frame is used. This is then the parent element for all elements placed on top of it.

Small example:

  1. Under $CADENAS_SETUP/layouts/2dderivation set up your own dw file (or copy an existing one and modify it).

    Exemplary excerpt with dw, cfg and dxf files

    Exemplary excerpt with dw, cfg and dxf files

  2. Under "name", assign a unique name.

    [Template]
    name=drawing_3_views_eu_test1
    unitbase=mm
    
    [Description]
    default=Test 1
    german=Test 1
    
    [ELEMENT_grid1]
    type=grid
    padding_x=10
    padding_y=10
    padding_unit=percent
    columns=2
    rows=2
    order=none,top,front,left

  3. Under "Description" set the display name

  4. Modify the order structure under "order" for example.

  5. Restart the PARTdataManager.

  6. Select a part and in the toolbar click on the 2D derivation button.

    -> The own view is now added to the list.

    Own view "Test 1"

    Own view "Test 1"

[Note] Note

Concept for use of frames and different paper formats:

Via [ELEMENT_frame] in the template file *.dw a default frame can be defined.

If views for different paper formats are to be created, a separate configuration file is defined for each format via [Formats].

The configuration file in turn references to a specific dxf file (paper format) under [ELEMENT_frame].