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DRAW Reference Manual

Introducing DRAW

DRAW Database

Who Should Read this Manual

Organisation of the DRAW User Guide

General and Database Commands

Saving

Saving Work

Seeing Changes Made by Other Users

Database Commands

Switching Between Databases

Updating Symbol Instances

Miscellaneous Facilities

Switching Text Output Off (DEVICE TTY only)

Logging the Alpha Display

Controlling Output of Warning Messages

Summary of Commands

Leaving DRAW...

Saving and Getting Work...

System Update Commands

Database Switching

Audible Error Trace...

Text Output of Current Element Name

Controlling and Logging the Alpha Display...

Suppressing Warning Messages...

Drawing the Design

Introducing the DRAW Database

Creating a Drawing, a Sheet and a View

Defining the Contents of a View

Defining Views Using the AUTO Commands

AUTOSCALE Command

AUTOSIZE Command

Generating the Graphics

Defining VIEW Contents Using Id Lists

Adding Elements to 3D View

Selective Additions to the Id List

Spatial Map

Changing the Limits of the View Contents

Cleaning Up Id Lists

Querying Id Lists

Changing the Picture by Changing VIEW Attributes

Orientation of View Contents

Perspective

3D View

Looking Direction

Representation Ruleset Reference

Hatching Ruleset Reference

Change Ruleset Reference

Arc Tolerance

View Gap Length

Suppressing View Clipping

Ignoring the DUNION attribute

More on the AUTO Commands

Hidden Line Representation

2D Symbolic Representation

Scaling Design Symbols

Orienting Design Symbols

Querying Commands

Querying Whether an Element Appears in a View

Querying the Nearest Side to an Item

Background Process Manager

Prerequisites

Initiating and Using the BPM

Managing Jobs using the Background Process Manager Form

Summary of Commands

At DRWG and below . . .

At VIEW . . .

Anywhere . . .

Querying Contents of a View

Graphical Representation

Representation Styles

Representation Rules

Representation Rules for Gridsystems

Representation Rules for 2D Symbology

Selective Style Allocation

Which Elements can be Hatched

Hatching Styles

The Hatch Pattern

Querying Commands

Querying Hatching Rulesets and Styles

Summary of Commands

At Representation Style . . .

At Hatching Rule . . .

At Hatching Style . . .

Section Planes

Creating and Using Planes

Perpendicular Plane (PPLA)

Creating Section Plane Points Directly . . .

Switching Retain/Discard Side . . .

Moving Section Plane Points . . .

Editing Section Plane Points . . .

Setting up the VIEW to Accept Section Planes . . .

Querying . . .

Plane Sketching . . .

Plane Erasing . . .

Using the Cursor with DRAW Commands

Picking P-points and Nodes

P-point Style

Picking Structural Elements and P-lines

Querying Position Data

Snapping 2D Points to a Grid

Summary of Commands

Querying . . .

P-point Visibility . . .

Snapping 2D Points to a Grid...

Plotting and Drawing Output

Plot Command

LIEXEC Command (configurable DXF format)

Configuration Datasets

Switches and BLOCK Rules to Control DXF and DWG Export

System-Defined Line Styles

User-Defined Line Styles

Glyphs

Using Glyphs

Fill Styles

System-Defined Fill Styles

User-Defined Fill Styles

Using Fill Styles

Marker Styles

Graphical Feedback Style and Colour

Reports, Circulation Lists and Revisions

Introduction to Annotation

Layers

Dimension and Label Attributes

Intelligent Text Attributes

Design Symbol Layers

Autoblanking

Dimensioning

Dimension Element Types

Linear Dimensions

Multi-valued Dimensions

Principal Attributes of Linear Dimensions

Detail Attributes of Linear Dimensions

Radial Dimensions

Creating Radial Dimensions

Appearance of Radial Dimensions - Specific Attributes

Appearance of Radial Dimensions - General Attributes

Appearance of Radial Dimensions - Ancillary Graphics Attributes

Creating Radial Dimensions using the Cursor

Modifying Radial Dimensions through Graphical Interaction

Pitch Circle Dimensions

Creating Pitch Circle Dimensions

Angular Dimensions

Principal Attributes of Angular Dimensions

Detail Attributes of Angular Dimensions

Identifying Dimensions

Suppressing the Display of Dimension and Projection Lines

Dimensioning to GRIDLN Elements

Dimensioning Skewed Pipe in Isometric Views

Updating Dimensions

Summary of Commands

Positioning the Dimension Line . . .

Setting Dimension Directions . . .

Creating and Modifying Radial Dimensions . . .

Creating Pitch Circle Dimensions . . .

Creating Angular Dimensions . . .

Setting Dimension Line and Dimension Line Text . . .

Setting Projection Line and Projection Line Text . . .

Setting Gaps . . .

Miscellaneous Operations on Dimensions . . .

Radial Dimensions . . .

Querying . . .

Deleting Unwanted Dimension Points . . .

Labelling

Creating and Manipulating Labels

Labelling Views

Positioning and Orienting Labels

Label Frame Manipulation

Hiding Labels

Label Text Manipulation

Leader Lines

Varying the Leader Line Connection Point

Leader Line Gaps

Modifying Labels through Graphical Interaction

Special Labels and Label Templates

Special Labels and Text Label Templates

Special Labels and Symbol Templates

Scaling and Mirroring Special Labels

SLAB Leaderline Connection Points

Autotagging

Defining the Autotagging Hierarchy and Rules

Controlling Label Appearance and Elements to be Tagged

Querying

Label Generation

Tracking the Autotagging Process

Label Editing and Copying

Tag Rule Editing

DATAL Transfer

Schedule Generation

Intelligent Label Placement

Labelling GRIDLN Elements

Summary of Commands

Aligning the Label Text . . .

Setting Label Frame Attributes . . .

Spreading Label Positions . . .

Setting Label Text Attributes . . .

Setting Leader Line Attributes (GLABs) . . .

Setting Leader Line Attributes (SLABs) . . .

Setting Gaps . . .

Querying . . .

Deleting unwanted Labels . . .

Autotagging . . .

Intelligent Text

Codewords

Accessing Data from the DESIGN or Catalogue Databases

P-point Data

P-line Data

Accessing Data in Catalogue Datasets

Accessing Data from the DRAW Database

Accessing Dimensioning Data

Accessing UDA Data

Accessing Administrative Data

Codewords with Special Functions

Tab Generator Codeword

New Line Generator

# Character

Underlining

Emboldening and Italicising

Substrings

String Definition by Characters

Substring Definition by Parts

Array Indexing

Transforming Position/Direction Data

Extracting Attribute Data from any Specified Element

Distance, Position and Bore Data Output

Mixed Units within Intelligent Text Strings

Controlling the Precision of the Generated Output

Position Output Formats

POSFOR (Positional Code Word Format) Attribute

GRSYS (Grid System) Attribute

Customizing Error Text

Intelligent Text Syntax - Summary

Notes

Summary of Commands

DRAW Drawing World Hash Codes...

Special Characters...

Hash Code Delimiters...

Sub-Strings...

Array Indexing...

Transforming Position/Direction Data...

Attribute Navigation...

Extraction of P-line Data...

Querying...

Updating...

Setting Units (at LAYE)...

Controlling the Precision of the Generated Output...

Setting Position Output Format

Specifying the Grid System (for GRIDLIN search)

Miscellaneous Text Facilities

True Type Fonts

AVEVA Fonts

Multiple Fonts within Text Strings

Alternative Character Set

Annotating Structural Elements in DRAW

3D Position from a P-line

3D Direction from a P-line

Angle from a P-line

P-line Attributes

P-line Design Element

Representation of SCTN Ends

Underlays and Overlays

Using Plotfiles

Database Elements for Underlays and Overlays

Summary of Commands

Overlays...

Manipulating Overlays...

2D Drafting

Where 2D Drafting is Used

Backing and Overlay Sheets

Symbol Templates

The Drafting Elements

2D Drafting Primitives

Creating and Manipulating Drafting Primitives - Common Operations

Re-use of Drafting Points

Visibility of Drafting Primitives

Creating and Manipulating Drafting Primitives - Specific Operations

Text Strings

Displaying Text from a File on the Drawing

Summary of Commands

Shifting the Origin . . .

Moving Individual Primitives . . .

Rotating Individual Primitives . . .

Mirroring Individual Primitives . . .

Moving Groups of Primitives . . .

Querying Primitives . . .

Copying Primitives . . .

Outlines . . .

Sketching Drafting Points . . .

ISODRAFT Symbols

Creating ISODRAFT Symbol Templates

Attributes of ISODRAFT Symbol Templates

Wildcards in SKEYs

Example

Outputting ISODRAFT Symbols

Querying ISODRAFT Symbol Templates

Point and Line Construction

Introduction

X, Y Filtering

Construction of 3D Positions

Midpoint Position

Midpoint of Two Defined Points

Midpoint of an Existing Straight Line or Arc

Quadrant Point Position

Endpoint Position

Centre or Focus Position

‘Nearest To’ Position

Intersection

Tangency Point

Tangent Lines

Perpendicular Intersection Point

Reflected Points

Fillet Arcs

Constructed Lines, Ray Lines and Bisector Lines

Ray Lines

Bisector Lines

Chamfer Lines

Non-Drafting Applications of Point Construction

Other Non-Drafting uses of Point Construction

Point Construction Option Form

Transform PDMS DRAFT Data for DRAW

DRAW Database Hierarchy

Picture File Naming Conventions