Allows you to create new drawings and manage existing drawings without switching to the Drawings and Reports task. You can edit and update drawing documents through using the Tools > Drawing Console command. The Drawing Console is a free-floating, resizable form which shows you the same hierarchy of folders and components as you see in the Management Console in the Drawings and Reports task. Unlike the Drawings and Reports task where the documents are displayed in the Detail View, drawing and report documents are included in the Drawing Console hierarchy.
The Drawing Console allows you perform the same operations as the Management Console with a few exceptions:
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Spreadsheet report documents have no Edit Template command. Go to the Drawings and Reports task to edit the templates.
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The Open command is not available on drawing documents. Right-click a drawing and select Edit to open it in SmartSketch Drawing Editor.
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You create new composed drawings by right-clicking the composed drawing component and selecting the New Drawing Command on the shortcut menu.
Commands Available Through the Drawing Console
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Copy |
Copies the Console hierarchy from the selected component down. The copy command does not copy documents. |
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Copy to Catalog |
Copies a modified report template to the catalog so it can be used by other users. |
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Create Drawing(s) |
Generates the drawings that have not previously been created. |
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Create Report |
Specifies a report template and then generates a report for the selected spreadsheet component. |
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Delete |
Removes an item and its sub-items from the hierarchy and the database. |
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Edit |
Opens a drawing document in SmartSketch Drawing Editor for editing. |
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Edit Options |
Sets various options that affect piping isometric drawing output, such as dimension styles, layers, drawing frame text, material lists, and weld lists. Displays the Isometric Style Options Browser. |
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Edit Template |
Allows you to modify a template for a volume drawing component in SmartSketch Drawing Editor. |
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New |
Create a new folder or component in the hierarchy. |
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New Drawing |
Creates a new composed drawing. This command is only available on the shortcut menu for a selected Composed Drawing component. |
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Option Override |
Overrides isometric drawing style options. |
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Parameters |
Specifies the parameters for a report, such as units of measure and coordinate systems. |
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Paste |
Inserts the last-copied contents into the hierarchy, modifies the template information, or creates drawing volumes, depending on the component you have selected. |
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Print |
The simple Print command sends a print request for the selected documents to the default printer. The Batch > Print command allows you to submit document files directly to a print queue for a printer or schedule the document files to be sent to the print queue at a later date or at recurring intervals. If the Batch command is not available, you are not configured to use batch processing. Contact your administrator for more information. |
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Properties |
Views and edits properties for the selected document. |
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Publish |
Publishes the information in the selected documents. You can access the Publish Documents command by right-clicking a component or document. This command is only available if you are registered to work in an integrated environment. |
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Refresh |
Compares the date of the last update of the document with the modification date in the model for any object that has a positive (can be seen) resymbolization in the drawing. The Batch > Refresh command allows you to refresh documents on a Batch Server while you continue to work on other tasks. If the Batch command is not available, you are not configured to use batch processing. Contact your administrator for more information. The Refresh and Batch > Refresh commands are not available for Spreadsheet Report documents. |
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Rename |
Activates the name of an item in the hierarchy so you can type a different name. |
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Revise |
Reserves revision numbers. This command is only available if you are registered to work in an integrated environment. |
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Run Query |
Runs the query associated with the selected Drawings by Query Manager component. |
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Save As |
Saves drawings and reports as specified file types to an external location, such as a share on another server. |
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Save Package |
Saves the console hierarchy from the selected component down. The package saves the setup information and any template definitions that may exist on nodes within the selected hierarchy. |
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Save As SmartPlant Review |
Saves a 3D Model Data document as a SmartPlant Review file. |
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Setup |
Defines the options for a component, such as the Drawings by Query components or the 3D Model Data component. |
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Switch Border |
Allows you to switch the border template associated with the selected composed drawing documents, volume drawing documents, or Orthographic Drawings by Query package components. |
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Update |
The Update Document(s) and Update commands query the model to regenerate a single document or multiple documents. The Update Now command always performs a complete regeneration on the local machine for a single selected drawing. The Batch > Update command allows you to update documents on a Batch Server while you continue to work on other tasks. The Batch > Local Update command is a special batch command available on a document, allowing you to background-process the update of the document. If the Batch commands are not available, you are not configured to use batch processing. Contact your administrator for more information. |
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View Log |
Displays the log information for the selected document. |
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View Extraction Data |
Displays part and report information for a line that has been processed. You can view the log file and Piping Component File (PCF) data for the extraction. This command is available for Piping Isometric Drawings only. |