The following procedure creates a Steel Order (Shell Profiles) Scantling drawing for a longitudinal shell profile specified by the component filter.
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In the Drawing Console, right-click the root level of the hierarchy and select New > More on the shortcut menu. On the Add Component Dialog, select Folder and click OK.
You could also select an existing folder in the hierarchy and skip this step.
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Right-click the folder and select New > More. On the Add Component Dialog, click the Ship Structure tab. Select a Steel Order (Shell Profiles) Scantling drawing component. For example, you could use the delivered Steel Order (Shell Profiles) component and click OK. The New Steel Order (Shell Profiles) component is added to the folder. This is the component you use to create your Scantling drawings.
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Right-click the new component and select Setup on the shortcut menu to open the Setup Dialog.
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On the General Tab, note the View Builder definition. For the delivered Steel Order (Shell Profiles) component, one View is already defined.
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Add views and reports as needed to define the contents of your drawings.
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Select a view or report and click Properties
to display the View Definition Dialog showing the current property settings for the view or report. Change the properties
as needed for the shell expansion drawings you are creating.
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Click the Queries Tab (Setup Dialog - Drawings by Rule) to set up the query definition for the scantling drawings. The query definition identifies the objects in the model that will be included in the drawing.
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In the Select View Type list, select All.
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The asking filter Steel Filter by Block or Assembly is selected in the Filter list. Select another value if needed.
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CollateForSteelOrder.collate is selected in the Select Collation Rule list. Select another value if needed.
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Click Ask Filter Inputs to open the Filter Properties for Asking Filter dialog.
Marine mode or material handling mode only: If you did not previously select the
model contents for a drawings-by-rule component, the Filter Properties for Asking Filter Dialog displays, and you must select a filter. The dialog is the same as the Filter Properties Dialog, except that only the appropriate tabs for the asking filter are displayed.
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Select a block, assembly, or assembly block from the assembly hierarchy, and then click OK.
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Click Run Query
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Click OK on the Setup Dialog to save the view and query definitions.
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Select Steel Order (Shell Profile) from the Select View Type list. The view type results display at the bottom of the Queries tab for Views, Queries, and Values. Each result for Views is a view with a single part or a collation of parts as shown in Values.
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The Steel Order (Shell Profiles) package includes a default drawing template. To modify this template, right-click the component and select Edit Template. The SmartSketch Drawing Editor opens with the blank drawing template displayed.
You use the SmartSketch Drawing Editor to define document, sheet, and region properties before generating the drawing. See
the SmartSketch Drawing Editor Help.
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After you complete setup of the Steel Order (Shell Profiles) Scantling component, right-click the component and select Create Drawings. The new documents display. The red X icon
displays, indicating that the drawings are out-of-date (the current model information
needs to be updated in the drawing views).
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Right-click the component again and select the Update Command to update the drawing documents with the information from the model. A dialog shows the update progress.
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When the process is complete, review the information in the dialog for any problems that may have occurred, and then click Exit.
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Right-click the document and select the Edit Command to open the SmartSketch Drawing Editor.
If you need to create a customized Scantling drawing component, create a Drawings by Rule component and define it as a Scantling drawing component.