Associate Objects to Views - Intergraph Smart 3D - Help - Hexagon

The following procedure steps you through associating volumes to drawings views in a 3D composed drawing. The procedures assumes you have already opened a 3D drawing in SmartSketch Drawing Editor to place and associate views. The example workflow uses a drawing with two drawing views already placed.

See the Orthographic Drawings Help for information on 3D composed drawings. For information on the commands available for editing 3D drawings, see Working with Drawings and Reports and SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

Associate Drawing Views with Orthographic View Styles

1. In SmartSketch Drawing Editor, select the orthographic drawing views that you want to associate, and then click the Associate Objects to View Command .

2. In the 3D application, notice the Associate Objects to View ribbon above the active window. If the selected drawing view has an orthographic view style, the Select View list includes the names of the drawing views you selected in the drawing.

   

3. Click volume graphically or in the Workspace Explorer to associate to the current drawing view. The Select View list scrolls automatically to the next drawing view in the list. Click another volume to associate with the second drawing view.

4. When you are done associating volumes to drawing views, return to SmartSketch Drawing Editor, and click the Place View Command .

5. To update the view contents with the associated volumes, select and right-click the view and select the Update View Command on the shortcut menu.

6. Save the drawing document and exit SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

7. Update and complete your drawing document.

Exclude Objects from the Volume

The Associate Objects to View command ribbon allows you to further define the objects associated to the drawing view. You can use filters to restrict the objects collected from the volume. You can also exclude objects from the volume if you do not want them included in the drawing.

In the following graphic, the Associate Objects to View ribbon shows how you can use a filter, such as Equipment, to define the objects shown in the drawing.

In the next example, the same Equipment filter is applied to the volume. However, a Vertical Tank is excluded from the filter. You achieve this output as follows:

1. Select the Filter, then click Exclude Objects .

2. Select the objects inside the volume that you want to exclude from the drawing.

   

   • We recommend that you associate your volume before excluding objects from the volume.

   • You can select the objects from the model, or from the Workspace Explorer, but you cannot select referenced objects that originate from files on the Reference tab of the Workspace Explorer.

   • You can clear objects that have previously been excluded from the drawing view by clicking on the object.

   • If you exclude an object while the related tab of the Workspace Explorer is active, the child objects are automatically excluded. For example, if the System tab is active when you exclude a system object, then all of the children objects are also excluded. If the related WSE tab is not active, only the object that you specifically select is excluded. For example, if you exclude a pipe run while the Space tab is active, the child parts of the pipe run are not excluded.

3. Click Accept to save the change to the volume definition.

4. Go back to SmartSketch Drawing Editor and update the view contents with the associated volumes with the Update View command on the shortcut menu of the view. The Vertical Tank does not appear in the drawing view.

   

5. Save the drawing document and exit SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

6. Update and complete your drawing document.

Associate Key Plan or Report Views

1. Select a key plan or report view in the drawing document.

2. Click Associate Objects to View .

3. In the 3D application, select a view from the View list. The View list contains a list of all the drawing views available in the current drawing document open in SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

4. Click Finish to save the association to the key plan or report view.

5. Go back to SmartSketch Drawing Editor to update the view contents. Select and right- click the view and select the Update View Command on the shortcut menu.

6. Save the drawing document and exit SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

7. Update and complete your drawing document.

Associate to a Drawing View with a Ruleset View Style

Ruleset view styles are only used in Smart 3D drawings.

1. Select a drawing view with a ruleset view style then click Associate Objects to View .

2. In the 3D application, select a query from the Query dropdown. Depending on the query, you may need to specify a value or select objects graphically.

3. Click Finish to save the association to the drawing view.

4. Go back to SmartSketch Drawing Editor to update the view contents. Select and right- click the view and select Update View on the shortcut menu. For more information, see Update View Command.

5. Save the drawing document and exit SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

6. Update and complete your drawing document.