This procedure describes how to generate one or more CAD Hook-Up or Enhanced SmartLoop drawing from a Hook-Up browser. For a complete hook-up generation scenario see Hook-Up Drawing Generation.
To generate CAD Hook-Up drawings in batch mode, you must have selected in the preferences
Hook-Ups > CAD file locations > Save drawings automatically, and type a path in the Output drawing folder, field. The software then saves all the selected CAD Hook-Up drawings to this folder
and displays the last generated drawing.
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Select
to open the EDE (Engineering Data Editor).
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On the EDE Explorer locate and expand the Hook-Ups folder.
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Select the required Hook-up EDE View.
If you have not generated a Hook-Up EDE view for the selected Hook-Ups, see information
on how to Generate an EDE View from a Query.
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On the EDE Actions of your EDE view, search for Hook-up Name attribute, and drag the attribute to add it to the grid.
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After the EDE updates the newly added Hook-up Name, right-click any hook-up in this column, and from the shortcut menu select Reports > Generate Hook-Up Drawings.
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On the browser view select the Hook-Ups you want to generate as drawings. Hold down the SHIFT or CTRL on the keyboard to select more than one item.
The same Hook-Up can appear more than once in a Hook-Up EDE view. Only one drawing
will be generated, even if you have selected the same value more than once.
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On the Generate Hook-Up Drawings dialog on the General tab, select the Generation Method required.
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If CAD generation is required, select the CAD Options tab.
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On the CAD Options tab, check the Target folder path is correct.
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Select OK, the generation process starts. Each Hook-Up document is saved to the Target folder and the last generated document is displayed.