Select an object. Go to the “Files” tab and select
“Drawing” from the “Add” drop-down
menu. The name you define (e.g., “DrawingXYZ”) for the drawing will be
displayed within the drawing if a text field within the drawing border
file (.svg) is marked as ###DRAWINGNAME###. After choosing the name, select the template you want to use. The
list shows all templates defined in the
drawingtemplates.json file. If the volume clipping tool is used then the
drawing creation process will consider the clipping and only draws the
parts inside the specified volume. It is possible to create a drawing of the selected 3D objects
only by use of the checkbox “Draw selected objects
only”. The checkbox “Use colours” draws the objects in
their actual colour used in the 3D model instead of creating them in
black and white. (licence for SimpleDrawingModule is needed)
Drawing
UPV can automatically create a technical “Drawing” from
the 3D model.
Create Drawing
The image below shows an example of an isometric drawing created
in the UPV Demoplant using volume clipping and the
option draw selected objects only.
Viewing the Drawing
Drawings can be opened by clicking the “Open” button in
the “Files” tab next to the drawing.
Saving the Drawing
In order to “Save” any work on drawings, a licence is
needed. Drawings can be saved as .svg, .pdf, .acad.pdf and
.png files.
.acad.pdf files are the recommended file type for
AutoCAD imports if normal .pdf files do not yield
good enough results.
