Interactive Drafting

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Interactive Drafting
Detailed Steps
COPYRIGHT DASSAULT SYSTEMES 2002 Version 5 Release 8

January 2002
EDU-CAT-E-ID1-FS-V5R8
Interactive Drafting Detailed Steps
Table of Contents
Guide Piece................................................................................................................................................. 3
Step 1 - Drawing the Front View.............................................................................................................. 3
Step 2 - Adding the Top and Section View.............................................................................................23
Step 3 - Editing View Layout and Properties.......................................................................................... 89
Step 4 - Dimensioning and Annotating................................................................................................. 102
Step 5 - Finalizing the Drawing............................................................................................................. 114
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Guide Piece
Step 1 - Drawing the Front View
Go to the Drafting workbench and define the standard and the sheet
format.
1. Select the Mechanical Design Drafting workbench in the Start menu

2. In the New Drawing panel, select the ISO standard.
3. In the New Drawing panel, select the A4 ISO sheet format.

4. In the New Drawing panel, select the Portrait orientation.
5. Click on OK in the New Drawing Creation panel to accept the drawing configuration.

Save the drawing.

1. Select menu FILE and the option to SAVE AS.

2. In the SAVE AS panel, locate your desired Save In location then key in the File Name of
GuidePieceDrawing1 and select SAVE.
Note: when the save is completed the window title and drawing name will change from Drawing1 to reflect
GuidePieceDrawing1.

Define the front view
1. Select New View icon ( )

2. Click a location (Left Middle) for the View on the sheet.

The View is created.

Draw the outside profile with sketcher
1. Select Rectangle icon ( ).

2. Starting at the axis origin point, sketch the following rectangle by dragging the corner point until the
corner point of 40,90 is reached. Click to create the rectangle.

3. Select the Corner icon ( ).

4. Using Mouse Button 1, drag a selection rectangle around all the lines. The corner points will be
selected when complete.
5. Key in a radius of 3 in the corner tool bar and press ENTER to confirm.

The Profile is complete.
Draw the internal segments
1. Select Offset icon ( ) and the No Propagation icon ( ) within the Tool Bar.
2. Select the bottom line or axis to offset.

3. Without moving the cursor, Press the TAB key 3 times to select the offset distance input field in the
tool bar.
4. Key in the offset distance of 10 and press ENTER.
5. Completed result:
6. Repeat the step using an offset distance of 50 and press ENTER.

7. Create the last offset; Select the 50 mm offset line as the reference line.

tool bar. Note: if you move the cursor above or below the selected reference line and then key in an
offset value, the direction of the cursor will determine the direction of offset.
9. Key in the offset distance of -10 (negative 10) and press ENTER.
Completed result:
10. Select the Corner icon ( ) and the Trim First Element icon ( ).

11. Select the 50 mm line as the first element.
12. Select the edge of the profile.

13. Position (move) the cursor to determine the correct orientation for the corner.
14. Press the TAB key once to select the radius field in the tool bar.
15. Key in 3 for the radius value and press ENTER.

Completed result:
16. Repeat the corner steps for the other end of the 50 mm line.
Completed result:

17. To relimit the two 10 mm lines to the side of the profile, press and hold the CTRL key while selecting
both lines to be trimmed.
18. Select the Trim icon ( ) and Trim First Element icon ( )of the tool bar
19. Select the element to trim the lines, use one of the profile lines.
20. Select the side to keep of the two possible results. Select inside the profile.

Completed result:
21. Repeat the trim for the other end of the lines.
Completed results:

Draw the Hole
1. Select Circle icon ( ).

2. Without moving the cursor, Press the TAB key once to select the Circle Center H: field.
3. Key in 20 and Press the TAB key.
4. Key in 90-24 in the Circle Center V: field and press the TAB key. Note: this will give you 66 as the
value after the math is performed.
5. Key in 8 as the radius and press ENTER.

Completed results:

Save the Drawing
1. Select SAVE icon ( ) or menu FILE + SAVE to save the drawing with the same name in the
same location.

Step 2 - Adding the Top and Section View

Create the Top View
1. Select the New View icon ( ).

2. Move the cursor until the GREEN preview frame for the new view is located below the Front View. In
an ISO drawing this identifies the Top View.

3. Select the on the Sheet towards the bottom to create the view.

Draw the elements in the Top view.

1. Double Click or using the third mouse button and menu Activate View on the blue frame of the
Top View, activate the Top View (displayed as a red frame).
2. Select Rectangle icon ( ).

3. Select the axis origin point.
4. Without moving the cursor, press the TAB key 3 times to select the width field in the tool bar.
5. Key in 40 and press the TAB key.

6. Key in 50 in the Height field in the tool bar and press ENTER to confirm.
The Profile is complete.
7. Select Offset icon ( ) and the No Propagation icon ( ) within the Tool Bar.

8. Select the bottom line or axis to offset.
tool bar.
10. Key in the offset distance of 16 and press ENTER.

Completed result:

11. Select the top profile line as the reference line.
tool bar.
13. Key in the offset distance of -10 (negative 10) and press ENTER.

Completed result:
14. Select the Corner icon ( ) and the Trim First Element icon ( ).

15. Select the 16 mm line as the first element.

16. Select the edge of the profile.

17. Position (move) the cursor to determine the correct orientation for the corner.
18. Press the TAB key once to select the radius field in the tool bar.
19. Key in 3 for the radius value and press ENTER.

Completed result:
20. Repeat the corner steps for the others.

Completed result:

Create the Section View
1. Select the New View icon ( ).

2. Move the cursor until the GREEN preview frame for the new view is located to the right of the Front
View. In an ISO drawing this identifies the Left View.

3. Select the on the Sheet towards the center to create the view.

4. Using the contextual menu (Mouse button 3) select the Left View Frame (Shown in Blue) and then
select the Properties item.

5. Using the View Tab, change the Prefix View Name from Left View to Section View and select OK

6. Double click (select) the Section View Frame to activate the view

Draw the segments in the section view using the construction lines
1. Using the Offset ( ) icon, select the vertical axis line of the section view and move the cursor
to the left of the selected axis line. This will set the direction of the offset.
2. Press the TAB key (3 times) until the Offset field is highlighted (selected). Key in 10 and press
ENTER.

3. Using the contextual menu (mouse button 3), select the Front View Frame and the menu items of
Front View Object and Show Folding Lines

4. Repeat the procedure for the Top View

5. Move (reposition) the Section View as needed to allow the necessary spacing to create the view
objects by selecting and dragging the view frame.
6. Select the Profile ( ) icon to begin creating the view geometry.

7. Using the Folding lines as construction lines, select the intersection of the top and left lines (shown
below)

8. Moving horizontal to the right – select the intersection of the top and 2nd vertical line (shown
below).

9. Moving down vertical- select the intersection of the 2 nd vertical line and the 3rd line up from the bottom.

10. Moving horizontal to the right – select the intersection of the 3rd line up from bottom and 3rd vertical
line from the right

11. Moving up vertical- select the intersection of the line below the hole and the 4 th line from the right side.

12. Moving horizontal to the right – select the intersection of the line below the hole and the right line

13. Moving down vertical- select the intersection of the 3 rd line below the hole and the right side.
14. Press the TAB key 4 times and key in 210 and press ENTER for the angle

15. Using the cursor, Double click (select) the 10mm offset line created in step 1 to end the profile
16. Select the Profile ( ) icon again to finish creating the bottom half of the view geometry.

17. Select the same starting point; select the intersection of the top and left lines (shown below)

18. Moving down vertical- select the intersection of the vertical line and the bottom.

19. Moving horizontal to the right – select the intersection of the bottom and the right line

20. Moving up vertical- select the intersection of the right line and the 2 nd horizontal bottom.
21. Press the TAB key 4 times and key in –210 (minus 210) and press ENTER

22. Using the cursor, Double click (select) the 10mm offset line created in step 1 to end the profile
23. Select the Trim ( ) icon.

24. Select the the 10mm offset line as shown

25. Select one of the created angled lines

26. Repeat the trim process above for the other angled line

Add the corners in the Section View.
1. Select the Corner ( ) icon and the Trim All Elements ( ) icon in the tool bar.
2. Select the Top line and 3rd right line and position the corner as shown below
3. Press the TAB key once and key in 3 and press ENTER

4. Repeat the process the complete the other corners
Create Hole lines in the Section view.
1. Select the Line ( ) icon.

2. Using the Folding Lines as construction lines, Select the intersection of the left vertical side line and
the horizontal hole line

3. Select the intersection of the tall right vertical side line and the horizontal hole line

4. Repeat the process for the bottom edge line of the hole.

5. Complete the hole by drawing the centerline. Select the Line ( ) icon. Using the construction
line, Select a location on the hole’s centerline outside the part to the left and then select a
location on the centerline outside the part on the right.

6. To complete the hole, change the properties of the line to represent a centerline. Using the
contextual menu (mouse button 3) select the line and the properties menu item.

7. Using the Graphic tab, select the drop down list for linetype and select a centerline representation
and then OK.

8. To create the lines for the hidden hole, press and hold the CTRL key while selecting the hole edge
and centerline lines.
9. Select the Translate ( ) icon.

10. From the Translation Definition panel, set the instance number to 1 and check the duplicate mode.
11. Select on the centerline as the origin point for the translation.

12. In the Translation Definition panel, key in a length value of 32 and press OK

13. Using the direction locator, select a downward vertical location.

Project the angled lines into the Front View.

1. With the angled lines completed, we can finish the front view by project them. First remove (hide) the
folding lines from the Front and Top views. With the contextual menu (mouse button 3) select the
Front View frame (blue dashed lines) and the menu items Front View Object and Hide Folding
Lines


2. Repeat the process for Top View.

3. Double click (select) on the Front View frame to activate the Front View.

4. With the contextual menu (mouse button 3) select the Section View frame (blue dashed lines) and
the menu items Section View Object and Show Folding Lines
5. Select the Line ( ) icon.

6. Using the Folding Lines as construction lines, Select the intersection of the left vertical side line and
the top horizontal construction line for the bottom angled line.

7. Moving horizontal to the right, select the intersection of the right vertical side line and the top
horizontal construction line for the bottom angled line.

8. Repeat the process to create the line for the lower upper angled line.
Note: you may need to turn off the snap feature ( icon) in the toolbar

9. With the contextual menu (mouse button 3) select the Section View frame (blue dashed lines) and the
menu items Section View Object and Hide Folding Lines

Add the pattern.

1. Double click (select) on the Section View frame to activate the Section View.
2. Select the Area Fill ( ) icon.

3. Select the All elements in the view item in the Research of Elements panel

4. Select inside the area to be filled. Select inside the lower two lines.
5. Repeat the process for the other two areas.

Draw the section Symbol.

1. Double click (select) on the Front View frame to activate the Front View.

2. Select the Line ( ) icon. Select a location on the hole’s centerline outside the part to the top
and then select a location on the centerline outside the part on the bottom.
3. To complete the line, change the properties of the line to represent a section line. Using the
contextual menu (mouse button 3) select the line and the properties menu item.

4. Using the Graphic tab, select the drop down list for linetype and select a section line
representation and then OK.


Step 3 - Editing View Layout and Properties

Move views on the sheet.
1. Using the left (Button 1) mouse button, Select and hold the View Frame (Dashed Border around the
view) on the Front View while dragging the cursor to move the view up on the page.



Note: all the views move because of their parameter set to align views. To remove this option, use the
contextual menu for view positioning of do not align views (shown below).

2. Repeat the process for the other views to ensure adequate distance for dimensions, notes, etc…
between the views.
Note: Views can be moved at any time; even after dimensions or notes have been added.

Remove the frame from the views

1. Using the contextual menu (mouse button 3), Select the Front View’s view frame.

2. Select menu Properties.

3. Using the View tab, select the Display View Frame box and select OK to confirm.

Completed results:
4. To remove the other view frames, use the multiple select features provide within the specifications
tree. Press and hold the CTRL key while selecting the view names (Section A-A and Top View) from
the specifications tree.

5. On one of the selected view names in the specifications tree, press the right (button 3) mouse
button.

6. In the contextual menu, select the Properties item.

7. Using the View tab, select the Display View Frame box and select OK to confirm.

Completed results:

Step 4 - Dimensioning and Annotating

Fully dimension the front and top and section views as shown.
Using the following dimension icons, you will dimension the views as shown in the drawing.

1. Select the Dimension ( ) icon and Project Dimension icon from the toolbar.
2. Select the top and bottom edge lines and locate the dimension.

3. Select the Dimension ( ) icon. Select the left and right edge lines and locate the dimension.

4. Select the Dimension ( ) icon. Select the left edge and hole centerline and locate the
dimension.
5. Change to the Section View; Double click (select) the Section View frame (blue dashed lines).

6. Select the Dimension ( ) icon. Create and locate the other linear dimensions
Note: to get dimensions to line up, select the other dimension line to locate. Note: you will also need to
move the view title text for some dimensions

7. To Create the angle dimension, Select the Angle dimension ( ) icon. Select the right top
vertical edge and then select the angled line.
8. Without moving the cursor, activate the contextual menu and select the menu Angle Sector and
Sector 4 item.

Note: If you press and hold the CTRL key down while moving the cursor you can select or change which
sector the value is in.
9. Select the dimension value and drag to the desired location.
10. Before creating the Hole dimension and information, Select menu Tools and Option item. From the
tree select Mechanical Design and Drafting.

11. Using the Manipulators tab, check the Insert Text Before in the Creation column. Select OK to
confirm
12. Select the Diameter Dimension ( ) icon. Select the top and bottom hole edge lines and
locate the dimension. Select the red triangle to create the before text of “(2X)”


Add tolerances.
1. To add tolerances to the values in the drawing. Select the Diameter dimension and with the
contextual menu (mouse button 3) select the Properties item.
2. From the Properties panel. Select the Tolerance Tab. From the drop down list for the Main Value
select the TOL_NUM2 name and select or key 0.05 upper value and 0.05 lower value. Select OK to
confirm.

3. Repeat the process for the bottom dimension in the Section View using a .05 upper and a -.20 lower
values with a ANS_NUM2 main value.
4. Activate the Front View (Double click the view frame).
5. Select the Datum Feature ( ) icon.

6. Select the Left extension line for the top dimensions. And confirm the Datum Feature letter by
selecting OK.
7. Select the Geometric Tolerance ( ) icon.

8. Select the top edge line in the Front View and select a location to anchor the tolerance box.

9. In the Geometric Tolerancing Parameters panel, Select the perpendicularity symbol; key a
tolerance of .2 and a datum of A. Select OK to confirm.

Step 5 - Finalizing the Drawing

Create text for the section callout and leader text for note 2.
1. Activate the Section View (Double click the view frame).
2. Using the graphics toolbar, select the drop down list for Text Framing. Select the Bottom Left frame.
3. Select the Text with Leader ( ) icon.

4. Select the bottom edge line and select a location for the Text. Note: the location where the line was
selected will determine the location of the leader.
5. In the Text Editor panel, key in 2. Do not press enter! Select OK.

6. Select a location to confirm the creation.
Note: The framing option stays on until turn off.

7. In the graphics toolbar, select the drop down list for Text Framing. Select the Top Left frame.

Create a note view.

1. De-Activate the Section View by selecting (Double click) the sheet in the tree.
2. Select the New View ( ) icon. Then select a location below the Section View.
3. Using the contextual menu, select the properties of the view frame.

4. In the properties panel, under the View Tab, replace the view name prefix with NOTES. Select Ok to
confirm.
5. Using the contextual menu, select the text box (with the name and scale) and the Delete item.

Create a series of points.
1. Select the Infinite Line ( ) icon. and the Vertical ( ) icon in the Toolbar.
2. Select a location in the Notes View.
3. Select the Trim ( ) icon.

4. Select the new infinite line beside the view axis. Select a location toward the top of the Notes
View.

5. Repeat the process and select a location toward the bottom of the Notes View.
6. Select the Equidistance Points ( ) icon. Select the trimmed line in the Notes View.
7. Key in 3 for the number of New Points and select OK.

8. Select the trim line and press the DELETE key.
Create notes anchored to the points.
1. Select the Text ( ) icon and the top point.
2. Key in “ NOTES: ”. Do not press ENTER but select OK.

3. Repeat the process and key in the following text:

NON DIMENSIONED CORNERS ARE 3MM
4. Select the lower right text box corner and drag to shorten and increase the text box to two lines.
5. Repeat the process for the last line of text. But turn on the Text Framing by selecting the bottom
left frame. Typing the number 2 and Select OK to confirm. Then turning off the Framing by
selecting the no frame (top Left) icon.
6. Select the last point again and type a space (period) space and then key in the following.
NO DRAFT PERMISSABLE

7. Select the points and press the DELETE key.
Run a macro to create a Title Block.

1. Select Background in the Edit menu.
2. Click on the Frame Creation ( )icon

3. Change the Margin distance to 10 mm and uncheck the Add title block option.

4. Select menu Tools and Macro option to create title block.
5. Select External File from the Macro In: drop down list

6. Select the SELECT button and navigate the file structure to find “CATIA PATH
(ProgramFiles\DassaultSystemes\B07) \ Platform OS (intel_a) \
VBScript\FrameTitleBlock\CATDrwFrame_TitleBlock.CATScript
7. Select the RUN button to run the VBScript macro.

8. Using the Text icon, edit the XXX placeholder text with the desired information (Guide Piece, Sheet
Number, Design Name, and Date).

9. Return to the Working Views mode, under the Edit menu.
9. Arrange any views as necessary to fit within the border.

Print the drawing on a A4 paper format

1. Select Print in the File menu
2. Select the Fit in Page option and rotate as necessary to fit the print on the page.

3. Select the Preview button to see the results.

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2. In the New Drawing panel, select the ISO standard.

3. In the New Drawing panel, select the A4 ISO sheet format.

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4. In the New Drawing panel, select the Portrait orientation.

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Save the drawing.

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Define the front view

1. Select New View icon ( )

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The View is created.

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Draw the outside profile with sketcher

1. Select Rectangle icon ( ).

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3. Select the Corner icon ( ).

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The Profile is complete.

Draw the internal segments

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4. Key in the offset distance of 10 and press ENTER.

6. Repeat the step using an offset distance of 50 and press ENTER.

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11. Select the 50 mm line as the first element.

12. Select the edge of the profile.

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15. Key in 3 for the radius value and press ENTER.

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Draw the Hole

1. Select Circle icon ( ).

3. Key in 20 and Press the TAB key.

5. Key in 8 as the radius and press ENTER.

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Save the Drawing

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Step 2 - Adding the Top and Section View

1. Select the New View icon ( ).

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Draw the elements in the Top view.

2. Select Rectangle icon ( ).

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3. Select the axis origin point.

5. Key in 40 and press the TAB key.

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The Profile is complete.

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8. Select the bottom line or axis to offset.

10. Key in the offset distance of 16 and press ENTER.

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11. Select the top profile line as the reference line.

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