Create Drawing Dialog

Used to automate the drawing composition workflows.

Opens when you:

place section, plan, detail, or elevation callout with the Create Drawing check box turned on and the callout intersecting at least one reference.
place a named boundary with the Create Drawing check box turned on.
use the Create Saved View tool with the Create Drawing check box turned on.
select the Create Drawing or Place View on Drawing or Sheet tool in the Mini toolbar for callouts to which dynamic views automation is not applied.
right-click and select Create Drawing for a saved view to which dynamic views automation is not applied.
right-click a clip volume and select Create Drawing.

Setting	Description
Name	Shows the name of the saved view that will be created.
Drawing Seed	Defines the drawing seed template from which the detailing symbol style will be used for the callout.
View Type	Displays the saved view type. The saved view type displayed depends on the saved view settings in the seed file selected in the Drawing Seed drop-down list.
Discipline	Displays the discipline of the drawing. It can be modified from the saved view properties in the Properties dialog.
Purpose	Displays the purpose of the saved view. It can be modified from the saved view properties in the Properties dialog.
Create Drawing Model	If on, creates a drawing model and attaches the saved view coincident at full scale.
Seed Model	Displays the seed model from which the drawing model will be created. This seed model is derived from the template selected in the Drawing Seed drop-down list.
Filename	If on, you can select the file in which the drawing model will be created. By default, the drawing model is created in the active file. You can create a new file that will contain the new drawing model by clicking Create New Drawing File icon. You can also create the drawing model in another file by click Browse Drawing File icon. Note: If you select an existing file to create the drawing model, make sure the file belongs to the same WorkSet, else the OK button in the dialog will be dimmed.
Annotation Scale	Sets the scale factor for text and dimensioning in the drawing model. The annotation scale of the drawing model is used as the detail scale when it is attached to a sheet. Note: Only the scales that match the master units of the seed file are populated in this drop-down list.
Visible Edges	Sets the visible edges display option. Options are: Dynamic - In this mode, the reference file and the visible edge process are always kept in a live state, that is, they are updated whenever you do operations such as file opening, viewing references, modifying references and so on. Cached - In this mode, a local cache is stored for the visible edge process. The reference is kept live but the visible hidden edge display is not regenerated. The default cache synchronization option is `Automatic with Alert`. You can change this by defining the MS_REF_VISEDGE_ATTACH_STATE configuration variable. This option is available only when a 3D model is attached directly to a 2D model. In case you are attaching a 3D model directly to a sheet model, this option is displayed under the Create Sheet Model section. You can change the default selection of this drop-down list by defining the MS_REF_VISEDGE_ATTACH_STATE configuration variable.
Create Sheet Model	If on, creates a sheet model. If the Create Drawing Model check box is on, the drawing model is attached into the new sheet model.
Seed Model	If on, you can select the seed model from which the sheet model will be created. This seed model is derived from the template selected in the Drawing Seed drop-down list, except for the case when you place a named boundary using a drawing boundary with the Create Drawing check box turned on. In this case, the sheet-seed model is the one that contains the drawing boundary. This is to make sure that the drawing fits exactly in the selected drawing boundary.
Filename	If on, you can select the file in which the sheet model will be created. By default, the sheet model is created in the active file. You can create a new file that will contain the new sheet model by clicking Create New Sheet File icon. You can also create the sheet model in another file by click Browse Sheet File icon. Note: If you select an existing file to create the sheet model, make sure the file belongs to the same WorkSet, else the OK button in the dialog will be dimmed.
Sheets	Sets the sheet model in which you want to place the drawing. You can also select New to create a new sheet model.
Annotation Scale	Sets the scale factor for text and dimensioning in the sheet model. Note: Only the scales that match the master units of the seed file are populated in this drop-down list.
Drawing Boundary	Sets the drawing boundary in the sheet model where the drawing will be placed. This option lists the following: New - Creates a new drawing boundary. List of empty drawing boundaries (drawing boundaries that do not have a saved view attached) of same View Type contained in the sheet model selected in the Sheets drop-down list. If Sheets is set to New, lists the empty drawing boundaries of same view type available in the sheet-seed model. In this case, a new sheet model is created and the selected drawing boundary is filled with the saved view. If multiple saved views are to be placed then for each saved view a new sheet model is created and the saved view is placed with new drawing boundary. If Sheets is set to an existing sheet model, then the first saved view is placed in that sheet model, in the selected drawing boundary. For the remaining saved views, a new sheet model cloned from sheet seed model is created for each saved view and the saved view is placed in the selected drawing boundary in each sheet model. Optimize For - This option is available when you want to place multiple views and if the sheet model in which you want to place the saved views contains more than one drawing boundary of the same View Type. Following examples explain the use of this option in different scenarios: Say you want to place an array of four named boundaries of view type "Section" and the sheet model selected in the Sheets drop-down list contains five empty drawing boundaries of type "Section". In this case, if you select Optimize For, the name boundaries will be placed on the first four drawing boundaries, in the sequence of their drawing identifiers. This option is also available if you choose to create a new sheet model and if the sheet-seed model contains more than one drawing boundary of the same view type. Say you have six saved views to be placed and the selected sheet-seed model has only two empty drawing boundaries. If you select Optimize For, two saved views will be placed in the selected sheet model. For the remaining four saved views, two new sheet models will be created by cloning the sheet-seed model and two saved views will be placed in each of the sheet models.
Detail Scale	Sets the detail scale of the drawing attachment in the sheet model. In addition to standard scales, MicroStation calculates following recommended scales and displays them in this drop-down list: By Named Boundary - (Available only when you create dynamic view from a named boundary) The detail scale stored on the named boundary. Fit View to Drawing Boundary - The closest standard scale at which the saved view attachment will fit into the selected drawing boundary. Fit View to Sheet Boundary - The closest standard scale at which the saved view attachment will fit into the sheet boundary. Fit Design to Drawing Boundary - The closest standard scale at which the design composition model will fit into the selected drawing boundary, in the saved view's orientation. This scale does not apply when attaching 2D detail views. Fit Design to Sheet Boundary - The closest standard scale at which the design composition model will fit into the sheet boundary, in the saved view's orientation. This scale does not apply when attaching 2D detail views. Note: Only the scales that match the master units of the seed file are populated in this drop-down list.
Add to Sheet Index	Adds the sheet model to the sheet index. Note: If some other user already has the sheet index in edit mode, the sheet model cannot be added to the sheet index. In such case, a message is displayed in the message center.
Select a folder from Sheet Index	Opens the Sheet Index Folder Picker from which you can select the folder in which the sheet model should be added.
Make Sheet Coincident	(Available only if the sheet model does not contain a drawing boundary) If on, the reference in the sheet model is made coincident with the design model. For this, if required, the sheet boundary is moved and rotated to fit around the reference. If off, the reference is moved and rotated so that it is attached at the center of sheet boundary.
Replicate Drawing in Sheet File	(Available only when the sheet model is set to be created in a different file from the current DGN file and that file does not contain a drawing model) If on, creates a referenced copy of the drawing model in the file that contains the sheet model. If the file containing the sheet model is new, the new drawing model is set as the Default model. This option is particularly useful when you want to export to DWG. In order to accommodate the 1:1 relationship between model space and paper space (drawing layout) in a DWG file, this option automates the addition of a drawing model reference to the sheet model. When you export to DWG, the new drawing model represents the model space and the sheet model represents the paper space and is the direct reference of the drawing model within the sheet.
Open Model	This check box is active when you turn on either the Create Drawing check box or the Create Sheet check box or both of these check boxes. If this check box is on, then depending on the setting of Create Drawing and Create Sheet check box, following operations take place: If only Create Drawing is on, the drawing model opens. If only Create Sheet is on or both Create Sheet and Create Drawing are on, the sheet model opens. `NAMEDVIEW` `CREATEDYNAMICVIEW` [ `view_name` ]