Use the DetailCenter Express Wizard to Create your 2D Drawings
Follow the steps of the wizard to to create your drawings.
Detail center Express and follow the steps of the
wizard to create your drawings.
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Select options.. ?the Starting page.
Select one or more tasks that you would like DetailCenter Express to do for you.
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Click
Next
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Tip: The following wizard steps allow you to assign detailing styles to parts, groups, assemblies, and views. For cast in place elements, you will typically detail based on views. For precast elements, you will typically detail based on parts, such as concrete, cages, and individual rebar. Groups and assemblies are most commonly used for structural steel detailing.Note: The following tabs appear in sequence. Click Next
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Prepare Detailing.. page
Select one or more tasks to perform before detailing.
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Assign detail styles.. page
Assign detail styles to the desired single parts.
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Assign detail styles.. page
Assign detail styles to group.
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Assign detail styles.. page
Assign detail styles to assemblies.
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Assign detail styles.. page
Assign detail styles to desired views.
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Link detail styles.. page
Select additional requirements to link detail styles.
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Create single sheet 2D Detail drawing..
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Select one or more settings for your detail drawing output options.
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Dispatch settings single sheet.. page
Select object types to insert into your details.
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Single sheet output.. page
Specify paths for drawing border, mark number, and output file
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Single sheet ..drawing borders.. page
Select a drawing frame (border) from the drop-down list
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Fill out Title block page
Specify how you want the title block to be completed.
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Clean up detailing page
Select options used to clean up your detail drawing.
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Click
Execute
Based on your wizard settings, the system automatically creates 2D drawing objects and places them in the specified drawing frames.- The detailed objects in the DetailCenter, Part tab now display green.
- To display a 2D drawing, in the DetailCenter, Part tab right-click > Open 2D Drawing.