Create Drawing

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.
  • create drawings for named boundaries or named boundary groups from the named boundary manager.
Setting Description
Mode Plan
Name Shows the name of the saved view that will be created.
One sheet per Dgn If on, each sheet model, and all drawing models attached to the sheet model, are created in an individual .dgn file in the selected folder. The name of each .dgn file created will match the name of the created saved view.
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.
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 an existing file by clicking Browse Drawing File Browse Drawing File icon.
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.
Annotation Group Selects the drawing annotation group that defines how drawing models are annotated. The drawing annotation group defines grids, XY coordinate labels, north arrows, frame annotation, etc. that are created in the drawing model and are to be shown on the final sheet. Annotation groups are found in the OpenRoads Standards under Annotation Groups.
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 an existing file by clicking Browse Sheet File icon.
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.
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.
  • Custom - allows you to define a custom scale.
Add to Sheet Index Adds the sheet model to the sheet index.
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.
Open Model If this check box is on, the last sheet model that was created opens.