Navigate to the World /* element using the Draft Explorer.
To begin creating the Draft hierarchy select Create > Department from the main menu bar.
The Create DEPT form will be displayed.
The User should enter a suitable name for the Department then click the OK button.
For this example enter the following name:
/DEPT-EQUIPMENT-AREA01
The Department Information form shows the name of the DEPT and gives an opportunity to automatically create a Registry and/or to set the attributes of the Department.
Clicking on the Attributes button will display the Department Attributes form.
6.2.1 Department Attributes
The attributes set using this form are the default properties of the Sheets that will eventually be created in the branch below the Department.
The attributes are cascaded down through the Registries and Drawings, but they can be changed at any level.
The attributes form is similar for both Department and Registry elements (discussed later in this chapter) with one exception that will be noted. The name of the current DEPT (or REGI) will be displayed in the name field of the form. Each of the main tabs will be considered in the sections that follow.
Changes to the Department (or Registry) Attribute form are confirmed by selecting the Apply button.
Clicking the Reset button on the form will reset all the attributes values back to the default settings. The form will remain open until the Dismiss button is selected.
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6.2.1.1 Attributes Form: Size & Units Tab
This tab allows the User to define parameters associated with the drawing Sheet. The Width and Height values define the default drawing size that will be used upon creation of a drawing.
The Backing Sheet selection is unset by default. Toggling the Radio button will set the default backing sheet reference to be used on drawing creation.
Unset The backing sheet reference is unset.
Reference Sets a default backing sheet from a list of available options.
Filename Sets a reference to a PDMS plot file.
As per the example screen capture above, set the default Backing Sheet for the Department to a /TT/DRA/MAS/BACKS/MET/A0 sheet.
A Warning message may be displayed highlighting incompatible font settings. This is rectified on altering the Pen Font (Section 6.2.1.3)The Units section of the tab sets the default units used for distance and bore size. Clicking on the Distance option list displays the following options:
Feet and Inches USA output of the form: 5‟-5 13/16”
Clicking on the Bore option list displays the following options:
Inches output of the form: 0.5 or 1.5 or 24.0
Ensure that the Units options are set to: Millimetres.
The Precision section of the tab sets the number of decimal places or fractions of an inch used as the default standard. For the purpose of the training, these values should be left as Default.
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6.2.1.2 Attributes Form: Intelligent Text Tab
This tab allows the User to select the terms that will be displayed on the drawings for positional references.
For Plant drawings the positional code words and output format will usually be toggled to ENU (East North and Up).
For the purpose of the training, ensure the options remain as Default.
6.2.1.3 Pens Tab
This tab allows the User to set default pen colours, line styles, and fonts for the noted objects in the form.
While styles and colours can be modified significantly, a range of prescribed styles is usually set by an Administrator.
The default font is set to Standard Thin Upright which is a standard PDMS Font. To view the available standard fonts the User must click on the Select a PDMS Font option from the Font pull-down list.
The PDMS Text Font Selector form will be displayed as shown:
Three option lists allow the user to define the style, weight and slope of the text.
Once a suitable selection has been made the User can confirm the font choice by selecting the OK button. Clicking the Cancel button will stop the selection procedure and dismiss the form.
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The training requires a True Type font to be specified, the User must select the True Type font option from the Font option list as shown below:
The True Type Font Selection form will be displayed:
The central selection grid will be populated with True Type fonts specified by the Administrator for the project.
In recognition of the ability at 12.1 to utilise the Unicode format, select: Arial Unicode MS [5]
Square brackets indicate the default font.Select: OK
Example Symbols, Labels and Backing Sheets are included in Draft Sample Project and are prefixed /TT. They can be found in /TT/Master_Libraries and /TT/Project_Libraries.PDMS Draft and True Type Fonts cannot be mixed on the same Drawing Sheet. This includes any Symbols and Backing sheets that may be used.
6.2.1.4 Miscellaneous Tab
This tab allows the User to adjust the way a number of drawing details are formatted. In particular the terminator details used for dimensions, representation rules, date format, and the default text returned when intelligent text cannot be used.
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If the Registry Attributes form is used, the date format cannot be set from the Miscellaneous Tab.The Null text value is used when it is not possible to extract data from an attribute and the intelligent text system returns an error. Null Text may consist of up to 12 characters.
Clicking on the Date Format option list allows the User to define the presentation of the date.
Clicking on the Dimension Terminator and Leader Terminator option lists display the following options to the User:
Off no terminators shown on dimension / leader lines.
Arrows solid triangle arrows shown on dimension / leader lines.
Open Arrows outline triangle arrows shown on dimension / leader lines.
Dots solid dots shown on dimension / leader lines.
Open Dots outline dots shown on dimension / leader lines.
Narrow Darts acute two line arrow heads shown on dimension / leader lines.
Wide Darts obtuse two line arrow heads shown on dimension / leader lines.
Obliques oblique lines shown on dimension / leader lines.
Slashes slash lines shown on dimension / leader lines.
For the purpose of the Training, set the Dimension Terminator to Arrows.
See Appendix A for example representations.Clicking on the Ruleset Reference option list displays the available rule sets.
Click on the Hatching Ruleset Ref option list displays the available hatching rules.