Detail Sheets (topic)
- Purpose of detail sheets
- To create a detail sheet
- How details are placed onto a sheet
- Keeping track of detail placement
- The bill of material on a detail sheet
- Step-by-step review
Also see :
- Member details (placed on detail sheets)
- Comment layers (may be used to add graphics to sheets)
- Plot (to be printed, member details must be on sheets)
- Making comments & entering status data (topic)
Detail sheets are used to place member details on. Member details must be placed onto detail sheets before they can be plotted .
Typically a detail sheet will also have a bill of material on it. Material information will be complied into the bill in the order in which details are placed onto the sheet.
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1 . Begin this operation in any type of Drawing Editor drawing.
1a : Choose File > Open.
2 . A drawing selection dialog opens.
2a : On the lower, right part of this selection dialog, select the radio button for " Detail Sheets ."
2b : Press the " Create New " button.
3 . The Drawing Name window opens.
3a : To " Drawing Name ," type in the name (up to 61 characters) you want to give the detail sheet.
3b : Press the " OK " button at the bottom of the window.
4 . A selection dialog opens. On it is a list of all sheet outlines in your current Job .
4a : Double-click the sheet outline that you want to serve as the template for your new detail sheet. ( Alternative : Select the sheet outline you want, then press "OK").
Note: If you want a bill of material on the sheet, the sheet outline you choose needs to have a bill of material on it. It is important to choose a sheet outline that has a bill with the appropriate number of lines.
5 . Your new detail sheet appears on screen.
5a (optional) : At this point you will may want to add graphic objects to your sheet.
5b : Choose File > Save (or choose File > Open and save your changes) to cause the detail sheet file to be written to disk.
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How details are placed onto a sheet :
You cannot place member details onto sheets in any SDS2 review station . You can, however, add drawings to sheets in a review station using tools such as Add Standard Detail .
Keeping track of detail placement :
The SDS2 family of programs all track which member details have been placed onto sheets. You can use Model > Status Display > Detailing and processing > On sheet to color code members in Modeling whose details have been placed on sheets.
While viewing a detail sheet in the Drawing Editor , you can identify what details are placed on that sheet by their piecemarks or by their appearance.
Two reports -- Sheet List, Select by Detail and Sheet List, Select by Sheet -- can be used to review what details have been placed on what sheets.
While in the Drawing Editor , you cannot see the information that will be compiled into the bill of material on a detail sheet. To see such information, plot the sheet, or print out a Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet .
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The bill of material on a detail sheet :
A full-featured SDS2 program automatically enters bill of material information from member details to the bill of material on a detail sheet as member details are added to the sheet.
You can review this information by plotting the sheet, or by printing out a Bill of Material Plot Order by Sheet for that sheet.
Users of a full-featured SDS2 program can use Edit Bill to interactively enter additional bill of material information to the sheet, if they so choose. Users of a SDS2 review station can use Edit Bill to review this information. Data added using Edit Bill is placed at the top of the bill of material on the sheet when the sheet is plotted .
Step-by-step review of detail sheets :
1 . Begin the review process while in any Drawing Editor drawing.
1a : Choose File > Open .
1b (if your current drawing has changed) : Optionally enter a " Detail complete date " and press " Yes " to save changes made to your current drawing, or press " No " to not save your revisions to that drawing.
2 . A drawing selection window opens.
2a : Select the radio button for " Detail Sheets " to cause the names of detail sheets to be listed in the selection window.
2b : Double-click the name of the detail sheet you want to review.
3 . The detail sheet is now your current drawing.
3a (optional) : Use Navigate tools to look at parts of the detail sheet in greater detail.
3b (optional) : Add objects to comment layers in order to modify the sheet or communicate with users of a full-featured SDS2 program (who can view your comments).
3c : When you are done reviewing or modifying the sheet, follow these instructions beginning with step 1 to close your current drawing and open a different drawing to review.