Synchronize Dtl View Drwg

Synchronize Detail View Drawings ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

Updates selected detail view drawings with changes made in your current crane placement drawing .
Without such an update, the detail view will not automatically reflect changes made to the original crane placement drawing, even when that original drawing is redetailed.
See for yourself that Synchronize Detail View Drawings updates detail view drawings: Make a change to a crane placement drawing within a detail view callout, invoke Synchronize Detail View Drawings, and then open the detail view drawing associated with that detail view. You will find that the changes that you made in the crane placement drawing were also made to the detail view drawing.
See (on this page):
- Step-by-step instructions
- Step 1: Before using this tool
- Step 2: Invoke Synchronize Detail View Drawings
- Step 3: Select detail view drawings
- Step 4: Continue or exit the command

Also see :

Drawing Editor (where Synchronize Detail View Drawings is a tool)
Detail view drawings (topic)
Detail View Add (creates a detail view drawing when the detail view is added)

Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Before using this tool:

1a : In the Drawing Editor , Open ( Ctrl + o ) the 2D erection view (crane placement drawing) whose detail view drawing you want to update.

1b (optional preselection) : Using the ' Detail Views ' selection filter , Select or Select + (or draw an area box from right to left) to select the detail views(s) that you want to select. Their boundaries turn green when selected. Select- if you want to deselect detail views.

2 . Invoke Synchronize Detail View Drawings as follows:

Method 1 : Click the Synchronize Detail View Drawings icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' File ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose File > Synchronize Detail View Drawings .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Synchronize Detail View Drawings can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

3 . Skip this step if you already selected detail view(s) in step 1b.

Select Item(s) bindings

3a (if you didn't do 1b) : Synchronize Detail View Drawings prompts you to use Select Item(s) mouse bindings to select one or more detail views. Press the Enter key or right-click ( Menu ) and choose " OK " on the context menu to signal that you are done selecting the detail view(s). Alternative: You can press the Esc key to cancel.

Tip: It does not matter if you select other types of items in addition to detail views -- only the detail views are affected. The selection filter is irrelevant for in-tool selection.

4 . A Continue window opens. Do one of the following:

Alternative 1 : Press " Yes" at the bottom of the Continue window to close it, or press Enter . The detail view drawings that are associated with the selected detail views will be updated.

Alternative 2 : Press " No" at the bottom of the Continue window to close it without synchronizing the detail view drawings that are associated with the selected detail views.

Alternative 3 : Press the Esc key to cancel.