Review 2D Item ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

  • Opens a read-only window that shows you the settings applied in Modeling to the auto detailed bolt, material or hole that you select in your current drawing.
  • Your current drawing must have been auto detailed. Drawing types that are auto detailed are member details (including a group member detail), submaterial details and 2D erection views .
  • You cannot change material settings using Review 2D Item , but you can review those settings.
  • Review 2D Item can open, in the Drawing Editor , read-only versions of the following edit windows from Modeling :

3D Bolt Edit

3D Hole Edit

Rolled Section

Rectangular Plate

Round Plate

Rolled Plate

Bent Plate

Multi-sided Plate

Multi-bend Plate

Round Bar

Square Bar

Flat Bar

Grating

Grating Tread

Decking

Shear Stud

Turned Solid/Shell

Standard Part

Clevis Turnbuckle General Information

Also see :

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   Needs-to-be-detailed warning :

Since Review 2D Item gets its information from the 3D model in Modeling , the member detail , submaterial detail , or erection view detail that is your current drawing must be up to date. If it is not, you may get a warning message similar to the following:

This drawing needs to be detailed before this item can be reviewed.
   

For erection views and bolts only: If your current drawing is an erection view that is out of date and you Review 2D Items (or double-click ) a bolt, the information provided about the bolt may not match the actual bolt that in the model. For member details, a needs-to-be-detailed message like that shown above will prevent this from happening. Also, since there are no bolts on submaterial details, this does not happen for submaterial details.

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   Step-by-step instructions :

You must be in the Drawing Editor and do either step 1b (preselection) or step 3 (in-tool selection) to perform this operation. The following instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse.

1 . Before using this tool:

1a (optional) : If you want to select material polygons in step 1b, the selection filter must be set to ' Polygons '. This, however, is not required if you do step 3.

Select Items bindings (step 1b)

1b (optional) : In Select Items mode, left-click ( Select ) the material ( polygon ) or 3D bolt or 3D hole that you want to review.

2 . Invoke Review 2D Item using any one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Review 2D Item icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Tools ' 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 Tools > Review 2D Item .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Review 2D Item 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 did step 1b.

Select One Item bindings

3a (if you didn't preselect) : The program prompts you to use Select One Item options to select the one material or auto-detailed bolt or auto-detailed hole that you want. The status line prompts, " Select a system-generated material, bolt or hole ."

4 . If you current drawing is a member detail that needs to be redetailed, then a needs-to-be-detailed warning notifies you of such, and the program is not able to open the review window. Otherwise, the program opens a non-editable version of the window for the material or bolt or hole that you selected.

4a (optional for material polygons) : Press the " General Information " button to open the General Information window, which you can use to review additional information on the material. Press " OK " on the General Information window to close that window.

4b : Review the specifications that you are interested in, then press the " OK " button at the bottom of the window to close the window.

5 . The operation is now done.

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