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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Standalone drafting geometry</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap544"></a><p class="para_topic">Drawing standalone geometry that is not associated to a model is different in NX than in I-deas, since all views in NX are associative.</p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">The NX 2D Drafting software is available to create standalone 2D drawings or work with I-deas 2D unassociative drawings using the same interface as I-deas Drafting. This software is designed to make 2D standalone production drawings.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Sketch vs non-sketch curves</div>
      <p class="para_division">Standalone curves can be created using either the Sketch environment or using non-sketch curve commands. The difference is equivalent to using a sketch or 3D curves in I-deas.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Sketches or curves can be created in Modeling or Drafting.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Insert curves on the sheet using the menu:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Curve</b> &rarr; 
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      <p class="para_division">Create a sketch using:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b></p>
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      <p class="para_division">Using a sketch provides all the sketching tools and constraints.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Standalone views</div>
      <p class="para_division">To add unnassociative standalone geometry views to NX drawings, a few different methods are available.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">The first method is to simply draw geometry on the sheet. This method can be used to create drawing title blocks. This is similar to I-deas, where title block geometry would be placed in the Main view. Although it isn't shown as a view in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>, the sheet acts something like the Main view in I-deas. 
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            <p class="para_item">A second method is to create the drawing in a .prt file containing only sketches or curves. Using this method, views can be independently moved to position them on the drawing. To define which sketch shows up in each view, use <b class="uiTerm">Format</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Visible in View</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">A third method is to create views of multiple .prt files containing only sketches or curves. This method allows the geometry in each view to be managed separately.</p>
            <p class="para_item">To create a view of a separate .prt file, use the command <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">View</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Add View from Part</b>.
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      </ol><a name="qt_df_expand"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap545"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap546"></a><div class="title_division">Expand view</div>
      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Expand</b> command is similar to making a view the active work view and zooming in on it in I-deas Drafting. Use this command to draw curves in a view that are associated with the view so that the curves move with the view.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">View</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Operation</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Expand</b></p>
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      <p class="para_division">Curves drawn in this mode are associated with the view. To exit from this mode, right click the view and clear the <b class="uiTerm">Expand</b> check box.
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      <p class="para_division">This is called working in a &ldquo;member view,&rdquo; since you are now working within a specific view which is a member of the drawing sheet.</p>
      <p class="para_division">This same method will be used to create &ldquo;<a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/08qt_drafting_25.html');return(false);">view dependent edits</a>&rdquo; to sketch geometry in an associative view or to create the boundary for a breakout view.
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      <p class="para_division">See also:</p>
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