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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Component Drawing Setup</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Drawing borders, title blocks, and preferences must be customized to meet the particular needs and preferences of your company. This section provides information on creating a template that incorporates your specific requirements.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Templates</div>
      <p class="para_division">Component Drawing uses templates for the creation of drawings. These templates are placed in the following directories:</p>
      <p class="para_division">/pdiewizard/drafting/component_drawing/english (if the template part is in inches)</p>
      <p class="para_division">/pdiewizard/drating/component_drawing/metric (if the template part is in metric)</p>
      <div class="title_division">Customization</div>
      <p class="para_division">Before beginning the customization of the drawing borders, you need to understand the methods used to add borders to drawings in the Unigraphics NX Drafting application.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Drawing Views</div>
      <p class="para_division">The drawing views supported in Component Drawing are the standard Unigraphics NX drafting views - back, bottom, front, left, right, TFR-ISO, TFR-TRI, and top.</p>
      <div class="title_division">View Display Preferences</div>
      <p class="para_division">The preferences for the creation of views are taken from the template. Set the preferences in the template accordingly. You can do so by picking Preferences&rarr;View Display while in the Drafting application.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Drawing Borders</div>
      <p class="para_division">Three methods can be used to add drawing borders and title blocks to drawings:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Import Part</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Retrieve Pattern</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Combined Import Part and Retrieve Pattern</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Progressive Die Wizard uses an automated version of the import part method to add drawing borders.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Import Part Method</div>
      <p class="para_division">The import part method imports a template file that contains a drawing border and title block. Progressive Die Wizard uses an automated version of this method. The imported drawing border and title block are completely editable.</p>
      <p class="para_division">A drawing template is created as follows:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create a part file in the Progressive Die Wizard drafting directory with a name such as drawing_master_d.prt (for a D-sized border in an inch units drawing).</p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the Drafting application, draw the lines forming your border and title-block. Add the text to your border using the Annotation tool.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Save and close this file in the drafting directory under the Progressive Die Wizard directory (.../pdiewizard/drafting/component_drawing/english).</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Some automated editing capabilities may be added to your text.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">All drawing templates stored in the Progressive Die Wizard drafting directory are selectable from the Progressive Die Wizard Component Drawing function.</p>
      <p class="para_division">If you want to add these borders to a drawing not created with the Progressive Die Wizard Component Drawing function, they may be added interactively by picking File&rarr;Import&rarr;Part.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Retrieve-Pattern Method</div>
      <p class="para_division">The retrieve pattern method links an image of a drawing pattern to the current drawing. Since the retrieve pattern method is a linked version of the pattern rather than an imported copy, it is associative to the original pattern.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The advantage of retrieve pattern method is that any changes made to the original pattern updates all drawings that are linked to that pattern the next time they are opened. The limitation of this method is that the linked pattern is not editable in the individual drawing, so it is only suitable for borders, notes, and title block features that don't need editing.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Patterns are added to drawings from the Drafting application. Pick Format&rarr;Pattern&rarr;Retrieve Pattern.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Since the retrieve pattern method is not editable, it is usually used together with the import part method.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Combining the Import-Part and Retrieve-Pattern Methods</div>
      <p class="para_division">The import part and retrieve pattern methods may be used together to create both a drawing border that is associative to a master pattern, and an editable text. To use the combined method:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create a part file with a name such as drawing_master_d.prt. In the Drafting application, create a drawing border and title block complete with annotation (text).</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Save a copy of this file with a name such as drawing_pattern_d.prt.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Save a copy of this file with a name such as drawing_text_d.prt. You should have three copies of this part file.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Open the part file drawing_pattern_d.prt. In the Drafting application, delete all the text that is editable in the retrieved pattern. Set the save options to Save Pattern Data. Save and close the part. This part is the master pattern file for the non-editable features of the title block and borders.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Open the part file drawing_text_d.prt. In the Drafting application, delete everything except the text that is editable after it's imported. Save and close the part.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Keep the drawing_master_d.prt file in a safe directory for future editing.</p>
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