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1. Definition Opens the Part Library you can extract a symbol define the symbol and manage the Part Library Graphics Library management includes symbol edit data edit attribute edit export symbol merge symbol re name symbol delete symbol Process You can enable the command symman in following ways click button in the library sub menu from main menu Drawing or click in the library toolbar or click the button in the commonly used basic drawing panel from the option card or execute command symman Click command symman below shown dialog box will pop up 6 4 1 Edit Symbol Definition Symbol edit is actually the re definition of symbol you can modify the original symbol generally modify partly add or reorganize existing symbol and define it as a new symbol in similar type Process Select symbol name to be edited in Manage Part Library as shown in figure and preview the symbol in right preview box Figure 6 17 Symbol Management dialog box Click button Edit Symbol a dialog box will pop up select first item element definition you can modify element definition or dimension variable attribute If the geometry base point dimension and dimension name need to be edited you can select the second item edit geometry Since the symbol needs to be inserted in drawing area for editing the system will remind you to save the currently opened file if it s not saved If the file is saved it will be closed Then each
2. Command radialdim Icon Definition Create radial dimension Process You can execute radialdim by clicking button Ray in the size dimension sub menu or clicking the Dimension command then select Ray in the immediate menu or typing command radialdim directly The immediate menu of radialdim is shown as follows Figure 3 31 Ray dimension Instance Menu 1 Figure 3 32 Ray dimension Instance Menu 2 The default dimension value is distance from first point to second point it can also be modified in the Menu 4 Drag dimension line dynamically by moving cursor to determine text locating point at proper position then radial dimension is finished Figure 3 33 Example ray dimension 3 1 10 Pyramid dimension Command gradientdim Icon Definition Create taper pyramid or gradient dimension Process You can execute gradientdim by clicking button Pyramid in the size dimension sub menu or click the Dimension command then select Pyramid in the immediate menu or click command gradientdim directly The immediate menu of gradientdim is shown as follows Figure 3 34 Pyramid dimension Instance Menu Menu 2 Taper to convert to taper or gradient the default value of gradient is ratio between relative axis height and line length it will be represented by 1 X The default dimension value for taper is double over the value of gradient Menu 3 forward to convert to reverse it is used to adj
3. Text height Specify welding symbol text height Supplement text height scale Specify welding symbol supplement text relative to text scale color specify welding symbol color 3 7 5 Datum code type Command datumtype Icon Definition Set each parameters of datum code Process You can execute the command datumtype in the following ways click button Datum Symbol in the main menu of format or click the option Datum Symbol in Style management in the dimension tab or type the command datumtype directly Initialize command datumtype the following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 104 Datum symbol style settings Symbol type Specify datum code symbol type as shown in figure 3 74 you can select directly Text Specify datum code text height Sign Specify datum code symbol color and frame color Reference style Specify datum code lead line and the text style 3 7 6 Cutaway symbol style Command hatype Icon Definition Set all parameters of cutting symbol Process You can execute command hatype in the forms of click button Cutaway Symbol in the main menu of format or click button Cutaway Symbol in Style management or click command hatype directly Execute command hatype following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 105 Cutaway style settings Flat line Set plane line style for the cutting symbol Arrow Set arrow parameters of the
4. Definition Set capture mode when the cursor is in the screen Capture mode includes space grid polar axis navigating and object capture These modes can be combined as free capture intellectual capture grid capture navigating capture etc Process You can execute the command potset by Clicking button in the tool menu clicking button in the toolbar of setting tool click button in the attribute panel of Tool tab right click Capture setting in the status bar then select Set or type the potset command Execute command potset the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 8 21 Capture settings Snap and grid The method for setting and using Capture is as explained below There are three tabs in the above shown window for different settings They are as explained below 8 4 1 1 Snap and grid In the above dialog box you can set Space capture and grid display in the tab snap and grid Select snap on to open space capture mode and then set capture space specifying distances along the X axis and Y axis Select Grid on to open grid display then set grid space specifying distances along the X axis and Y axis Increase or decrease the aperture size by dragging button in the aperture size option Select option show aperture box in the aperture status to set to show aperture box while auto capture 8 4 1 2 Polar guide Click Polar guide tab in the Capture setting dialog box to set the polar navigation paramete
5. Match print setting as per paper size You can set the drawing to be inserted to print task table as per the paper information itself to match print setting The default paper sizes are A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 double click any of them in the popup dialog box You can set parameters and confirm Click Unify Setting to select unified print setting for all drawings Force refresh and partial refresh If you adjusted the task unit to be inserted to the print task table then configure in the print environment you can choose tool setting modes they are force refresh and partial refresh Force refresh Use parameters in print environment configuration to refresh all print task units in the list Partial refresh keeps the previous adjusted print setting and refresh un adjusted print task unit Print typeset setting For typeset print task the inserted drawing by default can be typeset as per initial graph typeset and as per limit graph typeset 7 2 5 Browse drawing You can browse the inserted print unit in print task table in the preview area 1 In the print task list left click to select print unit you can check print unit preview in the preview area For the individual print unit it will be shown in the preview area directly For the typeset print unit you can preview paper information or preview real drawing information by real display 2 Check the drawing in the preview area use mouse wheel to zoom in or zoom out the pre
6. 3 6 7 Dimension form Control arc length dimension and Leader Line point or other parameters as shown in following figure Figure 3 98 Dimension Style dimension type Arc length dimension form set arc length dimension mode border line to be vertical to span or border line emitting Arc length symbol form set arc length dimension symbol to be upon text or under text Leader Line form Set dimension Leader Line mode to be None or dot 3 7 Engineering dimension Engineering dimension includes datum symbol Geometrical tolerance Roughness Welding symbol cutaway symbol chamfer center hole dimension 3 7 1 Leader Line line style Command ldtype Icon Definition Set all parameters for Leader line Leader line of geometric tolerance surface finish basic code cutting symbol will all use command LDTYPE Process You can execute the command Ldtype in the following ways click button lead line in the main menu of format or click option lead line in Style management button in dim style panel of the dimension or type command Ldtype directly Execute command Ldtype following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 99 Leader line style 1 Leader End point Select the type of arrow head you wish to have and enter the arrow head size in numeric value 2 Leader Set the line type and line color that you want the leader to have 3 Extension line Set the offset distance required between the objec
7. 4 2 12 1 Single select Definition Stretch or reduce curve under the condition of keeping it having original trend Process Execute the Stretch command and then the immediate menu will pop up 1 Menu 1 of immediate menu choose single select 2 Left click one end of line or arc to be stretched to select it as prompted then when moving mouse again a stretched curve is dragged by the cursor When the stretched curve reaches the required position left click again to confirm A stretched line is displayed You can also shorten curves by the same procedure 3 You can drag the cursor or input coordinate values to stretch For a line length can be input via keyboard for an arc you can click Menu 2 of immediate menu switch stretching arc length stretching angle stretching radius and free stretch When stretching arc length and angle the circle center and radius will remain fixed but the center angle is changed new center angle can be input via keyboard When stretching radius circle center and center angle will be the same but the radius will be changed you can input new radius value via keyboard For free stretch central angle center and radius can be changed Stretch value can be determined by absolute or increment in option 3 of immediate menu 4 2 12 2 Select by window Definition Move specified part of geometry within window to stretch it Process Execute the Stretch command the immediate menu will
8. 6 Line management area it is at the lower right corner of dialog box which includes three items a Indicate current line number if mark only one line geometrical tolerance the indication number is 1 if several lines of geometrical tolerance are needed to mark you can use this option to indicate current line And current line can be switched via button on the right b Add line on the basis of one line of geometrical tolerance marked you can click button add line to mark new line The method is the same as that of first line mark c Remove line If click this button the current line will be removed the whole geometrical tolerance mark will be adjusted automatically once again 7 Preview area The fill in and layout result will be displayed on the upper dialog box Below figure is an example to illustrate various components of an FCS dimension Geometrical tolerance mark example Geometric tolerance Figure 3 74 Geometric tolerance 3 4 3 Roughness Command rough Icon Definition Create a Surface Finish symbol Process You can execute command rough in the following ways Click button in the dimension main menu click button in the Dimension toolbar Click button in the Dimension panel of dimension tab type command rough Initialize command rough following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 75 Rough immediate menu There are two options in 1 of immediate menu they are simple mark standard mark
9. Control whether or not to display leading zero and trailing zero 3 6 5 Conversion unit Conversion unit Specify conversion unit display for dimension value and set its format and accuracy as shown in following figure Figure 3 96 Dimension Style conversion unit When Show conversion unit is selected you can set conversion unit such as unit system accuracy zero suppression display position Conversion unit Display and set current unit format of all dimension type except angle Unit system Set unit format of conversion unit Accuracy Set decimal digit number of conversion unit Conversion scale modulus Specify one multiplier which will be used to conversion factors of main unit and conversion unit Eg Convert inch to millimeter input 25 4 this value will not affect angle dimension what s more it will not be applied to taken or left value positive or negative value Dimension prefix It includes prefix in the conversion dimension text You can input text or use control code to display special symbol Eg Input control code c to display diameter symbol Dimension suffix It includes suffix in the conversion dimension text You can input text or use control code to display special symbol The input suffix will take the place of all default suffixes Decimal accuracy unit set rule of rounding for all conversion unit of dimension type except angle dimension Input 0 25 then all
10. Distance which will ask for offset distance of the line to be produced or select point which will demand you to select the starting point of the parallel line to be produced Menu 3 Select to point or to line as per your requirement to have the parallel line Example single direction parallel line a bi direction parallel line b a Singe Direction Parallel Line b Bi direction parallel line Figure 2 18 Parallel Line 2 1 3 Circle Command circle Icon Definition Draw a circle as per different given parameters In CAXA a circle can be created using center radius diameter points on a circle reference with other objects and combinations of these In CAXA if you need a circle center line it can be selected in the immediate menu By default the circle will not have a center line Process You can enable the circle command by clicking command Circle in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the basic drawing panel from the common tab or type the command to enable Circle command Initialize the circle command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 19 Circle immediate menu 2 1 3 1 Draw circle by center and radius Command circlepr Icon Definition Draw circle using a known circle center and the radius Process You can enable the circlepr command by clicking circlepr button in the Circle sub menu or enable Circle comma
11. Execute command ray When ray command is activated left click to define beginning point and extending orientation then a ray will be created 2 1 1 7 Lineament Command xline Icon Concept Create a lineament passing a certain point and extending indefinitely Step Click xline ray button in the sub menu of Line Execute command xline When xline command is activated left click to define a point and extending orientation then a lineament will be created 2 1 2 Parallel line Command ll Icon Definition Draw a parallel line to the existing line Process You can enable the ll command by clicking the ll command in the drawing menu clicking ll button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Basic drawing panel from the common tab or type ll to enable it Click the ll command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 17 Parallel Line Case 1 Offset Mode Menu 1 select offset mode Menu 2 Select single direction or bi direction as required After selecting required options select the line to be offset as prompted If you selected bidirectional parallel lines will be produced on either sides of the line equally apart from the original line If you selected single direction then parallel lines will be produced on a single side as required at a distance specified by you Case 1 Two point Mode Menu 1 Select two point mode Menu 2 Select
12. Pt2 Pt1 tan tan Figure 2 12 tangent line normal Menu 3 You can select dissymmetry or symmetry When you select Symmetry for a normal line the line s first point will be the midpoint of the given line When it is selected Symmetry for a normal line the first point selected will be the midpoint of the line being drawn When you select dissymmetry for the line s first point will have to be input by you Menu 4 You have to select to point or to line which means the end point of tangent line or normal is to be on a line or a point After selecting all values the system will prompt Input one point specify the first point of the line by clicking where required Then the prompt changes to input next point or length click on the second point to complete the line The above option is also applicable to an arc or a circle You can draw a line normal or tangential to a circle or arc by following the same method a symmetry b dissymmetry Figure 2 13 Tangent Line a symmetry b dissymmetry Figure 2 14 Normal Line 2 1 1 5 Bisector of two line segments Command bisector Icon Definition User can produce a series of lines in between two disjoint lines at equal distance provided the two lines should meet either of the following conditions The two lines have to be parallel lines The lines have to be neither parallel nor intersected Extension of either line should not intersect
13. Select the title which needs to be edited after executing the command paraedit Upon confirmation the block editing method is the same as the one introduced in 3 5 6 5 6 Part number Part Number functionality mainly includes the part number style settings part number creation deletion exchange and part number editing 5 6 1 Generate Part Number Command ptno Icon Definition Create part number for identification The newly created part number is associated with the BOM in the current drawing When creating the part number the user can opt to pass the property information to the BOM or not When creating part number if the specified leading point of a symbol is extracted from library the property information of that symbol would be filled in corresponding field in the spec list automatically Process Generate Part Number can be started by clicking the command Generate in the Paper Size Part No main menu or click button on the Part No toolbar or Click button on the part number panel from the function tab or enter ptno at the command prompt Starting the ptno command the menu shown below will display at the bottom of the screen allowing the user to select the desired options and crate the part number Figure 5 16 Create Part No menu Click two points to define the leader line the Part No specified will be added to the end of the leader line The sequential part numbers are created in figure 5 17 b The se
14. a Parallel dim b Ortho dim c Angle dim Figure 3 5 Line Dimension 2 CIRCLE Click Dimension command select the circle that needs to be dimensioned as per prompt the below shown immediate menu will pop up Figure 3 6 Circle Dimension Instance Menu Menu 1 The other size dimension modes can be selected here Select basic dimension Menu 2 text orientation Set the text orientation with respect to the dimension line parallel or horizontal or ISO standard Menu 3 There are 3 options in Menu 3 they are diameter radius circumference i e You can select three modes respectively they are diameter dimension radius dimension and lead out dimension borderline from circle to mark diameter dimension When you select circumference the immediate menu will be different Menu 4 Dim text position You can either select text dragging to drag position of dimension text or select middle to place it in the middle of the dimension Menu 5 Input Prefix Input a prefix that you may desire to place with the dimension When selecting diameter there will be a prefix before dimension value When selecting radius there will be a prefix R before dimension value by default Menu 6 Basic Value As default the actual dimension value of the line will appear You can enter the value that is required to be displayed When selecting circumference diameter the immediate will look as shown below Figure 3 7 Diameter of cir
15. key In addition you can press Page up key to enlarge view 1 3 3 10 Zoom out Command zoomout Icon Definition Zoom out the view as per fixed scale Step You can execute the zoomout command in various ways click zoomout in the view menu or click the button in the Common toolbar or click the button under the View Option tab or zoomout can be entered directly at the command prompt When the zoomout command is executed the mouse pointer icon will changed to left click the mouse to enlage and when done right click mouse or press esc key In addition you can press Page down key to enlarge view 1 3 3 11 Pan Command pan Icon Definition Specify a center point for display that point will be center of screen when panning drawing Process You can execute the pan command in various ways click pan in the view menu or click the button in the Common toolbar or click the button under the View Option tab or pan can be entered directly at the command prompt Execute the pan command specify a point as center point of the view and move the mouse pointer with the left button down The view will be panned When done right click mouse or press esc key In addition you can use the direction keys up down left right to move screen center 1 3 3 12 View scale Command vscale Icon Definition Input scale modulus for zoom in or zoom out current view It wil
16. s first enterprise to specialize in CAD software development CAXA has dedicated itself for years in popularizing and applying this design to extricate design engineers from complicated drawing and hence help enterprises to keep innovating constantly CAXA Draft is a tool that helps to develop new products and make drawings within a short time 0 2 1 Function New interface with alternate style In the Mechanical version of CAXA Draft the mode of operation using menus like file edit view has been changed to the popular Fluent Ribbon interface this new interface is simpler such that the direct user will be able to finish the CAD operations with ease However the former CAXA style interface can also be switched to by pressing the F2 key To allow the user work more flexibly with CAXA Draft the Parallel alternation technique dynamic navigating and double click editing are also optimized Compatible with AutoCAD all around The Mechanical version of CAXA Draft has been redeveloped on the Unicode base Data is compatible with AutoCAD it can be switched across platforms and languages and CAXA Draft s EXB files can be directly converted to DWG files keeping a company s legacy data intact Professional drawing tools with international dimension style CAXA Draft has the complete set of drawing functions which includes basic point line polyline arc rectangle ellipse formula curve etc It has edit functions like cut vary s
17. 3 Now the layer name can be edited input new layer name and click in the blank area of the dialog box to confirm and exit edit 1 6 2 2 Open and close layer Definition Open and close one layer Process 1 Use style management or layer setting function 2 In the layer status click button of the layer to be opened or closed Note the following while Opening or closing a layer The current layer can t be closed When layer control dialogue box pops up move the mouse to the location of layer status open close to be changed switch open and close by left clicking But the current layer can t be closed When a layer is open entities on that layer are shown in the drawing area If it is closed the layer s entities are not shown Opening and closing layers is very useful for complicated drawings Hiding some irrespective entity when drawing complicated multiple views which will make the drawing area more legible and tidy and speed up drawing When the drawing is finished open it again and display all content For example put the dimension and hatching on dimension line layer and hatching layer respectively close it when modifying view then the view will be more legible Also put some auxiliary line on hide layer when drawing is finished close it and hide auxiliary line you don t need to delete them one by one 1 6 2 3 Freeze or Thaw layer Definition Freeze or thaw a specific layer Ob
18. Extending length It is used to control the length of the dimension line Length of the dimension line is extending length plus the length of the text string The default is 3mm you can input a value by keyboard when shortcut keys ALT 4 are pressed Prefix Add prefix Dimension value When it is Y coordinate in option 3 of immediate menu the default dimension value is Y coordinate value of mark point Otherwise it is X coordinate value of mark point You can use shortcut keys ALT 5 to input dimension value sign is useless then The following figure is an example of Fast dimension Figure 3 41 Fast Dimension 3 2 3 Free ordinate dimension Command freedim Icon Definition It is used to dimension X coordinate value or Y coordinate value of any dimension point in current coordinate system the dimension format is determined by You Process You can execute freedim by clicking the Free button in the coordinate dimension sub menu or click command Dimco then select Free Dim in the immediate menu or type command freedim directly The immediate menu of freedim is shown as follows Figure 3 42 Free ordinate dimension Instance Menu Negative sign positive sign select sign the marked dimension value will take actual value if it is negative number you should keep negative sign If positive sign is selected the marked dimension value will take absolute value Draw not draw origin coordinates Decide to d
19. Figure 4 34 Immediate menu of Array command You can execute the Array command by clicking the Array button in the main menu Modify clicking the button in the Modify panel from the common tab clicking the button in the toolbar of Modify or by typing the command Array 4 2 10 1 Round array Definition Create required number of copies of a selected object in a circular pattern by specifying center of the circle Process Click and select array command in the submenu modify or click button in the toolbar of edit The below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 4 35 Immediate menu 1 of Round Array Menu 2 If you want the arrayed objects to be rotated with respect to the angle of placement select rotate else select irrotational examples for Rotate and irrotational array are as shown in below figure Menu 3 Select Equality if you want the array objects to be placed at equal intervals and enter the number or array elements required including original in menu 4 Else select Specified angle to specify angle between two array elements When you select this option the immediate menu will look as in below figure Menu 4 Specify angle between two array elements Menu 5 Specify the angle through which the object is to be arrayed Figure 4 36 Immediate menu 2 of Round Array The above immediate menu says circular array at contained angle of 30 degree the fill angle of array is 360 degree Around center point r
20. Figure 4 67 Dimension drive example 4 3 5 Dimension association Select dimension of the object the created dimension will be changed according to change of dimensioned object and the dimension value will be changed accordingly Eg Select one line and dimension it then editing grip for the line the point of linear dimension will be move along with the moving end point and its dimension value will be changed accordingly Note to activate dimension association user should check the check box of make new dimension be associated in the option dialog box Figure A Figure B Figure C 4 3 6 Double click dimension When double clicking dimension the dimension can be edited or the dimension property setting dialog box will pop up or the angle tolerance dialog box will pop up 4 3 7 Text edit Activate the function of dimension edit then select text to be edited and modify the parameter in the pop up dialog box of text edit Click OK to finish corresponding text will be created again Figure 4 68 Text edit dialog box 4 4 Property edit Graph created in CAXA Draft has its own property 4 4 1 Property tool bar CAXA DRAFT provides a property toolbar to facilitate editing object layer color linear line weight etc as shown in following figure Property functions area in the Common function tab as shown in following figure Figure 4 69 Function area of property Select the object first then select the correspondin
21. If there is desired text drag it from table to the edit box at proper position by pressing left key directly or edit text in the edit box directly Click Setup and the dialog box character label parameter set up will pop up modify the parameters to be used for the Technique requirement text The usage of the text box at top right corner is the same as that of character label and edit dialog box When it is edited click button generate specify the area for Technique requirement text as per instruction the system will create Technique requirement text automatically It is clarified that the font parameter is set for Technique requirement text but the title Technique requirement can be modified by clicking button setup beside the title The management for Technique requirement library is progressed in this dialog box Select different types in the left bottom box the corresponding content will be shown in table at right bottom corner Modify the content in the table directly if necessary If new text is needed input in the row with mark in left side of end table To delete some text click left key in left selection area of corresponding row and press button delete If a new type is needed select the last option add new type in the list box input name of new type and add text to the table for new type If delete a type select it and press button delete the message box will pop up choose yes then the type and its text are deleted from the dat
22. Linear dimension Set parameters for line dimension format and accuracy Unit system Set all current unit format for the dimension ext angle dimension Precision Set decimal places to be shown in the dimension accuracy is based on selected unit or angle format Fraction format Set fraction format as vertical or horizontal only when fraction is selected from unit system can parameters be set Decimal spacer Decimal expression is divided into 3 modes dot comma space Decimal accuracy Set rule of rounding for dimension value except angle dimension If input 0 25 then all dimension distance will be taken or left regarding 0 25 as unit If input 1 0 the dimension distance will be taken or left near to integer Digit number behind decimal dot is decided by the setting of accuracy Measurement scale Ratio between mark dimension and actual dimension For example when the scale is 2 to a circle with diameter of 5 the result of mark diameter is 6 the default is 1 Zero suppression In dimension mark 0 before or after decimal will be removed Such as dimension value 0 901 the accuracy is 0 00 if you selects prefix the mark result will be 90 if suffix is selected and the mark result will be 0 9 Angle dimension System of units Angle dimension unit includes degree and degree minute and second Accuracy Angle dimension accuracy which is accurate to 5 digits after radix point Zero suppression
23. Resolution is more than 1024X768 truecolor display USB serial bus controller Over 400MB free hard disk space for installation partition 0 3 About the user manual The CAXA Draft User Manual explains the usage of every command in CAXA Draft along with appropriate examples and demonstrations Commands are explained in various chapters with illustrative examples where ever necessary The commands Functions can be located using the Index The manual also explains how a few real applications are done using CAXA Draft with complete step by step illustration from start till end You can press F1 key to get Online Help in CAXA Draft F1 Shall be pressed when a particular command or dialog box is being run for the corresponding online help to pop up Tabs for queries are available on the left side of the online help window catalog Card Usable file introductions are displayed in form of listed topics and subtopics This allows user to browse selecting and read topics The structure is in such a way that the user can identify his position and can step into next topic quickly Index Card Keywords for all topics in the catalogue are listed in alphabetical order To get information about a specific function command or an operation user can use the index to locate the information quickly Search Card Key words for searching all topics are listed in the Contents tab Information related of the topic whose keyword is entered in content op
24. That means roughness mark can be divided into simple mark and standard mark Simple dimension Simple mark can only mark surface treatment method and roughness value You can select surface treatment method in 2 of immediate menu wipe off material non wipe off material basic symbol Roughness value can be input via Menu 3 of immediate menu Standard dimension Switch Menu 1 of immediate menu to standard mark the immediate menu will be Figure 3 76 Surface Finish dialog box All types of Surface Finish symbol parameters are included in the above dialog box such as basic symbol texture orientation upper limit lower limit and note etc You can find the symbol result in the preview box then click button OK to confirm Following are examples of Surface Finish symbols Figure 3 77 Surface Finish Examples 3 4 4 Welding symbol Command weld Icon Definition Create a welding symbol Process You can execute command weld in the following ways Click button in the dimension main menu click button in the Dimension toolbar Click button in the Dimension panel of dimension tab type command weld Initialize the weld command the following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 78 Welding symbol dialog box Set each desired option in the above dialog box and click button OK to confirm the system will hint leader line start point When the leader line start point is input it will hint locate point Once locate
25. The various options in the immediate menu are as explained in earlier commands of section 6 2 1 1 Select each option in the above immediate menu as per drawing requirement and then specify dimension position as per prompt 4 Dimension of circle or arc to circle or arc To mark the distance between two circle centers you should select a circle then the second circle or circle and arc or arc and arc respectively The immediate menu is the same as that of point and point mark 5 Dimension of line to circle or arc To mark the distance between a line and circle or arc center you should select a line and then a circle or arc The below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 3 13 Dimension of point to circle Instance Menu There are two options in Menu 3 of the above immediate menu they are circle center tangent point when circle center is selected you can mark distance from circle center to a line When tangent point is selected you can mark the distance from a line to the nearest tangent point of the circle or arc The other options in the immediate menu are same as explained in earlier commands of section 6 2 1 1 Select each option in the above immediate menu as per drawing requirement and then specify dimension position as per prompt 6 Dimension of line and line When two lines are selected distance or angle between two lines will be marked according to relative location of the lines If the selected two lines are parallel to e
26. blank command status Command style There are two interaction styles in CAXA Draft immediate menu style and key word style Immediate menu style is a typical style refer to section 1 2 1 5 in Chapter one for detail Keyword style is an interaction that needs to input key word depending on command line All basic drawing and editing function can be realized by keyword style Use short cut key F11 to switch between these two styles If check the combo box of continual command current command execution can be kept when it is called in once press ESC to exit If deselect this combo box then when it is called in once it will exit the command and return to blank command If check the box short cut key is effective immediately then when short cut key is defined in the interface customize dialog box click OK it will be effective directly Grip setting Set grip size and color limit the number of object when displays grip Customize space bar input If check the combo box use space bar to activate system short cut menu then press space bar to call in space bar menu directly If deselect it the current command will be finished directly Customize right key menu Click button customize right key click the dialog box of customize right key click will pop up in which user can set cursor right key action respectively in the modes of default mode group edit mode group command mode group In Note command mode group if
27. button in the basic drawing panel from the common tab or type the command Initialize the hatch command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 42 Hatch You can apply hatch to a closed area either by selecting a point in the area or by defining the edges 2 1 7 1 Select point to draw hatching Definition Pick a point in a closed loop area using mouse If the point selected is not within a closed loop the selection will be considered invalid Process 1 Menu 1 Click the hatch command choose Select point in first menu of the immediate menu 2 Menu 2 This menu allows you to choose the hatch options You can select unselect hatch pattern if not required to specify the hatch parameters In such case the system will apply hatch as per the default settings You can select select hatch pattern to specify hatch pattern parameters on your own form the dialog box that appears as shown below The dialog box shows a list of standard patterns available on the left side Preview of the pattern is shown on the preview window Below the preview window you can enter parameters of the hatch as per requirement like angle line spacing and scale Click ok after selecting the required parameters Figure 2 43 Hatch dialog 3 Left click on a closed loop to select area for hatching Curves around the selected closed loop will get highlighted in red right click to confirm the selection A hatching will appear in the
28. closed loop Note If the position of selecting point is in the loop when the point is selected then system will start from the selected point to search the minimum closed loop from right to left As shown in the below figure rectangle is a closed loop and the inner circle is also a closed loop If the selected point is at a position then system will start searching to the left amp the minimum closed loop is rectangle If the selected point is at b position then system will start to search to the left and the minimum closed loop is circle amp if this point isn t in the circle then no hatching can be produced a b Figure 2 44 Hatch Different position of selected point will draw different hatching as shown in figure a figure b amp in figure c select point 3 and select point 4 and a section with hole is drawn In figure d select point 5 first then select point 6 at last select point 7 to draw a complicated section 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a b c d Figure 2 45 Hatch 2 1 7 2 Select border to draw hatching Concept Create hatching line as per selected curve search ring If it can t create mutually disjoint closed ring by the selected curve the operation is invalid Step 1 Activate command Hatching line select Pick borderline in option 1 from the immediate menu 2 Decide hatching pattern and parametric 3 Select several curves that form closed ring when the selected
29. dialog box select CAXA Draft 3 Click Remove 4 The CAXA Draft s maintenance wizard appears click Remove 5 Continue to remove the program as per the wizard instructions 1 1 5 Run CAXA Draft There are three methods to run CAXA Draft 1 CAXA Draft shortcut icon will appear on the Windows Desktop once it is installed correctly double click it 2 Click Start at left bottom corner of your screen then select program gt CAXA Draft2009 gt CAXA Draft Double click Caxa exe from the CAXA CAXADraft bin folder or the location where it is installed When the program of CAXADraft is started up the dialog box of cumulative will pop up as shown in following figure Figure 1 1 Accumulation dialog box In the cumulative dialog box it supports many methods for using CAXA Draft Click Next to browse them one by one If deselect the combo box of display while startup then the cumulative dialog box won t be displayed next time When user wants to access such dialog box user can find it under the menu of Help Close the dialog box of cumulative dialog another dialog box will pop up in which user can select configuration style as shown in following figure Figure 1 2 Select configuration style dialog box User can use interactive style and interface style in the configuration style dialog box The interaction style includes easy style and classic style user can refer to 8 1 4 in chapter 8 for detail In
30. drag scroll bar to adjust or fill in integer between 5 to 95 as parameter of icon size Color setting there are two pull down menus one is used to adjust display color of current UCS the other is to adjust Non current UCS 2 Drawing CAD software is designed to make technical drawings CAXA Draft replaces the method of manually drawing with advanced technology and increases the drawing creation efficiency CAXA Draft provides multiple functions to simplify creation of complicated engineering drawings A drawing mainly contains basic shapes advanced shapes blocks pictures etc 2 1 Basic shapes Basic shapes include straight line parallel line circle arc center line rectangle polyline equidistant Line section line filling etc You can enable each function by entering the corresponding command or short cut key through keyboard clicking the respective button in main menu drawing panel or toolbar 2 1 1 Line Command line Icon Definition Create a straight line Line is a basic command which forms every drawing Selecting the points is the key for correct way to draw a line This software provides Snap point intelligent point navigating point and grid point for easy point selection Absolute coordinates are often used to input values of a point Relative coordinates and polar coordinates are also used if necessary refer to Basic operation for point input Process You can enable the LINE command
31. graph rotate angle to 0 degree or 90 degree in this area 6 Copies Input the number of copies required to be plotted 7 Graphic export settings it indicates scope of the file to be output You can select output drawing only within following four scopes standard drawing display graph limit graph and window graph Standard drawing It indicates output drawing within current system defined paper Display graph it indicates output graph displayed on current screen Limit Graph It indicates output all visible graphs in current system Window graph it indicate output graph within specified rectangle frame 8 Mapping Mapping between graph and drawing it indicates graph proportion between graph on screen and output graph in paper 9 Page range Specify the page scope for output of multiple drawings you can select all to print the entire content of the file or select Specify page to specify the area to be printed 10 Location mode Select the location of the plot over the paper top left or center 11 Plot offset Specify exact location of the drawing by specifying offset distance with respect to X and Y axes 12 Option buttons These are the various option buttons Save style After setting the various parameters in the plot dialog box as per your requirement you can save them as a plot style using this button Load style You can load a saved plot style using this button Edit
32. in which user can insert all kinds of special symbols such as diameter symbol angle decimal roughness etc click button dimension special symbol following dialog box will pop up Figure 4 46 Dimension special symbol Click to select then confirm Figure 4 47 Dimension prefix suffix and note Figure 4 48 after dimension prefix suffix and note are displayed 2 Dimension style setting Click combo box on the right side of use style then select style set arrow reverse and text box click button dimension style to activate it and set dimension parameter 3 Tolerance and match setting Tolerance code edit box when the option of input form is Code input tolerance code name in the edit box such as H7 h6 k6 etc the system will query automatically as per basic dimension and code name the find upper deviation and lower deviation will be displayed in the edit box Or click advanced option in the pop up dialog box of tolerance and matching visible query select proper tolerance code directly as show in figure 4 49 When the option of input form is match input match name in the edit box such as H7 h6 H7 k6 H7 s6 the system will dimension as per the input match or click advance option and select proper tolerance code directly in the dialog box of tolerance and matching visible query as shown in figure 4 50 when the option of input form is deviation the edit box is unavailable user can input upper deviation and lower deviati
33. instruction will be shown A line is complete after defining the second point The main purpose for immediate menu is to select different functions of a particular command To list a pull down menu in an immediate menu click the respective pull down arrow or press combination key ALT the corresponding number that will list it When there are several options in the pull down menu use combination key ALT successive number key to select the desired option E g For drawing an orthogonal line click 3 to select non orthogonal in immediate menu or use combination key ALT 3 to select it Eg 2 Lets take example of the Coordinate dimension command Execute the Coordinate dimension command and the immediate menu as shown below will appear instantly Figure 1 12 Immediate menu In the immediate menu click the first item eg 1 origin dimension or press combination keys of Alt numeric key then select the option required Notice the calculator button on the right side of the numeral input frame click that the following dialog box calculator will pop up which will help you to do calculations Input numeral and calculate then press enter key the result will be filled in to the numeral input frame automatically 1 2 1 6 Interface color CAXA Draft supplies interface color setting tool by which user can modify the whole interface color There is interface color matching pull down menu in the top right corner of the interfa
34. it only needs to set parametric simply to create new frame directly When current paper is standard paper the internal and external box margin of each frame are stated by international standard at that time the button of internal and external box margin will be shielded Bind frame Check the combo box of Bind frame the internal and external box margin on the left of frame will be widened keep frame bind space Deselect this option the internal and external box margin will be consistent Centering mark and its definition Centering mark is a bold solid line extended from middle point of external box to internal box it is rule by international standard that the insert dimension of centering mark is 5mm Check the check box of Centering mark centering mark will be created in the box Deselect it the centering mark won t be drawn in the box Button of centering mark customization is used to customize the length of each centering mark Click the button corresponding dialog box will pop up shown in following figure Figure 5 3 Dialog box of centering mark customization In the above dialog box user can set centering mark length at four direction Cutting symbol Cutting symbol is located at four corners of drawing check this option corresponding function will be activated and the cutting symbol will be added to the created frame Deselect is it won t draw in the frame For cutting symbol there are two forms triangle and bol
35. ptnotype Icon Concept Define different part no style Different drawing will commonly need different part number such as display different appearance text style User can set parametric to select multiple styles including arrow style text style part number format feature display part number dimension horizontal length circle radius vertical interval Step Click button Part No style in the main menu of format Click button on the tool bar of part number Click button in the part number panel of Paper tab Execute command ptnotype When the command ptnotype is activated following dialog box will pop up Figure 5 30 Part No style dialog box Parametric meaning and setting method 1 Arrow style select different arrow such as dot slash hollow arrow right angle arrow etc then set arrow length and width For arrow width it is unavailable to set when it is dot 2 Text style select text style in the part number and text height 3 Shape click to select part no shape 4 Feature display click button select to select field or input directly when each property content is filled in the BOM what s more property field is the same as specified feature field The part no in current drawing will be displayed as per specified field 5 Click Symbol dimension control to toggle to following status Figure 5 31 Part no style dialog box In the above dialog box user can specify parametric such as horizo
36. 2 10 Draw arrow Command arrow Icon Definition Draw a solid arrow at a specified position Draw solid arrow as per specified positive direction or negative direction on line arc spline or a certain point Process You can enable the arrow command by clicking command arrow in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced Drawing panel from the common tab or type the arrow command Initialize the arrow command the corresponding immediate menu will appear 1 Menu 1 In the drop down menu positive direction and negative direction can be selected You can draw a negative or positive direction arrow on line circle or point 2 The arrow direction point is defined as follows Line when the contained angle between the arrow direction and X straight semi axis is greater than or equal to 0 degree and less than 180 degree it is called positive direction arrow amp when the contained angle is greater than or equal to 180 degree and less than 360 degree it is called negative direction arrow Arc Anti clockwise direction is arrow positive direction clockwise direction is negative direction Spline Anti clockwise direction is arrow positive direction clockwise direction is negative direction Specified point there is no negative or positive direction when drawing the arrow to specified points Refer to figure As shown in the following figure a Anti cl
37. 4 2 8 Mirror Command mirror Icon Definition Specify a line as an axis and make a copy of an object symmetric to the selected axis Process You can execute the Mirror command by clicking the Mirror button in the main menu Modify clicking the button in the Modify panel from the common tab clicking the button in the toolbar of Modify or by typing command Mirror Execute the command Mirror and then the following immediate menu will pop up Figure 4 30 Immediate menu of mirror Menu1 Select whether you want to mirror the object by specifying an existing line as axis or specify just two points on axis line Menu 2 Select whether you want to mirror the original or create a mirror copy of the selected object After initializing the command select the object as per prompt Select an axis line or two points of an axis line as prompted The object will be mirrored as specified Note If you need to move geometry orthogonally press F8 key or click the Orthogonal button in the status bar Example one the figure below is example of basic mirror operation the other operation is the similar to previous one Mirror Axis Before After Mirror through Axis Pick pt1 Pick pt2 Before After Figure 4 31 Basic mirror operation Example two the figure below is a practical example of mirror operation Draw and select entity in figure a select two end points as symmetric reference for mirror operation the result is shown in
38. CAXA Draft User s Manual CAXA Software http www caxa com Content in this manual are subject to change without notice Without written permission of copyright owner no part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form Copyright C 2010 by CAXA Technology Co LTD All rights reserved Other products or company names mentioned herein may be trade mark or registered trademarks of their respective owners CAXA Draft Manual 0 Preface 0 1 About CAXA CAXA is the CAD and PLM market leader in China with over 25 000 commercial customers and 300 000 installations Through a well established channel network CAXA develops and markets application software and services to industrial customers in equipment electronic electromechanical automotive defense construction and educational customers CAXA portfolio consists of product and solutions in design CAD process planning CAPP manufacturing CAM MPM amp DNC and data management PDM As a market leader in China CAXA has received various awards including the highest Software Gold Award from China Software Industry Association and owns 56 software copyrights and 74 patents and patents pending CAXA supports the educational growth in China within its markets by serving over 2 000 educational institutions with over 500 textbooks published on its applications For more information please visit http www caxa com 0 2 About CAXA Draft CAXA is China
39. Customize internal and external box margin In the above dialog box user can set the box margin at any direction 5 1 4 Part No and BOM style setting 1 BOM style setting Click button on the right side of Current BOM style then select current BOM style for more information refer to 5 7 5 to set parametric 2 Part No style Click button on the right side of Current Part No style then select current drawing part No style for more information refer to 5 6 1 to set parametric 5 2 Frame Following is a detailed introduction to frame load define save fill and edit 5 2 1 Import Frame Command frmload Icon Definition Load a frame for current drawing The frame size in CAXA Draft changes along with paper size and its scale will be adjusted accordingly The Frame will scale about the insertion point of title block Process Import Frame can be started by clicking the command Import in the Paper Size Frame main menu or click the button on the Frame toolbar or click the button on the Frame panel from the function tab or enter frmload at the command prompt After executing the command frmload the menu shown below will popup Figure 5 6 Frame Load The above menu consists of the file names from the SUPPORT folder of standard frames or non standard frames matching the current paper Upon selecting the frame file click OK button the selected frame will be loaded 5 2 2 Define Frame Command
40. Dimension Icon Definition Lead out several dimensions from one basic point Process You can start the Baseline Dimension command by clicking button Baseline in the size dimension sub menu or click the Dimension command then select datumdim in the immediate menu or click command basedim directly Initialize command basedim operate as per instruction several dimension can be created continually the operation method for selecting an existing dimension or lead out is different Following is the detail 1 If an existing linear dimension is selected the selected linear dimension is considered as the first reference dimension line and dimension reference borderline will be determined as per selected point location the below shown immediate menu appears Figure 3 18 Baseline Dimension Instance Menu 1 The various options in the above immediate menu are explained as follows Menu 2 text orientation Set the text orientation with respect to the dimension line parallel or horizontal or ISO standard Menu 3 Offset from previous dimension line While making dimensions from one reference point it is necessary to maintain a gap between dimensions to avoid overlap of dimensions You can enter an offset distance that needs to be maintained between successive dimensions Menu 4 Input Prefix Input a prefix that you may desire to place with the dimension Menu 5 Basic Value As default the actual dimension valu
41. Edit Attribute Definition Modify add or delete the original attribute of symbol Process Select symbol name of which the attribute is to be edited in Manage Part Library dialog box preview the symbol in right side box Click button Edit Attribute Input and Edit Standard Data dialog box will pop up Modify the attribute in the box the operation method is the same as that of symbol definition attribute edit refer to relative section for more information Click the ok button when you are done modifying and return to Manage Part Library dialog box 6 4 4 Export Symbol Definition Save symbols need derivation by the format of idx Process Click button Export symbol in Manage Part Library dialog box corresponding dialog box will pop up as shown in figure Figure 6 18 export symbol All corresponding symbols in this type are listed in the box select symbol to be exported if all symbols are needed to be exported click button all Click the export button save as dialog box will pop up input the file name of Part Library index and click the save button to finish symbol export 6 4 5 Merge symbol Definition Merge symbol into Graphics Library by the format of idx Process Click button merge symbol in Manage Part Library dialog box the Part Library index file dialog box will appear click button open the merge symbol dialog box will pop up as shown in figure Figure 6 19 merge symbol Al
42. Frame panel from the function tab or enter frmsave at the command prompt After executing the command frmsave the dialog shown below will popup Figure 5 8 Save Frame The name of the existing frame files are listed in the dialog box The user can input a file name at the bottom of dialog box such as portrait A4 The extension of frame file is FRM will be added automatically A frame file with the name of portrait portrait A4 FRM will be saved in the SUPPORT folder 5 2 4 Fill In Frame Command frmfill Icon Definition Fill frame property information If the selected object includes a property definition to be defined for a frame user can fill such property information when the file is loaded Process Fill In Frame can be started by Clicking the command Fill in the Paper Size Frame main menu or click button on the Frame toolbar or Click button on the Frame panel from the function tab or enter frmfill at the command prompt The Fill In Frame command will popup the dialog shown below Now select the frame in which property information can be filled Figure 5 9 Fill Frame Fill and edit directly in the property cell accordingly in the above dialog box 5 2 5 Edit Frame Command frmedit Icon Definition Edit the block definition of the Frame The Frame is a special block The command frmedit is similar to editing a block but just for the frame Process Edit Frame can be star
43. Query tool toolbar or type the command dist directly Execute command dist select two points to be inquired as per instruction when second point is selected the dialogue box inquiry result will pop up immediately the inquired distance between two points and increment in X axis and Y axis of second point relating to first point are listed in the box 9 3 3 Query Angle Command angle Icon Definition Inquire center angle intersection angle of two lines and intersection angle of three points Process You can execute the command angle in various forms click button in Query from main menu of Tool Click in Query from tool tab click button in Query tool toolbar or type the command angle directly Click command angle an immediate menu will pop up in which you can select center angle intersection angle of two lines and intersection angle of three point specify query mode then select object as per prompt 9 3 4 Query Element attribute Command list Icon Definition query selected object attribute and list its query result Process You can execute the command list in various forms click button in Query from main menu of Tool Click in Query from tool tab click button in Query tool toolbar or type the command list directly Execute command List pick entity to be inquired as per instruction right click when the selection is finished The dialog box of inquiry result will pop up in
44. The first menu needs to remain Angular to draw an angular line Menu 2 An angular line needs a reference entity to which the line will inclined You have to select X axis or Y axis or an existing line to which the line is to be inclined as required Menu 3 This is in respect to the second point of the line You need to select either a point or a line on which the second point is to be placed 1 3 Menu 4 5 amp 6 Enter numeric values of the inclination angle Type the angle in degree minute and Second in menu 4 5 and 6 respectively After selection of appropriate options in the menus click to specify the first point of the line as per instruction System will prompt you to select either a curve or a point for the second line or ask for the length based on the options selected in menus 2 and 3 Thus an angular line can be drawn Example The angle between a line with length of 50mm and X axis is 45 degree as shown in figure Figure 2 8 Angle Line 2 1 1 3 Draw angular bisector Command lia Icon Definition Draw angular bisector as per given parameter Process You can enable the Lia command by clicking Lia button in the Line sub menu enable Line command then select divide angle evenly in the immediate menu or enable the command Lia by typing the command Initialize command Lia the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 9 Angular Bisector Menu 1 The first menu needs to remain
45. and if other content in the pull down menu is selected the selected object attribute will be modified When multiple objects are selected all the objects will cite current selected style when new style is selected Note When object is selected no content will be shown in the pull down menu box of the non cited style eg Select line the text style pull down menu and dimension style pull down menu is shown as follows Figure 1 71 when no such style is cited Pull down menu of style for the selected object 1 10 3 3 Style edit In addition to style pull down menu introduced in section 1 10 3 2 there is a set of general select and set method for all current style and cite style Style management this is sued to set current style and edit existing styles for detail user can refer to content in section 4 5 Feature in this tool tab user can set current style and selected object cite style For detail refer to content in section 4 4 1 1 10 4 Feature overwriting and Delete replace 1 10 4 1 Feature overwriting Feature overwriting is a flexible replacement system by which user can make one certain attribute of the object be not identical with setting in the styles In section 1 10 3 user can modify the object in quantity by modifying one style setting but this may cause trouble in certain application Eg Drawing small dimension the arrow needs to be edited as dot if user draws three dimensions by editing style it needs to add three st
46. appear Figure 2 22 Two point circle drop down menu Let the first menu remain with Two points In the second menu you can choose to have a center line for the circle if required When you select with center line automatically the third menu will appear which will demand for the length of extension of the center line as shown in above figure After selecting the options you can specify the two points on the circle as prompted and the circle will appear with the two points on it diametrically You can repeat the command as required and right click to terminate 2 1 3 3 Draw three point circle Command cppp Icon Definition You can draw a circle by specifying three points of the circle Process You can enable the cppp command by clicking cppp button in the circle sub menu or enable Circle command then select three points in the immediate menu or type the command cppp using keyboard Initialize the command cppp the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 23 Three point circle Let the first menu remain with three points In the second menu you can choose to have a center line for the circle if required When you select with center line automatically the third menu will appear which will demand for the length of extension of the center line as shown in above figure After selecting appropriate options click to input first point second point and third point as per the prompt a circle is drawn Mak
47. are listed in the dialog box The user can input the file name at the bottom of dialog box such as factory standard then click OK The file extension of a title block file is cfm and will be added automatically to the name of the file a file with the name of filname cfm will be saved in the Template folder 5 4 4 Fill Title Block Command headfill Icon Definition Fill in Title Block property information Process Fill Title Block can be started by clicking the command Fill in the Paper Size Title Block main menu or click button on the toolbar of title block or Click button on the title block panel from the function tab or enter headfill at the command prompt Clicking the command headfill and selecting the title block which has to be filled will popup the dialog shown below Figure 5 12 Fill Title Block Edit in the property cell directly next to the property name If the check box Fill the corresponding Properties in Frame is checked it will match the frame fields to the title block fields automatically 5 4 5 Edit Title Block Command headedit Icon Definition Edit the block definition of the Title Block The Title Block is a special block The command of headedit will edit the block definition of the title block Process Edit Title Block can be started by clicking the command Edit in the Paper Size Title Block main menu or click button on the toolbar of title block
48. box will popup Figure 7 9 File menu Click any button to execute corresponding command for example click Open open file dialog box will popup as shown in figure 7 10 Figure 7 10 Open file dialog box You can open a PTF file in this dialog for printing 7 2 3 Insert file When using printing tool to print you should insert file to be printed and then organize each printing task unit You can execute Command Insert by clicking button in the file menu or click in the organize panel of function area Once the command insert is executed below shown dialog box will popup Figure 7 11 Insert file dialog box Select a drawing file that you desire to open from the above shown dialog box and click open to open The select paper dialog box shown in below figure will popup Figure 7 12 Select paper dialog box In the above dialog box you can examine the papers in the selected drawing To select or deselect a paper in the selected drawing click check box in front of the drawing name If you had not selected the type set option in the previous dialog box Insert file dialog box the file will be inserted If you have selected the type set option the below show dialog box will popup Figure 7 13 Type set paper size settings dialog box In the above dialog box you can select the paper size for the selected drawing from the available options A0 A1 A2 A3 and A4 You can also choose to define a new paper size by selecting the us
49. check the combo box of activate function dialog box then when edits dimension click right key the edit dialog box will pop up If deselect it click right key to exit dimension edition Select filter setting For information on setting select filter refer to section 8 3 8 2 5 Text setting Definition Set system text parameters Execute the command Syscfg on the left side of popup dialog box select Text setting as shown in figure 8 16 Figure 8 16 Text settings Click Pull down list of Chinese font or western font in Default font specify default Chinese font or western font Default fond illustration When font in opened file is not the installed one the system will use default font Click Old file code page you can specify open or export code page of old file When reading file in traditional Chinese or Japanese of CAXA Draft 2007 or previous version since those files are not coded character set it needs transcoder But if read EXB file in CAXA Draft 2009 it doesn t need transcorder Click Text mirror to select Place mirror or Mirror for the text Check the option only allow individual selection explode then when selects multiple objects at the same time and explode the text won t be exploded If selects only one character it will be exploded 8 2 6 Data interface Definition Set parameters of DWG file when import and export Click command Syscfg on the left side of popup dialog box s
50. circle arc ellipse furthermore the object needs to erase is completely coincided or included in the remaining part As shown in following figure When the command is executed the dash line will be erased Process You can execute the command Eraseline by clicking main menu gt Modify gt Erase superose line click the button in the Modify panel from the common tab click the button in the Modify toolbar or type the command Eraseline Once the command is executed select the object to be deleted and confirm then the coincident one will be deleted Note when all points in one curve are subset of points in the other curve the former one will be regarded as coincident line and deleted 4 2 Geometry editing In CAXA Draft we can edit curves blocks text or labels using grip points erase move copy trim edge chamfer mirror zoom array stretch break etc Each function can be started via keyboard command or short cut key or by clicking the corresponding button in the edit menu or the ribbon bar toolbar 4 2 1 Grip edit Grip edit is an operation of moving stretch rotate or zoom object by dragging grip Different grips in different object has its own meaning 4 2 1 1 Square grip Square grip is used to move object and stretch feature dimension of closed curve Select object then it will be highlighted and it grip will displayed tool Eg select part of curve then click middle grip of the line circle center grip ell
51. coordinates or not When parameter in the immediate menu is confirmed select circle or point as per prompt to create hole dimension Following is the example of hole site dimension Figure 3 48 Hole Dimension examples 3 2 6 Ordinate leader dimension Command downleaddim Icon Definition When dimension lines or text in coordinate dimension are too dense it is necessary to lead out its dimension value Process You can execute downleaddim by clicking button downleaddim in the coordinate dimension sub menu or click command Dimco then select downleaddim in the immediate menu or type command downleaddim directly The immediate menu of downleaddim is shown as follows Figure 3 49 Ordinate leader dimension Instance Menu 1 Automatic fold and manual fold are two mark modes of lead out dimension 1 Automatic fold Input a dimension point and locating point in turn as prompted then the dimension is finished The dimension format is controlled by options in immediate menu Options in immediate menu will be explained as follows Sign positive sign select sign the marked dimension value will take actual value if it is negative number you should keep negative sign If positive sign is selected the marked dimension value will take absolute value Automatic fold and manual fold it is used to switch lead out mark mode Clockwise fold counterclockwise fold it is used to control bend line direction L it is used t
52. cutting symbol Visible arrow Set whether to display arrow or not display arrow Stand Select ISO standard or ANSI standard for cutting symbol Start point deviation set start point deviation type as trimming or dynamic Arrow type Set arrow type it can be arrow diagonal dot hollow arrow rectangle arrow etc Size set arrow size of cutting symbol Color set arrow color of cutting symbol Baseline for cut specify cutting baseline parameters such as color line width and length Text Specify cutting symbol text parameters such as style text height and color 4 Modification After creation of graphical entities making corrections inclusions and deletions is inevitable in engineering design drafting This chapter explains the various editing options in CAXA Draft Edit and modification of CAXA draft consists of base edit graphic edit and attribute modification among which base edit includes usually used edit function such as copy cut paste etc Graphic edit includes moving trimming rotating or other operation Attribute modification are activities mainly related to modify layer linear color etc As a drawing software based on the Windows platform CAXA Draft supports OLE technology You can insert via OLE Object Linking and Embedding a picture chart text electronics form etc into a file generated in CAXA Draft Also multimedia information like voice animation
53. dialog box Including sub catalog Select its check box corresponding file in the sub catalog of selected catalog will be Converted together File catalog after Convert Click button Browse to set save path for file after being Converted Start Convert When all parameters are set click this button to start to Convert At the lower side of the converting in bulk dialog box there are two check box option of Pop up prompt of defined SHX file another option is Pop up prompt of not find outer file User can control whether pop up this prompt in the course of converting 9 2 EXB browser Icon Definition It is a tool for browsing EXB file EXB file browser is mainly used for viewing files with extension name exb In browser graphics can be zoomed in zoomed out window displayed and so on display operation Step User can execute command EXB browser in forms of click button in outer tool from main menu of Tool or click button in outer tool from option card of Tool Execute command EXB browser following file browser interface will pop up Figure 9 22 interface of EXB View Method for using EXB browser Open file Click in the main menu of file or in tool bar or press shortcut key Ctrl O corresponding dialog box will pop up in which select one EXB file Browse file When one EXB file is opened following figure will be shown in the window Figure 9 23 View EXB file Then drag mouse wheel to
54. dialog box delete style replacement the newly created dimension won t have style replacement any more Then when switching to current dimension style the style replacement will be deleted 5 Paper An Engineering drawing contains part number s frame title bar parameter bar and other relevant drawing information Users can setup the styles for dimensions load frame title bar and parameter bar and fill drawing information quickly using CAXA Draft Meanwhile all kinds of part numbers and specification lists which meet the user s standard can be quickly generated using CAXA Draft with association to the created part number and spec list which will speed up modification efficiency 5 1 Paper settings Command setup Icon Definition Specify Paper Size Scale Orientation etc for a drawing In the Paper Settings dialog a user can also load frame and title bar and setup current drawing number and spec list There are five sizes of drawing paper specifications which are A0 A1 A2 A3 and A4 in addition to these 5 standard papers there are corresponding frames title bar and specification bar User defined paper sizes and frames can also be created Process User can start Paper setting by Clicking command Paper settings in the Paper Size main menu or click button on the paper operation toolbar or Click button on the Paper panel from the Paper function tab or enter setup at the command prompt After executin
55. enough The left part of the above figure is the symbol specification area Item one is the size selection in a table form The size variable name is in the table header Name and meanings of each of size variable can be seen instantly at the right side in the preview area If the figure displayed is too small then right click the preview area to zoom in Press right key and left key on your simultaneously to reset the view Any cell in the table can be edited by the mouse or the keyboard Press F2 for direct editing Note You may notice columns marked with this is to indicate that the values under this column have a standard set of values and the user cannot enter his own values The operation method is as follows left Click a corresponding cell a pull down button on the cells right side will popup press it and all available values will be listed Then left click the desired value and the selected value will be displayed in the original cell If the variable name has mark that means it can be set as dynamic variable which indicates that the size value is unlimited When one of the variables is set as dynamic variable it will not be restricted by given data When created the variable size can be changed arbitrarily by entering a new value or dragging the mouse After the data is input confirm the other parameters the steps to do this are as follows Dimension switch is used for controlling and measuring the dimensions after the graph
56. from current drawing to a file as per given parameters The user can specify which field will be exported The format of export BOM file is drawing file format of CAXA Draft and the BOM can be modified using the option of fill in BOM The user can select to have frame and title bar or not have the frame or title bar And the maximum number for exporting BOM items can be input Process Export can be started by clicking Export from the Paper Size BOM main menu or click button in the BOM toolbar or Click button in the BOM panel from the function tab or enter tableexport at the command prompt Execute command tableexport and the dialog shown below will popup Figure 5 26 Export BOM Set following parameters in the above dialog box 1 Whether the exported table file has frame or not 2 Whether the title bar is to be exported from current image If so select the export option click Fill title bar and modify it then select Auto fill page number 3 Fill in Item number for the export article and fill in table export sort 1 When exporting the table file table item number is the largest number Eg There are 60 rows in table the maximum number can be 30 and then 2 table image files will be produced 5 6 3 6 Database operation Command tbldat Icon Definition Exchange data with an external file what s more the data can be associated with external data Data in the table can be read
57. function Simplified command is also keyboard command user can customize it in the dialog box of interface customize User can refer to the appendix for detail information 1 4 2 Short cut key Short cut key is also named hot key user can get one operation by combining some keys the difference is that once short cut keys are pressed the desired function will be realized it is more simple Most short cut key are related to keys of ALT CTRL SHIFT use Alt F4 can close the program of CAXA Draft Ctrl T is for Style management CTRL shift S means save as CAXA Draft also keeps commonly used software operation idoms such as CTRL X indicates Cutting Ctrl C indicates Pasting Ctrl Z indicates undo Ctrl Y indicats repeat Ctrol O indicates Open Ctrl W means Close etc User can also use interface customize dialog box to customize short cut key The main Non combination short cut key is ESC key and F1 F12 keys among which the ESC key is widely used for cancel selection exit close dialog box terminate operation etc 1 5 File operations File operations like New Open Save Parallel Part Save etc will be discussed in this section You can perform file operations using the File menu in the main menu or in the quick start toolbar Below figure shows the File menu Figure 1 30 File menu 1 5 1 File operations 1 5 1 1 New Command new Icon Definition Create a new drawing file Select
58. in the main menu of Dimension Click button in the tool bar of dimension Click XX button in the panel of dimension Execute drectionsym command directly When directionsym command is activated following immediate menu will pop up Figure 3 85 Direction symbol immediate menu Dimension text define direction view letter code Text height Define direction view text height Arrow size set prefix of dimension non rotate rotate select non rotate to create face squarely direction view select rotate to create rotate direction view If select rotate following immediate menu will pop up Left rotate Right rotate Define rotate arrow pointing direction Rotate angle Decide direction view rotate angle of name dimension When parametric in immediate menu are confirmed select two point in the drawing area define direction symbol arrow direction then decide the insertion position of letter code If select rotate user should confirm rotate arrow symbol position behind the confirmed letter Finally decide direction view name position 3 5 Text style Command textpara Icon Definition Set parameters to control text appearance By parameters in text style you can control text height text font text direction angle etc Process You can execute the command textpara in the following ways Click button in the main menu of Format click button in the tool bar of Setting
59. is introduced in 4 2 1 Left Click while dragging it to the right window Figure 6 7 Library palette 6 2 Symbol Define Command symdef Icon Definition It is the process for setting up your own Part Library At different occasions or different technological backgrounds you may need some special figure or symbol Commonly used symbol can be defined by the command symbol definition Symbols are either fixed or parametric The definition method is different for both of them Process You can enable the command symdef in the following ways Click in the sub menu of Library from main menu of Drawing or click button in the library toolbar or Click button in the basic drawing panel from the common tab or enable the symdef Command by typing 6 2 1 Fixed symbol definition Definition Create a fixed symbol with no parametrics Some commonly used symbols which doesn t need to be parametric can be considered as a fixed symbol in the library for future use First draw a geometry that needs to be defined as per actual dimension scale in the drawing area Then apply the dimension or non dimension as required Process When the drawing is completed click the command symdef Select all element of the first view and click right key to confirm selection The system will prompt specify view base point left click to specify or input using keyboard it will be better to select the key point or special position point c
60. it s unable to modify the name 4 1 4 Delete 4 1 4 1 Delete Command erase Icon Definition Delete object from figure Process You can execute the Erase command by clicking the Delete button in the edit menu clicking the button in the Modify panel from the Common tab clicking the button in the Standard toolbar or by typing the command erase Once it is executed select the object to be deleted and confirm selection as prompted the selected entities will be deleted Press the ESC key to exit You can also select object first and then execute erase 4 1 4 2 Eraseall Command eraseall Icon Definition All the objects in the open layer which meets the pick filter condition will be erased Process You can execute the command Eraseall by clicking Delete All button in the edit menu clicking the button in the Modify panel from the Common tab clicking the button in the Standard toolbar or by typing the command Eraseall after initializing the command the below shown dialog box will pop up Figure 4 1 Erase all Click OK to confirm deletion all the objects in the file will be erased if Cancel is clicked the command will be aborted 4 1 4 3 Erase superpose line Command eraseline Icon Definition when there are two curves one over the other visible as single you can delete the repeated line using this command This command is applicable only for straight line
61. it doesn t need to modify color line type or line weight manually the line will be changed to red dash and thin line from black white solid and thick line 1 10 2 2 Byblock Byblock means the solid display attribute is the same as its block current attribute The solid in the block may have its layer attribute its color line type line weight are called bylayer When its own feature is changed the solid attribute in the block will not be affected If this attribute is set as byblock when the block attribute is changed the solid attribute will be changed accordingly Note 0 layer in CAXA Draft is a special part if attribute of solid in 0 layer is bylayer then when it is in block the result will be byblock 1 10 3 Style Commonly used style of CAXA Draft is layer line type text style lead out and engineering dimension code style BOM style The above styles can control different object attribute 1 10 3 1 Cited style and current style Citing style It means currently used style for the object Data of the currently cited style will be effective User can edit the cited style when the edit is finished the object status will be changed as per cited style If there is no other feature covered all feature of the object will be identical with the cited style Current style Current style is default cited style in CAXA Draft The newly created object will regard the current style as cited style 1 10 3 2 Style pul
62. line type Set current line type as bylayer Use the current layer line type to draw For more information refer to chapter 1 10 1 1 Set current line type as byblock when the drawn element is defined as block it will use line type selected by the block For more information refer to chapter 1 10 1 1 Remove bylayer or byblock as current line type selected line type will be used to the element to be drawn For more information refer to chapter 1 10 1 4 Method for setting current line type 1 Click toolbar of Color Layer or click Attribute panel in Common tab line type pulll down menu will popup left click to select desired line type in the list the selected line type will become current one as shown in figure 1 57 Figure 1 57 Line type pull down menu 2 In the dialog box of line setting select line type to be set then click Set current 3 Select line type in the list on the left side of dialog box right click and select Set current in the popup menu Figure 1 58 Line type settings dialog box 1 8 1 2 Create line type Definition Create a new line type Process 1 Use Style management or line setting function 2 Click button New the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 1 59 New line type Dialog box Insert a line type name and select a reference line type click Continue you can see newly created line type at the last line in the line type list By default the n
63. line type This is to edit the line type while plot The original drawing s line type will remain the same This is explained in detail in section 7 1 3 Preview Click this button to see a preview of the plot 13 Confirmation buttons Use the print button to send print instructions to the plotter Use the cancel button to abort the plot command 7 1 3 Print linear setting While printing it usually needs to output lines on a different style from that of the actual drawing For example you may have to adjust line width linear scale adjust line width as per color etc This kind of printing is very convenient to set in CAXA Draft Click button Edit line type the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 7 2 Line type setting 1 Preview area Preview of the selected line style will be displayed instantly in this area 2 Line width settings Specify the paper size in the pull down menu Specify the thick and thin values of line as required Select either of the two check boxes on the right Select plot as thin to ploy a thin line or select set by color to set a line color This is explained more detail as follows When you select set as per color the below shown dialog boxes will popup The setting is divided into two parts one is list view and the other is Format view For list view you can modify one to one For format view you can modify many to one If multiple colors need to be changed to one c
64. mainly introduce system settings such as system option and system configuration User can adjust these settings to meet all kinds of drawing requirements and improve efficiency 8 1 Interface configuration Interface configuration includes interface switch reset save add on etc as well as interface element customize Following is detail explanation 8 1 1 Interface customization Command customize Definition Customize interface elements and interface status Elements that can be customized includes main menu toolbar outer tool short cut key keyboard command etc Process You can execute command customize by right clicking on any toolbar or function area select customize in the popup menu shown in below figure use command Customize directly Figure 8 1 Customize tool bar dialog box Initialize command Customize the below shown dialog box will popup There are six tabs in the dialog box of interface customization by which user can control different interface element 8 1 1 1 Customize commands Click command Customize and then select a main menu from the list on the left side the commands and options in the corresponding menu will be listed in the right side box as shown in above figure 8 2 Select an option Command left click to select option Command and drag it to the popup main menu then this command is added You can also drag one command from main menu to interface 8 1 1 2 Customize toolbar C
65. mode to Thumb nail mode 4 Click the below shown dialog box will pop up Figure 6 2 Search symbol Input a part of the symbol name in this frame if known the system will search the corresponding symbol automatically For example GB5781 86 HEX SCREW WITH COMPLETE THREAD GRADE C just input GB5781 86 or HEX SCREW WITH COMPLETE THREAD to search its symbol In addition the Dim search function is added Input the objects name or type in the search frame so that all symbols related to the input content are listed Figure 6 3 Get Symbol interface The right part of above box is the preview frame which includes two tabs attribute and graph so you can preview the figure and the attributes of the currently selected symbol Click the tab Attribute and switch to attribute preview mode The base point of each of the view is marked with highlighted Right Click to zoom in to the symbol as shown in following figure Right click Left click simultaneously to renew the view back to normal Before enlargement after enlargement Figure 6 4 Zoom symbol When the symbol is selected press the button Next to get the symbol parameter dialog box as shown in following figure Figure 6 5 Preprocess Symbol The right part of above figure is the symbol preview There are 6 view controlling switches available below the preview Left Click to open or close any view Closed views will not be created Not all symbols have 6 views Generally two or three views are
66. or close underline for new text or selected text Midline Click button to open or close midline for new text or selected text Up line Click button to open or close up line for new text or selected text Text orientation Set text writing direction across or vertical Insert symbol Click button insert to insert all kinds of special symbols such as diameter symbol angle symbol negative or positive symbol upper or lower mark deviation roughness dimension special symbol etc Newline Set text auto newline contract text or manual newline Auto newline means For auto newline when the text reaches the right side or bottom at the specified area the Chinese character word number or symbol will be newline as one unit so the first or last character can be avoided and a complete word can be got For contract text when specified word parameter exceeds specified area the system will modify automatically the text height word width and character space to make sure that the word will be in the specified area completely For manual newline when inputting text press the enter key to newline Vertical alignment Click button to set text vertical alignment vertical alignment includes top alignment center alignment bottom alignment Horizontal alignment Click button to set text horizontal alignment horizontal alignment includes left alignment horiz
67. point is input welding symbol is finished Content in welding symbol dialog box is explained as follows In the upper part of dialog box preview box is on the left and monoline parameter is on the right In second line there are a series of symbol buttons and symbol location for your selection Symbol location is used to control current monoline parameter corresponds to part above datum line or below datum line The system controls monoline parameters by this means Dimension value of each location and welding note are located at third line The lower part of dialog box is used to select dash line location and input stagger welding line space Among which dash line location is used to show corresponding location of datum dash line and real line Clear line is used to clear current monoline parameter Nearly all necessary marks are listed which can meet every requirement at different occasion The following figure is an example of welding symbol Figure 3 79 Welding symbol example 3 4 5 Cutaway symbol Command hatchpos Icon Definition Create a Cutaway symbol section line Process You can execute the command hatchpos in the following ways Click button in the dimension main menu click button in the Dimension toolbar Click button in the Dimension panel of option card type the command hatchpos Click command hatchpos draw cutaway line in the way of two points as per prompt then Right click to finish Draw cut
68. select sign the marked dimension value will take actual value if it is negative number you should keep negative sign If positive sign is selected the marked dimension value will take absolute value Dimension line closed open It is used to control whether drawing dimension line or not when it is alignment mark Arrow closed open it will pop up only when dimension line is open and it is used to control whether draw arrow at one end of dimension line Draw not draw origin coordinates Decide to draw origin coordinates or not Prefix Set prefix for the dimension Dimension value The default is the selected point coordinate value You can use shortcut keys ALT 4 when dimension line is closed or use shortcut keys ALT 5 when dimension line is open to input dimension value sign is useless then When all parameters in the immediate menu are confirmed create first coordinate dimension the dimension method is the same as that of free mark When first coordinate dimension is finished it will only hint dimension point for subsequent coordinate dimension you can select a series of mark points then coordinate dimensions for a group of dimension text alignment is finished Aligned ordinate dimension format is determined by options in immediate menu When dimension line open in option 3 is selected another option of arrow closed arrow open will be added to immediate menu as shown in following figure Figure 3 46 Align dimension exa
69. shown in c a original graph b hide c cancel hide Figure 2 83 Hide and cancel hide 2 3 4 Attribute definition Command attrib Icon Definition Create attribute data for a block Attributes may include the data of part number name material or other information If the attribute definition is created you can select the object while creating block definition But if the attribute definition has already been combined into the block it will be prompted by specified characters such as input attribute while inserting the block Then each later reference of that block can be used as specified by different value of the attribute Process Click Block sub menu or attribute button enable the attrib command using the keyboard the following dialog box will popup Figure 2 84 Attribute Definition Input attribute name it will be displayed in the drawing by default In the describe field input the text for prompting what needs to be filled for the attribute value You can choose to fill or not fill if it is blank the attribute name will be used as the prompt In the Default value field input data to specify default attribute value Location point is used to specify attribute position you can input coordinates of X axis and Y axis or select the check box screen selection Text setting is used to specify attribute text alignment text style text height rotate angle Click OK
70. style refer to section 3 7 1 Geometry tolerance style refer to section 3 7 2 Roughness style refer to section 3 7 3 Welding symbol style refer to section 3 7 4 Basic code style refer to section 3 7 5 Cutting symbol style refer to section 3 7 6 Serial NO style refer to section 5 6 4 BOM style refer to section 5 6 5 4 5 2 Style management In the style management dialog box you can set a style as current create new style delete an existing style import a style export a style set filter style and also merge styles All these are explained as follows 4 5 2 1 New By the function of New user can set currently selected style as default parameter then created a new style under this style Click button New a prompt dialog box will pop up new style will be saved automatically do you want to create When it prompts new style is created the newly style will accept current style change Click Yes New style dialog box will pop up Click No it will stop creating Figure 4 74 New style dialog box In the above dialog box user can input new style name in the text box of style name the name should be different from the existing style name no namesake is allowed When all set is finished click Next to create new style 4 5 2 2 Delete The currently selected style can be deleted by the command delete Select style needs to delete click button Delete the d
71. system that you desire to follow select Descartes Cartesian coordinate or polar coordinate at the top of the dialog box Figure 2 58 Formula curve 2 In the Variable box enter the variable name that you desire to use in the Mathematic expression Fill in the lower and upper limits of the variable in Beginning and Ending boxes respectively Select unit of the variable Angle Radians 3 There are two boxes where you can enter the mathematical expression When you select Descartes coordinate both these boxes will be enabled for you to enter the X and Y expressions When you select Polar coordinate only one of these boxes will be enabled for you to type the P expression 4 Enter the required precision value You can save the expression by a desired name Enter the file name on the Formula box and click the save button 5 You can load an existing curve by clicking the load button and then selecting the name Use the Delete button in the same way to delete an existing formula file 6 You can click Preview button to preview a curve on the left side of the dialog box Once you have defined the curve completely press the OK button or press enter 7 After defining the curve the system prompts to specify a point on the screen Click to specify a point This point will be taken as the origin point of the curve defined by you You can repeat the command as required and right click to ter
72. text direction and dimension value Input new dimension line position then finish shown in following figure edit diameter dimension line position the text is horizontal dimension value is 70 a Original dimension b After edition Figure 4 60 Edit diameter dimension line position Diameter dimension or radius dimension text position edit Toggle 1 in the immediate menu to text position following dialog box will pop up Figure 4 61 Text position edit immediate menu In the above immediate menu user can select whether adding wire modifying text angle and dimension value Input new position for the text to finish the operation a Original dimension b After edition Figure 4 62 Edit diameter dimension text position 3 Edit angle dimension Select one angle dimension following dialog box will pop up Figure 4 63 Edit angle dimension immediate menu In the first option of the immediate menu there are two options dimension line position text position by default dimension line position is displayed Angle dimension line position edit In the above immediate menu modify dimension value input new dimension line position then finish shown in following figure a Original dimension b After edition Figure 4 64 Edit angle dimension line position Angle dimension text position edit Toggle 1 in the immediate menu to text position following dialog box will pop up Figure 4 65 Text position e
73. the frame pull down menu all frames included in CAXA Draft module path are listed in the pull down menu click desired frame corresponding frame will be displayed in the preview box 2 Call in title bar Click the pull down menu of title bar all title bars included in CAXA Draft module path are listed in the pull down menu click desired title bar corresponding title bar will be displayed in the preview box 3 Call in top bar Click the pull down menu of top bar all top bars included in CAXA Draft module path are listed in the pull down menu click desired top bar corresponding top bar will be displayed in the preview box 4 Call in border Click the pull down menu of border all borders included in CAXA Draft module path are listed in the pull down menu click desired border corresponding border will be displayed in the preview box 5 1 3 Parametric customize frame In paper setting user can create frame by input parametric the created frame is up to international standard By default calling frame radio box is selected and all function is shielded in parametric customize frame click customize frame the function of parametric customize frame will be activated Figure 5 2 Parametric customize frame interface Basic paper information of the frame is from current paper setting 5 1 3 1 Customize frame in standard paper In the international standard of GB T14689 2008 basic parametric of each frame from paper A4 to A0 is stated
74. the same but for copyclip the original selected entity will remain as it is after copying But if you use cutclip the original object will be deleted once you select the entity it will only be saved in the clipboard for pasting Command Cutclip Icon Definition Delete selected object and save it into the clipboard for paste Shortcut Key Ctrl X Process You can execute the command Cutclip by clicking the Cutclip button in the edit menu clicking the button in the common panel from the common tab clicking the button in the Standard toolbar typing the cutclip command or by using the short cut keys Ctrl X When the command Cutclip is initialized select an object to be cut then confirm the selected object will be deleted and saved in the clipboard for pasting The same way you can also select the object to be cut first and then click Cutclip 4 1 3 4 Pasteclip Command Pasteclip Icon Definition Paste the object in the clipboard to the specified position Shortcut Key Ctrl V When you cut or copy an entity it is saved in the clip board in a format that can conveniently express all the information of the entity In addition you can use Special Paste to avail different paste options for example you can paste in formats like Windows primitive format which includes screen vector information Moreover it can be zoomed out or printed when the resolution hasn t been red
75. the subjective view of a drawing All view control commands can be executed from the main view menu or the button in the Common function area or the display panel in function area All view commands are listed and discussed below Figure 1 27 View Control commands 1 3 3 1 Regen Command regen Icon refresh Definition Command regen Definition Regenerates a distorted drawing Circles and arcs are combination of line segments when they are enlarged to a certain scale display distortion may occur The distorted display can be regenerated in the current window display as shown in the figure below Using the Regen command you can regenerate the distorted drawing that is displayed Process The Regen command can be executed in various ways You can go to the main view menu and click Regen or Regen can be clicked from the common tab it can be selected form the view option tab or regen can be entered directly at the command prompt Following figure shows a comparison before and after refreshing a Before b After Figure 1 28 Regen results 1 3 3 2 Regen all Command regenall Icon Definition Regenerates all distorted objects Process The Regen all command can be executed in various ways You can go to the main view menu and click Regen all it can be clicked from the common tab it can be selected form the view option tab Using the Regen all command y
76. to be edited You should select a series of curves to be edited and right click to end 4 2 6 Corner Command corner Icon Concept Modify object and make it be connected in forms of fillet or chamfer Click button in the main menu of Modify Click button in the modify panel from Common option card Click button in the modify tool bar Execute command corner The operation of corner is divided into many modes such as fillet fillets chamfer chamfers outside chamfer inside chamfer etc user can operate via immediate menu Figure 4 13 Immediate menu of corner 4 2 6 1 Fillet Command fillet Icon Definition Round a corner to a specified radius Click button fillet in the main menu of Modify Click button fillet in the modify tab from Common tab Click button fillet in the modify tool bar Execute command corner When the command fillet is activated following immediate menu will pop up Figure 4 14 Immediate menu of Fillet and its option 1 Click option 1 then option menu will pop up in which user can select different fillet forms as requested 2 Click option 2 one option menu will pop up as shown in following figure Figure 4 15 option menu Click any option to toggle trim mode a trim trim all unnecessary part after fillet b trim initial edge only trim unnecessary part of the initial edge the initial edge is the firstly selected cu
77. to the default color setting If check the auto combo box when it is highlighted the color will be the same when the combo box is deselected user can select color from the pull down menu on the right Click option restore default setting to make the color be default one 2 Cross cursor size Input or drag handle to specify cross cursor size 3 Text display minimum unit Specify value for text minimum display unit 4 Big cross cursor Select this option to set cursor as big cross cursor 5 Display view frame Select this option to set the Display 3D view frame 8 2 3 System setting Definition Set commonly used system parameters Execute the command Syscfg on the left side of popup dialog box select system parameters setting as shown in figure 8 13 Figure 8 13 System parameters settings Each parameter s definition and operation is shown below 1 Save interval after editing for the specified time the current drawing will be saved in tmp0000 exb of temp directory in the system automatically 2 Maximum real number It refers to the maximum real number that can be input in an immediate menu 3 Default save format You can set default save format when saving file in CAXA Draft 4 Auto arrange layer center line section line measure dimension can be set in due layer automatically 5 Make backup a bak file is produced automatically after each amendment 6 Update file when opening view If this function is pick
78. to this you can also insert objects in form of links The real difference between link and insert is that the object that is being linked is not a part of CAXA Draft file it will remain in an external file CAXA draft will have only the information of the link When the external file is modified the object in CAXA Draft file will also be updated automatically It is easy to link an object when the file in the dialog box as in figure 5 44 is selected select the Link check box then click OK which means the object will be linked to the file 5 There is another check box Show as Icon if this check box is selected the file will be shown as Icon instead of the object content itself Note If you want to insert an object of a particular application you should make sure that the application is already installed in your system For example you need to make sure that MS WORD is installed in your system to insert a Word file in to your CAXA draft file 2 5 2 Open and edit OLE Modify object position size and content 1 Click an object to select it there are five blue blocks called grip handles visible around the selected object The object size can be modified by dragging these handles By dragging the handle in the center of the object you can change the location of the object as you wish After you have finished moving the object press the esc key to deselect the object Inspect whether the pull down box at the lower right corner i
79. values with 60 as X coordinate value and 84 as Y coordinate value In addition relative coordinates can also be denoted by polar coordinates For example 60 lt 84 will be taken as relative coordinate and the values in polar coordinate system It represents that the distance is 60 and counterclockwise angle from the X axis is 84 degrees Reference point explained in more detail A reference basis relating to coordinates set by the system automatically It is usually the last operation point Press the F4 key in the course of current command interaction to define the desired reference point 1 3 2 2 Input point coordinates by mouse You can drag the mouse pointer to the desired location left clicking at the location will take the corresponding coordinates as the input point value All input by mouse will be in absolute coordinates While picking points using mouse you can easily pick points like End point Tangency point etc without much difficulty 1 3 2 3 Tool point picking You can pick points of geometric features in the course of drawing like center of a circle tangency point end point etc using the Tool point snapping You can press the space bar when you need the tool point menu to popup Following are listed the various options in the tool point menu Figure 1 26 Tool point Menu Screen point S Any point on the screen End point E End point of curve Midpoint M Midpoint of curve Center C Center of Circle or cir
80. view of the symbol will be displayed for editing Because the symbol still keeps previous defined information you can only modify the part that needs modification The difference between symbol edit and symbol extract is all view and dimension variable of symbol is shown on the screen each view is broken into individual element every element definition expression every dimension variable attribute and every dimension value are kept which will reduce repeated labor Edit the objects in the drawing area such add delete curve or dimension etc When the modification is finished redefine the modified symbol as per the method introduced in section symbol definition If you input a symbol name different from the previous one when storing the symbol a new symbol is defined If you use the original symbol name and type it is then just a modification to original symbol 6 4 2 Edit Data Definition Modify add or delete the original data of parameterization symbol Process Select symbol name which is to be edited in the Manage Part Library dialog box Click button Edit Data Input and Edit Standard Data dialog box will pop up Modify data in the box operation method is the same as that of symbol definition data input Click ok button when it is modified and return to the Manage Part Library dialog box proceed to other Part Library management operations When all the operations are finished click the ok button to confirm 6 4 3
81. way Text one way When dimension two way is selected text two way means dimension value can be marked at double ends of dimension line Text one way means dimension value will be marked at one end that is near to dragging point X axis offset X coordinate value of origin Y axis offset Y coordinate value of origin The following figure contains examples of origin dimensions Figure 3 39 Origin dimension 3 2 2 Quick ordinate dimension Command fastdim Icon Definition It is used to mark X coordinate value or Y coordinate value of any mark point in the current coordinate system The dimension format is defined by immediate menu once a dimension point is input the dimension is finished Process You can execute fastdim by clicking button fastdim in the coordinate dimension sub menu or click command dimco then select fastdim in the immediate menu or type command c fastdim directly The immediate menu of fastdim is shown as follows Figure 3 40 Origin dimension Instance Menu Each option in the immediate menu will be explained as follows Sign positive sign When the dimension value is equal to the calculated value select sign the marked dimension value will take actual value if it is a negative number you should keep negative sign If positive sign is selected the marked dimension value will take absolute value Y coordinate X coordinate It is used to control marking Y coordinate value or X coordinate value
82. which the attribute of picked element will be listed as per picking order Following is query result for the selected spline Figure 9 25 Element attributes data 9 3 5 Query Perimeter Command circum Icon Definition You can inquire about total length of a series of connected curves regardless of if they are closed or opened Process You can execute the command circum in various forms click button in Query from main menu of Tool Click in Query from tool tab click button in Query tool toolbar or type the command circum directly Execute command Circum pick curves as per instruction the dialog box inquiry result will pop up immediately in which the total length of a series of end to end curves and length of individual curve are listed orderly 9 3 6 Query area Command area Icon Definition Inquire area of a closed region or complicated figure containing several closed regions The region can be basic curve or closed region formed by super curves Process You can execute the command area in various ways click button in Query from main menu of Tool Click in Query from tool tab click button in Query tool toolbar or type the command area directly Click command area select Add area or Reduce area Add area in immediate menu means adding the picked closed area to other areas reduce area indicates subtracting area of the closed region from other areas Complicated geometry can be compu
83. 1 Frame Following is a detailed introduction to frame load define save fill and edit 1 Paper setting Click button on the right side of Paper one pull down list will pop up in the list user can select standard paper from A0 to A4 and customer define option When the selected paper is basic paper width value and height value of the paper will be displayed in the edit box the value can t be modified When customer define is selected user can input desired width value and height value in the edit box 2 Paper scale setting By default the drawing scale is 1 1 and the scale will be shown in the dialog box If it needs to modify the scale click the button on the right side of the drawing scale one pull down list box will pop up The value in the list box is international scale value Select one value the selected one will be shown in the drawing scale dialog box Or user can input new scale value via keyboard when edit box is activated 3 Paper orientation setting There are two button to control paper orientation portrait landscape the selected button will be with a black point 4 Text height setting If it needs to make the dimension text height be relative fixed to paper i e the actual text height will be changed accordingly when the drawing scale is changed user should check this combo box Otherwise deselect it 5 1 2 Call in paper element 1 Call in frame Select radio box of Call in frame to activate the frame then click
84. 4 1 3 1 Copyclip Command copyclip Icon Definition Save the selected option to the clipboard and make it available for paste when required Shortcut Key Ctrl C Process You can execute the Copy command by clicking Copy button in the edit menu clicking the button in the common panel from the common tab click the button in the Standard toolbar typing the command Copyclip or by using the short cut keys Ctrl C When the command Copyclip is initialized select object s to be copied then confirm The selected entity entities will be saved in the clipboard for paste Or you can first make the selection of entities and then execute the command Note Using the Copy command you can copy an entity with respect to a base point which will act as a reference point while pasting it This option will aid you in positioning the copy pasted entity where you require 4 1 3 2 Copy with basic point Command copywb Icon Concept save object with basic point into clipboard for paste Stetp Click button in the main menu of edit Click button in common panel Click button in the tool bar of standard Execute command copywb use short cut key Ctrl Shift C When the command copywb is activated select object to be copied and select basis point the selected object and information will be saved in the clipboard 4 1 3 3 Cutclip The function of Copyclip and cutclip is
85. Angular bisector to draw angular bisector line s Menu 2 Takes a numeric value as input You have to enter the number of bisection lines required A default value will appear in the list if not provided Menu 3 Takes a numeric value as input You have to enter the required length of the line to be drawn After the values are given the system will prompt Select first line you have to select the first line Then the prompt will be select second line select the second line Now the angular bisector lines will appear between the lines selected as per the specifications provided Example A 60 degree angle is divided into 3 even angles by two 100mm bisectors as shown in the following figure 2 10 Angular Bisectrix 2 1 1 4 Draw tangent line normal Command ltn Icon Definition Draw tangent line normal line to a given line from the given point Process You can enable the Ltn command by clicking Ltn button in the Line sub menu or enable Line command then select tangent line normal in the immediate menu or enable the command by typing Ltn Click command Ltn the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 11 Tangent Normal line Menu 1 This menu shall remain as Tangent Normal Menu 2 Select Tangent or Normal as required If you select tangent a line will be drawn parallel to a given line Normal option is to be selected to draw a line perpendicular to the given line Pt1
86. Definition Select and delete a part number in current drawing When a part number is deleted by the command ptnodel corresponding line in BOM will be deleted and other part number values will be updated accordingly If a part number is removed directly using the delete function the above rule will not apply the number won t be updated and the corresponding item in the Bom won t be deleted Process Delete Part Number can be started by clicking the command Delete in the Paper Size Part No main menu or click button on the Part No toolbar or Click button in the Part No panel from the function tab or enter ptnodel at the command prompt Clicking the command ptnodel the system will prompt Please pick part numberto delete The user can select the part number to be erased to erase For the part number node of a common lead line for several part number if the picked position is the part number the selected part number will be erased and if the other position is picked the whole node will be erased If part number to be erased has no double sign then the corresponding item in the item block will be erased else user can also erase the picked part number If the erased part number is a middle item then the system will subtract one automatically from part number The value begins with the one after the erased middle item sequential part number will be kept 5 6 2 2 Edit part number Command ptnoedit Icon Definit
87. Definition In CAXA an arc can be created using center radius angle points on arc reference with other object and combinations of these Process You can enable the arc command by clicking the command arc in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the basic drawing panel from the common tab or type the command arc Initialize the arc command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 26 Arc drop down menu CAXA Draft supplies many methods to draw an arc Following are the various methods supported in CAXA explained in detail 2 1 4 1 Three point arc Command arcppp Icon Definition You can draw an arc by specifying three points on the arc The first and third points determines the starting and ending point of the arc and the second point is to define the direction in which the arc is to be formed to connect the starting and end point Process You can enable the arcppp command by clicking arcppp button in the Arc sub menu or enable the Arc command and select three point in the immediate menu or type the command arcppp Initialize the arcppp command the below shown immediate menu will appear 2 27Arc immediate menu Select the three points one by one as prompted using the mouse the arc will appear after selecting the third point You can also enter the coordinate values of the three points using keyboard It is recommended to make effective use of intelligent poi
88. Execute command chamfer directly You can execute the Corner command and the immediate menu will appear Menu 1 Select chamfer to execute the chamfer command You can also execute this command by directly typing Chamfer Menu 2 Select the whether you want to trim the lines or not Trim will trim both the lines Trim Begin Side will trim the line selected first and Not trim will not trim both the lines Menu 3 Specify the chamfer length by entering a numeric value Here the axial length is to be considered Menu 4 Specify the angle of chamfer Angle of chamfer is the angle between the first line and the chamfer line The below figure explains the usage of a typical chamfer command and illustrates chamfer angle line selection sequence and the length of chamfer Figure 4 21 Definition of Length and angle Initialize the command chamfer input required parameter in the corresponding immediate menu The system will prompt you to select the lines one by one Select the two lines as required chamfer will be produced between the selected two lines as per parameters specified by you Note If two lines that need chamfer are intersecting when these two lines are selected a chamfer will be produced immediately as per given length and given angle as shown in the following figure a If two lines that need chamfer are not intersected when these two lines are selected the system will calculate intersection point position automat
89. Figure 7 5 Customize Line type 3 Option buttons Click the load config button to load a predefined line style Click save config button to save a new line style 7 1 4 Print preview When print parameters are confirmed You can click button preview dialog box shown in figure 7 1 to analog check print result the result is shown in figure 7 6 Figure 7 6 Print preview window In the above dialog box you can check analog results of print the operation method is shown as follows You can click command Pan zoom or other button in the tool bar to browse print window or use mouse wheels to move or zoom Click button to plot Click button to close print preview dialog box When printing multiple drawings you can click or to switch between drawings 7 2 Plot tool In this section we will mainly learn about the various plot tools Plot tool in CAXA Draft is mainly used for the bulk printing of drawings It can organize drawings including individual printing or typeset printing you can adjust drawing settings and every print parameters conveniently The features of CAXA Draft Plot tools include It supports printing multiple items simultaneously you can switch between different printing items at any moment It supports individual printing and typeset printing moreover bulk printing can also be executed It supports to print files in the format of EXB and DWG EXB It can match print paramete
90. Following are examples of datum symbol mark as shown in figure Figure 3 71 Datum dimension 3 4 2 Geometrical tolerance Command fcs Icon Definition Dimension geometrical tolerance Process You can execute command fcs in the following ways Click button in the dimension main menu click button in the Dimension toolbar Click button in the Dimension panel of dimension tab or type command fcs Initialize command FCS Following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 72 Geometric tolerance Select tolerance code and set each parameter in the above dialog box then click OK select horizontal dimension or vertical dimension in the immediate menu Then select dimension element and input turning point of Leader line as per prompt Content in geometrical tolerance dialog box is explained as follows You can fill in each item conveniently by this dialog box what s more several lines can be filled in and line deletion is allowed The dialog box is divided into following areas Figure 3 73 Geometric Tolerance dialog Line parameter input area it is at the middle of dialog box divided into three parts 1 Geometrical tolerance symbol area it is leftward in which straightness flatness roundness and so on symbol button are listed click one button them corresponding graphics will be displayed in the preview area as shown in figure in which the position symbol is display 2 Geometrical tolerance value area it is at the
91. Interface The most important part of the fluent interface is the function area The function area contains the command buttons arranged in a compact and orderly manner to maximize the drawing area You can also use the menu buttons in the quick start toolbar Go to the View tab Interface Operations panel click Switch Style to switch from the fluent interface to the classic interface Also the F9 key can also be used as a toggle to switch between the fluent and classic interfaces 1 2 1 1 Menu button You can reach the classic main menu through Menu Button available in the upper left corner of the function area in the Fluent interface As shown in below figure Figure 1 5 Menu button of CAXA Draft Usage of the menu button Left click on the main menu icon on the left corner to access the main menu The main menu contains a few submenus as File Edit Tools etc through which you can access any command The main menu also lists the recently accessed files from which you can easily choose one to open You can learn the function of a command from the tool tip text that appears when you hover the mouse over an icon You have to left click a menu option to open it 1 2 1 2 Quick start toolbar The Quick start toolbar appears as shown below It is available on the task bar just adjacent to the main menu icon This menu contains commonly used command icons to enable easy access This t
92. a single file Meanwhile you can switch between several drawings in a file following this method Open multiple documents simultaneously 1 5 2 1 Open multiple documents Multiple documents can be opened simultaneously each document can be used and saved individually To switch between documents you can press CTRL TAB In the Classic interface you can click the main menu Window to switch as shown in the below figure Arrangement mode for multiple documents can be selected such as layer horizontal tile vertical tile or you can click the file name directly to switch as current window Figure 1 39 switch between documents in classic interface In the Fluent interface you can click View to use corresponding function in Window panel as shown in following figure Figure 1 40 switch between documents in fluent interface Click either of the buttons layer horizontal tile or vertical tile to select Window arrangement mode You can select the file to be switched to in the Switch Windows pull down menu 1 5 2 2 Work on multiple drawing in one file You can work with multiple drawings simultaneously in one file in CAXA Draft as shown in below figure Figure 1 41 Drawing Sheets Click right key in the drawing sheet tab at the bottom of drawing area to switch between different drawings When you right click on one of the sheet tabs you get options to insert a sheet delete a sheet rename a sheet and save it as
93. a base Double click type name can modify it When all management work is done click button exit and exit dialog box will pop up 3 4 Engineering dimension Engineering dimension includes datum symbol Geometrical tolerance Roughness Welding symbol cutaway symbol chamfer center hole dimension 3 4 1 Datum symbol Command datum Icon Definition It is used to dimension tolerance at datum part Process You can execute command datum in the following ways Click button in the dimension main menu click button in the Dimension toolbar Click button in the Dimension panel of option card click command datum Click command datum following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 70 Datum symbol Click 1 Datum dimension to select datum modes base dimension base target When it is under the condition of base dimension you can set base mode and name When it is under base target you can set target dimension or code dimension When all parameters are confirmed select position point line or arc as per prompt to specify dimension position for creating datum code If locate point is picked the system will hint input angle or determine by screen lt 360 360 gt you can drag mouse or input rotate angle via keyboard then datum symbol mark is finished If line or arc is picked the system will hint drag to the mark position When it is picked datum symbol that perpendiculars to the line or arc is marked
94. able 6 Library This chapter is a complete introduction to the Part Library The basic unit of the Part Library is called a symbol The symbol is an object and is composed of some basic elements as well as parameter s a property a dimension and other special attributes A symbol can be quickly created as per the desired parameter Symbols are classified into two types parameter symbols and fixed symbols based on whether the symbol is combined by one view or several views less than 6 views Each extracted view can be defined as a block amp the block can be hidden when required It is much more convenient to draw spare parts installation diagrams and other engineering charts using these facilities in the Part Library and the block operations Features of the CAXA Draft library 1 Rich symbol There are altogether thirty thousand symbols in the Part library the symbols are classified into groups which include standard parts electrical symbols engineering symbols etc By using such symbol you can speed up the drawing regardless of your industry 2 Standard symbol All Base symbols in the library of CAXA Draft are created as per national standards 3 Open The CAXA Draft library is completely open so you can define a symbol according to your requirements 4 Parametric The symbols are completely parametric in nature so you can define dimensions properties or other parameters 5 Directory structure By using the directory structure you c
95. ach other automatically the distance between them will be dimensioned the immediate menu will look as shown below Figure 3 14 Dimension of two parallel line Instance Menu You can switch between Length diameter in Menu 3 of the above shown immediate menu when length is selected distance between two lines will be marked when diameter is selected corresponding diameter of two lines will be marked and there will be a prefix before dimension value automatically If the selected two lines are non parallel the angle between two lines will be marked the immediate menu is shown as follows Figure 3 15 Dimension of two non parallel line Instance Menu The various options in the immediate menu are as explained in earlier commands of section 6 2 1 1 Select each option in the above immediate menu as per drawing requirement and then specify dimension position as per prompt Following is example of selecting two object dimensions Figure 3 16 Examples of two objects dimensioning 7 0 Dimension Figure 3 17 0 Dimension 3 1 2 Two point dimension Command pointdim Icon Definition Select two points and create linear dimension quickly Step Click button two point dimension in the submenu of dimension Execute command pointdim directly When two point dimension function is activated select two points directly to create linear dimension directly 3 1 3 Baseline dimension or datum dimension Command Baseline
96. adjust file position conveniently Click Paper overlap in the main menu of Typeset or panel of Typeset function area or select typeset print task unit then right click to select button then You can adjust file position directly 5 ReTypeset You ReTypeset command to typeset again ignoring modification of manual typeset Click Paper overlap in the main menu of Typeset or panel of Typeset function area or select typeset print task unit then right click to select button or You can right click button in the blank area of preview area to select Re typeset option Execute command Re typeset in the popup dialog box you can re select paper size space between drawings then click OK the system will re typeset multiple open files 6 Hide When the drawing is inserted to the typeset print unit if a certain drawing won t be typeset temporarily You can hide that drawing by the command Hide Select drawing in the print typeset task unit click button main menu Typeset or button in the panel of Typeset function area to hide drawing Or select drawing then right click in the popup menu to select Hide 7 Real display There are two preview modes in the preview area for typeset print task unit Only preview drawing information including file name drawing name drawing scale drawing size drawing width drawing height etc Preview real graph Use Real View display to switch preview between two preview modes Click button Real display i
97. ains multiple values it will prompt for the option to select part number to be exchanged User can select Figure 5 20 Exchange Part No 5 6 3 BOM Operation CAXA Draft has a Bill of Materials function for charting assembly information The BOM is linked with the part number and corresponding changes will occur in the BOM along with part number creating inserting and erasing 5 6 3 1 Fill In BOM Command tbledit Icon Definition Fill in the BOM content in current drawing Process Fill In BOM can be started by clicking Fill from the Paper Size BOM main menu or click button on the BOM toolbar or click button on the BOM panel from the function tab enter tbledit at the command prompt After starting tbledit the dialog shown below will popup Figure 5 21 Edit Table Then edit BOM content in the table directly options are as follows 1 Find replace Click the Find and Replace button to find and replace information in current table 2 Insert Click the Insert button to insert each kind of text and symbol quickly 3 Calculate total weight Click the option Calculate total weight and the dialog box shown below will popup Figure 5 22 Total Weight Select the column of total weight individual piece number and then set accuracy suffix to select zero compression or not and then click Calculate 4 Auto fill total weight in title bar Fill total weight of c
98. al file Process You can enable the Spline command by clicking spline in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced drawing panel from the common tab or type the command spline Initialize the spline command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 53 point spline 1 Menu 1 You are required to input points through which the spline has to generate These points can be selected either by entering them directly through keyboard mouse or by asking CAXA to read the points from an external file You have to select straight drawing to input points directly or select from file to input through external file When you select from file immediately the Open dialog box will popup to select the external file 2 Menu 2 The spline requires a tangential vector The tangential vector can be specified by you or the default vector You can select specified tangent vector to specify a point on the vector or select default tangent vector to instruct system to take the default vector 3 Menu 3 The spline segment created can be drawn to make a closed curve You can select opened curve to draw an open curve or select closed curve to draw a closed curve 4 After selecting parameters as per your requirement specify points to generate spline using mouse and point on the tangent vector as per the prompt Right click to terminate command Example Dr
99. alized select the object to be moved set parameters in the immediate menu then select distance or two points of displacement as required The selected object s will be moved The two modes of dispalcement are explained as follows 1 Two points Select figure input two points by keyboard or using mouse then move 2 Offset Select figure a base point will be given by the system generally speaking base point of line will be midpoint Input offset value in X direction and Y direction by typing values or using mouse then you can move Use coordinate grid capture object capture dynamic input or other tool to move object precisely and convert orthogonal polar axis or other operation status The Move command also allows you to make a selection first and then move 4 2 3 Copy Command copy Icon Definition Create a duplicate of the selected object at specified angle and direction The copy in this section means to create duplication of an object only in the same CAXA Draft file the selected object will not be saved in Windows clipboard and it is not related to paste The following immediate menu is for Copy Figure 4 5 Immediate menu of Move and Copy The parameters are as follows Menu 1 Select the mode of copy You can duplicate an object by specifying two points or by specifying offset distance as you desire Menu 2 Select the geometry status You can select weather the duplicate object should remain same as
100. an be found in corresponding type 6 2 2 Define parametrization symbol Definition Create parametric symbol with driving dimensions When defining parametric symbol pay attention to following items to prepare image If the symbol is defined as parameter symbol then the symbols dimensions can be controlled when being created It s more flexible to use but the operation is more complicated than that of fixed symbol Draw a figure to be defined as per actual dimension scale in the drawing area and measure the necessary dimension When defining parametric symbol pay attention to the following items to prepare the image 1 Hatching block character or fill of the symbol is defined by the locating point since hatching treatment is preceded by a locating point to search for closed loops But using the command hatching in CAXA Draft one can draw several sections using several locating points at one time Because of this the hatch to be drawn in the course of symbol drawing must use hatching command independently in each of the closed sections 2 Try to use a few dimensions as possible to reduce the data input If possible reference other dimensions were applicable for example if one dimension is always 2x another dimension build in that relationship 3 Place the dimensions in a clear location to aid in the definition For example define a washer as shown in the next figure when drawing is finished click library operation in submenu of Dra
101. an conveniently move copy and share the symbols with other users 6 1 Pick Symbol Command sym Icon Definition Choose the symbol and it s parameters to be placed on the drawing Process You can enable the command sym in following ways click button in the library sub menu from drawing main menu or click in the library toolbar or click the button in the commonly used Basic drawing panel from the common tab or enable the command by typing sym The method for picking a parametric symbols and non parametric symbols is different it is explained as follows 6 1 1 Pick Parametrization Symbol Execute command Symbol the dialog box shown below will pop up Figure 6 1 Get Symbol interface Thousands of symbols are classified into several types so that you can find the desired one quickly as shown in the above figure Select the symbol on the left side and it will appear on the right side Press the control buttons in the above dialog box to start quick searching The searching steps are as follows 1 The operation of symbol search is the same as that of Windows explorer the lower side is the folder amp upper side has the symbol structure tree You can convert into different directory structure by 2 control buttons 2 and button means back forward up respectively You can navigate between different directories by these buttons 3 This button is used to convert browse view click it to convert from list
102. ance Decimal form Set decimal form of basic unit it can be dot comma or space Zero suppression Set zero suppression of basic unit Display unit character string Choose Whether to display unit character string or not Display conversion unit Choose whether to display conversion unit when Display conversion unit is selected You can set relative parameters for the conversion unit Conversion unit Set parameters of conversion unit Unit format set conversion unit format it can be in m mm etc Unit accuracy set conversion unit number of decimal digit Conversion scale Set conversion unit conversion scale Decimal form Set conversion unit decimal form it can be dot comma or space Zero compression Set conversion unit zero compression Display conversion unit character string Set whether to display conversion unit character string or not display 3 7 3 Surface Finish style Command roughtype Icon Definition Set all parameters for roughness Process You can execute the command roughtype in the following ways click Surface Finish button in the main menu of format or click option Surface Finish in Style management button or type the command roughtype directly Initialize command roughtype following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 102 rough style setting 1 Text set text parameters Color set Surface Finish text co
103. anced Drawing panel from the common tab or type wavel command Initialize the wavel command an immediate menu will appear 1 The immediate menu will have a box which demands for the crest height Enter a numeric value specifying the required crest height 2 After specifying the height select the start and end points of the wave a wave will appear as per specification 3 You can specify several continuous points to draw more waves right click to terminate the command Example The figure is drawn as per above operation Process Figure 2 69 Wave Line 2 2 9 Dual fold line Command condup Icon Definition Draw dual fold line Due to limited paper setting you may use dual folding line to show some drawing which can t be drawn to scale You can draw a dual fold line either by specifying distance between consecutive folds or by specifying the number of folds Process You can enable the condup command by clicking command condup in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced Drawing panel from the common tab or type the condup command Initialize the condup command an immediate menu will appear 1 In the first menu of the immediate menu if you select break point distance then enter distance between consecutive folds in menu 2 2 If you select break point number in the first menu then enter the number of folds to be produced in the menu 2 2
104. and several layout Paper information size orientation scale etc each paper has its individual paper information All style management information and daemonic block information There is only one set of style management and daemonic block for all files share Exclude interface information command and short cut key and option setting content outer reference original file is only a linkage it is not in the EXB file When browsing exb file includes outer reference it original file should be put in corresponding path 1 10 6 Combination order In CAXA Draft block or other solid can be hidden or covered mutually as for hidden refer to section 4 4 1 When they are hidden the cover order can be arranged by combination order In addition when picture is inserted picture and other object mutual hidden order can be adjusted by combination order 1 10 6 1 Set top Command totop Concept put the selected object to the top of the combination order then all other objects will be sheltered Step Under the main menu of tool click the button totop in the submenu of display order Click button totop in the submenu of display order from the function area right key menu Execute totop command When totop command is activated select objected to be to the top and confirm the selected object will be on the top of combination order If multiple objects are selected these objects will keep original related ord
105. another file Figure 1 42 Figure sheet options 1 6 Layer Layer is an indispensable tool to develop a structured design It s known that a mechanical engineering drawing contains various information such as geometric information like entity shape non geometric information like properties line type and color various dimensions and symbols This information can be related to each other Related information of certain parts or modules can be collected to draw edit them individually to make design simpler and easier Layer explained in this chapter has such functions Imagine layer as a translucent slice without thickness entity and information are saved in it In CAXA Draft each layer must have a unique name Different line type and color or other information can be set on different layers It is located by world coordinates between layers the layer concept is shown below Figure 1 43 Layers Example The coordinates for each layer are united so that all layers can match completely A point on one layer will correspond precisely at the same position as a point on other layers A layer has its own status like layer name layer description line type color opening and closing etc which can be changed Each layer corresponds to a color and line type which is set by the system It is regulated that the initial layer is the Thick solid line layer The default line type is a solid line line weight You can modify the line ty
106. appear 1 Menu 1 of immediate menu choose select by window 2 Specify first point in series of curves window it will hint another point You should drag mouse and input another point so that a window is formed It should be noted that You should select from right to left for window selection i e the position of second point must be in the left side of first point this point is very important Otherwise full selection of series of curves can be realized 3 When the selection is finished select offset in Menu 2 in the immediate menu it will hint offset or position point along X axis direction and Y axis direction Then drag mouse or input a position point via keyboard series of curves in window are stretched It should be noted that offset of X axis direction and Y axis direction means offset relating to reference point and reference point is given automatically Generally speaking reference point of line is mid point to circle arc or rectangle the reference point is center To combined entity spline the reference point is center of rectangle included in that entity In the figure below Select by window include rectangle reference point etc are introduced Win 2nd Pt Offset Pt2 Window Offset Pt1 Win 1st Pt a Selection b Stretch Figure 4 42 Stretch curves by given deviation 4 Menu 2 offset of immediate menu and switch to 2 two point it will hint first point select series of curves by wi
107. appropriate position to get the final size The symbol can also have several dynamic sizes A symbol view is then created if the symbol has several views the open views will be placed on cursor automatically When all open views of a symbol are created the system will begin to create another symbol If no view is needed right click to finish the command 6 1 2 Pick fixed symbol In the Part Library of CAXA Draft most symbols are parameter symbols only some of them are fixed symbol such as the electrical elements and the hydraulic pneumatic symbols Extracting the fixed symbol is simpler Enable the command selecting fixed symbol amp select desired symbol then click the Next button the following immediate menu will pop up Figure 6 6 Fixed Symbol Instance Menu Menu 1 In the immediate menu select the explode or non explode for the symbol to be created Menu 2 Select hide or non hide for the symbol Menu 3 amp 4 In the above immediate menu set zoom multiple for horizontal zoom and vertical zoom the default enlarge multiple is 1 Or you can also click the corresponding immediate menu and input the proper zoom multiple in the editing box When the above parameter is confirmed select the locating point and input rotate angle and then the symbol is extracted 6 1 3 Pick symbol from library tab In CAXA Draft you can use your library tab to extract a symbol From the open library tab select the desired symbol to extract The method
108. arged view moreover dimensions of the enlarged sketch will remain the same as that of the original You can enable the enlarge command by clicking command enlarge in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced Drawing panel from the common tab or type the enlarge command Initialize the enlarge command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 66 Part Enlarge Option Panel 1 Partly enlarged by round window 1 Menu 1 You need to select Rotundity border to select a round border for enlarging 2 Menu 2 Select if you need a lead line to indicate selection or not 3 Menu 3 Enter a numeric value it will be taken as the scale to which the selected portion is to be enlarged 4 Menu 4 Enter the symbol name that you wish to give for the view By default the system will give a label if you do not select 5 After selecting required parameters the system will prompt you to select center of the circle and then specify radius do it accordingly 6 Then you will be prompted to select location of the label click to select a point 7 Select the location for the enlarged view to be placed 8 You will be again prompted to select position of sign click to select a point where you wish to place the label and the enlargement scale Partly enlarged by rectangle window Figure 2 67 Part Enlarge Option Panel 2 1 Menu 1 You need to select Rectangular border to select a re
109. arts with 0o 90o 180o 270o and then 360o while you draw an arc in the clockwise direction the X axis starts at 360 starts with 360o 270o 180o 90o and then 0o Example Draw an ellipse and an elliptical arc according to above operation process as shown in the figures below Figure a is a complete ellipse with 360 degree rotation angle Figure b is an elliptical arc with a 60 degree start angle and 220 degree terminate angle a Ellipse b ellipse arc 2 60 Ellipses 2 2 5 Draw regular polygon Command polygon Icon Definition Draw closed regular polygon Draw a regular polygon by specifying center point radius and number of sides Process You can enable the polygon command by clicking the polygon command in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced drawing panel from the common tab or type the polygon command Initialize the polygon command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 61 Center Localization Regular Polygon Option panel You can specify location of the polygon by selecting center localization or base localization both options are as explained below Center localization 1 Menu 1 Select center localization in the first menu and the immediate menu will appear as in above figure 2 Menu 2 You can define the polygon by specifying length of a side of by specifying radius of inscribed or circumscribed
110. as follows 1 Convert mode in the above dialog box Select Convert DWG DXF file to EXB file or Convert EXB file to DWG DXF file Once Convert EXB file to DWG DXF file is selected click settings to select DWG file version as shown in figure 9 19 Figure 9 19 DWG files conversion settings 2 File structure mode There are two types Convert as per file list Convert as per catalog structure Convert as per file list Select file time after time at different locations the Converted file will be put in one specified target catalog as shown in figure 9 20 Figure 9 20 File structure mode Meaning and operation method for parameters in the above dialog box File path after Converting Save path when file is Converted Add file Add file to be Converted individually Add catalog Add file to be Converted which meets request in selected catalog Empty list Empty file list Delete file Delete selected file in the list Start Converting Convert file in the list when it is Converted it will query whether continue to operate You can judge it as per request Convert as per catalog structure Convert data as per catalog form all files in the catalog which meet the requirement will be Converted as shown in figure 9 8 Figure 9 21 DWG conversion dialog Step 2 Definitions and methods for parameters in the above dialog box Convert path Select catalog to be Converted on left of the
111. aw a spline through a series of interpolation points Figure 2 54 point spline 2 2 2 Point Command Point Icon Definition You can create points on the drawing The points can be a random isolated points points that partition a curve or points at specified equal distance on a curve Process You can enable the point command by clicking the point command in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced drawing panel from the common tab or type the command point activate the point command following immediate menu will pop up Figure 2 55 point immediate menu 1 Click Menu 1 there are 3 point types to select isolated point partition point equal arc length 1 If isolated point is selected user can input point directly via keyboard or select point by cursor then draw end point middle point circle center via tool point menu 2 If partition point is selected input the number of equal parts then select curve to be divided and the partition points can be drawn but the curve won t be broken 3 If equal point is selected the arc will be divided as per specified arc length and the immediate menu will be the following one Figure 2 56 point immediate menu 2 In menu 2 if the option Specified arc length input equal part number and give each arc length then select curve to be divided and select initial point defined orientation for equal division so the equa
112. away line by two points and right click to finish drawing line Along with the last cutaway trochoid normal line orientation there are two arrows displayed at cutaway trochoid end point And the system will hint select desired orientation 3 Click left key at one side of two arrows to determine arrow direction or Right click to cancel arrow Then the system will hint specify location point of section name 4 Drag a rectangle that expresses character size to a desired location and click left key to confirm This step can be operated repeatedly Right click to finish The following figure is an example of cutaway symbol Figure 3 80 Example Section A A 3 4 6 Chamfer Command dimch Icon Definition Dimension a chamfer Process You can execute the dimch command in the following ways Click button in the dimension main menu click button in the Dimension toolbar Click button in the Dimension panel of dimension tab or type the command dimch Initialize the command dimch following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 81 Chamfer dimension immediate menu Click option 1 in the immediate menu to select axis mode for the chamfer line Select axes of chamfer line by modifying options in the pull down bar The selected axis will be taken for reference The chamfer angle will be indicated with respect to the selected axis Select axes User defined axes When one chamfer section is selected an immediate menu will p
113. awing using that style will be updated automatically The Dimension style in CAXA Draft includes text style size style leader line style geometric tolerance style Surface Finish style welding symbol style basic code style cutting symbol style etc They are explained as follows Command dimpara Icon Definition Set parameters to control dimension appearance By dimension style you can control its arrow style text position dimension tolerance alignment mode etc Process You can execute the command dimpara in the following ways Click button in the main menu of Format click button in the tool bar of Setting tool Click button in the Dimension panel of option card Click button in the style management or type command dimpara Click command Dimpara following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 89 Dimension Style lines and arrows You can create delete and set current merge dimension style in the above dialog box Click button new or select an existing dimension style a corresponding dialog box will pop up in which You can modify options of line and arrow text adjust unit and conversion unit tolerance dimension style etc They will be explained as follows 3 6 1 Line and Arrows You can set color and style for dimension dimension borderline and arrow following is the detail explanation Dimension line each parameter that controls dimension line Color Set dimension line colo
114. b then trim redundant lines figure c is obtained Pt 1 Pt 2 a before b After c Finish Trim Figure 4 32 Application of Mirror and copy 4 2 9 Scale Command Scale Icon Definition Enlarge or reduce the size of a selected object to specified ratio Process You can execute the Scale command by clicking the Scale button in the main menu Modify clicking the button in the Modify panel from the common tab clicking the button in the toolbar of Modify or by typing the command Scale Execute the Scale command select object then Right Click to confirm selection the below shown immediate menu will pop up Figure 4 33 Immediate menu of zoom Menu 1 You can select Copy to create a copy of the object while scaling Or select Move if you do not want a copy Menu 2 Select Dim Value If you want the actual dimension values of the object to get modified as per the scaling factor If you want the dimensional values of the scaled object to remain same as original select Dim value Change Initialize the command select the object to be scaled and confirm selection by right clicking Enter the scaling factor numerically of specify by mouse 4 2 10 Array Command array Icon Definition The aim of array is to produce several parallel objects simultaneously There are three array modes round array rectangle array and curve array Following is the immediate menu for array
115. ble Arc command and then select center radius start and terminal angle in the immediate menu to enable the command acra or type the command acra Click acra command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 34 center radius start and terminal angle arc 1 Menu 1 Let the first menu remain with center radius start and terminal angle option 2 Menu 2 You can enter radius of the circle in this menu 3 Menu 3 and 4 Enter the starting and ending angle of the arc You can enter a numeric angle value between 360o to 360o In CAXA the X axis is 0 when drawing an arc on the counter clock wise direction starts with 0o 90o 180o 270o and then 360o while you draw an arc in the clockwise direction the X axis starts at 360 starts with 360o 270o 180o 90o and then 0o 4 You can repeat the command as required and right click to terminate 2 1 4 5 Draw arc using the given start point end point center angle Command asea Icon Definition You can draw an arc by specifying starting and end point of the arc and the angle of the arc Process You can enable the asea command by clicking asea button in the Arc sub menu or enable Arc command and select start point end point center angle in the immediate menu or type the command asea Initialize the asea command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 35 start point end point center angle arc Enter angle of the arc in the second menu Yo
116. box may pop up as shown in figure 9 2 Figure 9 2 Load SHX Font dialog The commonly used SHX font can be copied to the Font folder in installation folder and then the SHX font will be used in the newly opened DWG file 9 1 1 2 Save DWG file Definition Export DWG DXF files in different version Process Click command Save as following dialog box will pop up Figure 9 3 Save as dialog box In the Save as type field you can select DWG format with any version to save input a file name click OK to confirm Or select object first and then right click on the screen the following menu will pop up Figure 9 4 right click menu Select part save in the pop up dialog menu select DWG as save type 9 1 2 Transfer drawing tool Usually there is no paper information in DWG file title bar and specification are basic graph it is unable to edit by CAXA Draft drawing function The function of Transfer drawing tool module includes transferring irregular specification and title bar in different file including DWG file to special specification and title bar which meet CAXA Draft request Then the specification data will be associated for convenient edit and output What s more BOM can be created smoothly and it supplies data for ERP or PDM software data transfer Open Module manager then add on Transfer drawing tool module then option card of Transfer drawing tool will be added to function area as shown in figure 9 5 Fi
117. by clicking the Line button in the Drawing main menu clicking the button in the Basic drawing panel in the tab or clicking the button in the Drawing toolbar On initiation of the command Line the below shown menu will popup Figure 2 1 Command Line drop down menu The menu provides 5 methods to draw a line Two point Angular Angular bisector Offset Tangent Normal In CAXA Draft you can select any mode and parameter from the drop down menu to create line individually 2 1 1 1 Draw two point line Command lpp Icon Definition Create two point line Draw a line or continuous line segment as per the given option When it is non orthogonal the first point and the second point can either be a tangent point or perpendicular point or other point tangent line perpendicular line perpendicular tangent line or random two point line When it is orthogonal the line to be produced is parallel or perpendicular to current coordinate Note Press F8 key to switch to orthogonal or click orthogonal button in the bottom right status bar Process You can enable the Lpp command by clicking the Lpp button in the Line sub menu enable Line command then select two point lines in the immediate menu and enable the command Lpp Click command line the immediate menu will appear as follows select two point option in the list Figure 2 2 Two Point Line Click 2 in the immediate menu choose either continuous or single every line will b
118. can t be deleted The current layer can t be deleted If there are some geometry being used in a layer then that layer can t be deleted 1 6 2 Layer settings Command layer Icon You can set layer settings using the Layer command the operation includes set current layer rename new delete open close freeze thaw set color set line type set line width lock layer and print layer When layer status is modified Bylayer attribute of all objects in the layer will be updated accordingly Process You can execute the Layer setting command by Clicking button in the format menu click button in the color layer click button in the attribute panel of Common tab or use the Layer command Execute the Layer setting command the below shown dialog box will popup as shown in figure 1 47 Figure 1 47 Layer settings dialog box Detail explanation to each layer operations are as follows 1 6 2 1 Rename layer Definition Change the existing name of a layer Layer title has two parts layer name and layer description Layer name is the symbol of layer by which the layers can be distinguished so each layer should have a different name Different layers can have the same description The steps for changing layer name 1 Use style management or layer setting function 2 Select the layer whose name is to be changed from the layer list in the dialog box then right click in the popup menu select Rename
119. ce Figure 1 13 Interface color matching pull down menu Click the arrow to expand pull down menu in which user can select favorable color By default the system supplies two styles they are black and silvery or user can customize select desired color in the customize color extension menu In the menu click more color interface color customization dialog box will pop up user can configure interface color by palette or RGB primary color 1 2 1 7 Tool option panel Tool option panel is a special interactive tool in CAXA Draft which contains the library feature they are used to organize and place library modify attribute etc Tool Palette is hidden on left interface of the tool bar move curse to tool palette button in the tool bar corresponding tool palette will pop up as shown below Figure 1 14 Tool palette tool bar How to use tool palette Right click blank area on the tool option panel a menu will popup in which user can open or close the tool palette Figure 1 14 Select the position of Tool palette tool bar You can also move the window and place it where ever required by dragging the window title Click the button on the top right side of the panel to toggle auto hide On and Off 1 2 2 Classic interface 1 2 2 1 Toggle between new interface and old interface New fluent interface gets high interaction efficiency for the consideration of old costumers usage pattern CAXA Draft also supplies cla
120. characters in the same row or rank Line spacing factor The ratio between space and set text height it should be noted that space is between two horizontal neighbor lines Column pitch factor The ratio between space and set text height it should be noted that space is between two vertical neighbor column Rotate angle When writing horizontally the counterclockwise angle between positive X axis and text extending direction of one row When writing vertically the counterclockwise angle between negative Y axis and text extending direction of one column The angle unit is degree Default text height set default height for words to be created the text height can be modified when they are created After the parameters in text style are modified click OK or Apply to confirm the modification 3 6 Dimension Style Different drawing standards and environments have different dimension requirements You can set parameters to control each dimension s appearance via Dimension styles A Dimension style is a collection of all kind of dimension settings by which you can control dimension appearance such as arrow mode text position size tolerance etc You can create a dimension style to specify dimension format quickly and make sure those dimension styles are up to industry standard When creating a dimension the settings in the current dimension style will be applied If a setting in the dimension style is modified all dimension style in the dr
121. circle Select specify radius or specify border length as per requirement If you select specify radius the next menu will automatically demand for inscribed or circumscribed circle 3 Menu 3 Enter the number of sides in the polygon 4 Menu 4 Enter the angle of inclination of the polygon with the horizontal axis 5 Menu 5 Select whether you need a center line or not If required specify the length of extension in the next menu 6 6 After entering as above in the immediate menu the system will prompt for the center point of the polygon click to select the center click on another point to specify base distance or radius as prompted a polygon will be generated as required Base Localization 1 Menu 1 Select Base Localization in the first menu and the immediate menu will appear as in below figure 2 Menu 2 Select number of side of the polygon 3 Menu 3 Enter the angle of inclination of the polygon with the horizontal axis 4 Menu 4 Select whether you need a center line or not If required specify the length of extension in the next menu 5 Figure 2 62 Base Localization Regular Polygon Option panel After entering the parameters in the immediate menu the system will prompt for the base points select base points as prompted A polygon as specified will be generated Example Cent pt Base pt a Center localization b base localization Figure 2 63 Regular polygon 2 2 6 Draw Arc fit spli
122. ck Command headdef Icon Definition Select objects and define them as a title block for future use The Title Block is most commonly composed of lines and text In addition the drawing name drawing number company name or other information will be attached to title block All this information can also be added to the title bar in the form of property definition Process Define Title Block can be started by clicking the command Define in the Paper Size Title Block main menu or click button on the title block toolbar or Click button on the title block panel from the function tab or enter headdef at the command prompt First prepare the lines text attribute definition or other information and click command headdef Select the objects which form the title block Specify the datum point of title block and confirm input the name in the dialog box of headdef and then click OK 5 4 3 Save Title Block Command headsave Icon Definition Save the existing title block in the current drawing for future use Process Save Title Block can be started by clicking the command Save in the Paper Size Title Block main menu or click button on the title block toolbar or Click button on the title block panel from the function tab or enter headsave at the command prompt After executing the command headsave the dialog shown below will popup Figure 5 11 Save title block The existing title block file names
123. ck button Reset to return to the default status Figure 1 8 Quick start up tool bar customize dialog box Click button in the rightmost of quick start up tool bar to customize 1 2 1 3 Function area The most important interface element is function area in the fluent interface It doesn t need to display tool bar the interface will be more simple and easy and the drawing area will be maximized The Function area contains various function tabs such as Common Dimension Paper Tools View etc All function tabs have command buttons grouped per their functions These groups are called option panels or panels The following figure shows a classic view of a function area with many panels Figure 1 9 Function Area The figure above shows the Common tab containing several panels Common Basic Drawing Advanced Drawing Modify etc Command buttons are there on each panel based on their functions The Following are few guidelines to use the function area Every Function tab has a title The tabs are arranged with their titles placed in a row above the panels You can switch between tabs by just clicking on the tab title You can hide or minimize the function tab as needed by double clicking on the title bar double click again to restore the tab Right clicking on any of the interface elements will pop up a menu You can select to open or close the element by selecting the corresponding option from
124. ck or press ESC key to finish the operation In addition to this you can access Pan Realtime by holding the scroll button down while moving the mouse release the scroll button to finish 1 3 3 8 Zoom Realtime Command dynscale Icon Definition Drag mouse to zoom in or zoom out the graph Process You can execute the dynscale command in various ways click dynscale in the view menu or click the button in the Common toolbar or click the button under the View Option tab or dynscale can be entered directly at the command prompt Execute the Dynscale command the mouse pointer icon will change to move the mouse up or down with the left button down Moving the mouse pointer upward will enlarge the view and downward will reduce the view in the drawing window Right click the mouse or press the ESC key when the operation is done In addition you can roll the mouse wheel to zoom in or zoom out 1 3 3 9 Zoom in Command zoomin Icon Definition Enlarge current required view as per fixed scale Process You can execute the Zoom in command in various ways click zoomin in the view menu or click the button in the Common toolbar or click the button under the View Option tab or zoomin can be entered directly at the command prompt When the zoomin command is executed the mouse pointer icon will changed to left click the mouse to enlage and when done right click mouse or press esc
125. cond element is selected it will hint dimension line location 3 Determine dimension line location Drag dimension line dynamically by moving cursor and determine dimension line location at proper position Dimension borderline lead out point of the Half Dim is always lead out from the element selected for the second time The following figure is example of Half Dim Among which figure a is dimension between two points Figure b is dimension between a point and a line Figure c is dimension between two lines in a specific selection order Figure d is dimension between two lines in a different selection sequence Figure 3 28 Examples for Half dimension 3 1 8 Big arc dimension in measure dimensio Command arcdim Icon Definition Create big arc dimension Process You can execute arcdim by clicking button Big arc in the size dimension sub menu or clicking the Dimension command then selecting Big arc in the immediate menu or by typing the command arcdim directly The immediate menu of big arc dimension is as shown below Figure 3 29 Big arc dimension Instance Menu When arc is selected the arc dimension value is displayed in the immediate menu you can also input dimension value When first lead out point second lead out point and locating point are specified in turn a big arc mark is finished The below figure is an example of a Big arc dimension Figure 3 30 Big arc dimension 3 1 9 Ray dimension
126. ct the other is insert from an existing file Select the type of CAXA Draft object that you desire to insert from the list box and select ok the CAXA Draft edit window will load automatically where you can edit or create the object you desire to insert 4 After completion of your work in CAXA close CAXA The below shown dialog box will popup Click yes in the dialog box the CAXA file created by you will be inserted in to MS WORD as an OLE object Figure 2 101 CAXA Draft Save Prompt 5 By dragging the five dimension handles around the OLE object you can adjust the object size or double click the object to edit it in CAXA Note the geometry size and shape inserted into Word is determined by the size and shape in drawing area before closing CAXA Draft you should use view all to make the drawn graph visible completely in drawing area 2 6 External reference In CAXA Draft external reference is an object for accessing external data the cited data won t be inserted to current file directly When reading drawing with external reference the linkage reference file of drawing will be readin accordingly 2 6 1 Insert external reference Command exrefattach ICON Concept Link external reference to the drawing Step Click button picture management in the sub menu of external reference from the main menu of Drawing Click button in the sub menu of merge file from Common panel Execute command exre
127. ctangular border area for enlarging 2 Menu 2 Select if you want the selected area to be shown or not select frame obvious to have the rectangle or select frame unobvious 3 Menu 3 Enter a numeric value it will be taken as the scale to which the selected portion is to be enlarged 4 Menu 4 Enter the symbol name that you wish to give for the view By default the system will give a label if you do not select 5 After selecting required parameters the system will prompt you to select two diagonal points to define the rectangle select accordingly 6 A new immediate menu will appear now wherein you can select whether to have a lead line or not 7 Then you will be prompted to select location of sign label click to select a point 8 Select the location for the enlarged view to be placed and specify angle of placement as per prompt 9 You will be again prompted to select position of sign click to select a point where you wish to place the label and the enlargement scale Example A part enlarge example is shown in the below figure Figure 2 68 Part Enlarge 2 2 8 Draw wave line Command wavel Icon Definition Create a wave line as per given mode adjust each curvature and direction of wave curve section can change wave crest height Process You can enable the wavel command by clicking command wavel in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Adv
128. ctly to start programe 9 7 Design center Command designcenter Icon Definition Design center is a tool for borrowing source between drawings in CAXA DRAFT user can access saved drawing source in the local hard drive or in accessible local network sharing block style or file information in other drawings Step Click button from the main menu of Tool Click from the pull down menu of user defined quick start tool bar or from interface element configuration menu Execute command designcenter the design center option panel will pop up on the left of the interface as shown in following figure Figure 9 34 Design center Four options are listed in the option panel of design center they are Folder open graph historic record match rule Folder The folder is used for finding created drawings in local hard drive and network and pick it to borrow to current drawing element Interface of Folder option card is shown in following figure Figure 9 35 Interface of Folder On the left of the folder it is file scene browser user can browse drawing resource in local hard drive and local network The index tree will screen files that can be borrowed in format of exb and dwg it will includes block style and sub nodes of drawing information under these files On the right of the interface there are three vertically arranged windows The upper window is used for display When selecting directory structure the f
129. cular arc Isolated Point L Existing point on the screen Quadrant Q Quadrant point on circle or circular arc Intersection point I Intersection point of two curves Insert Point R Insert point of Paper element and Block Perpendicular point P Perpendicular point of curve Tangent point T Tangent point Nearest N The point is the most nearest to cursor picking point The default state of tool point is the screen point When you select other points the picking state of current tool point will be displayed at the right bottom corner of the status bar But this picking is effective only for one pick it will return to screen point when a pick is done You can use shortcut keys to select pick point options as shown in the above table The above Figure is an example of using line and tool point picking to draw a common tangent proceed as follows 1 Select or type the line command 2 For the first point press the space bar a menu will pop up select T and the first circle then select the point on the circle 3 For the second point press the space bar select T from the popup menu that appears and then the second circle to pick the second point When the dynamic input tool is started you can input point coordinates in the frame directly 1 3 3 Control view While drawing and editing Pan or Zoom are frequently used CAXA Draft provides such view commands to control the display The main function of a view command is to change
130. cumference Dimension Instance Menu Menu 4 Dim text position You can either select text dragging to drag position of dimension text or select middle to place it in the middle of the dimension Menu 5 Ortho or parallel You can select ortho if you need the dimension line to be parallel to the x or y axis alone Else select parallel selecting parallel will demand you the angle in Menu 6 Menu 7 Input Prefix Input a prefix that you may desire to place with the dimension Menu 8 Basic Value As default the actual dimension value of the line will appear You can enter the value that is required to be displayed Belo Figure is an example of circle mark a Diameter b Radius c Circumference Figure 3 8 Basic Dim For circle 3 ARC Click the Dimension command select the arc that needs to be dimensioned as per prompt the below shown immediate menu will pop up Figure 3 9 ARC Dimension Instance Menu There are 5 options in Menu 2 of immediate menu they are radius diameter central angle chord length arc length you can select as per your requirement to dimension an arc Then specify dimension line position as per prompt the dimension position can be specified dynamically along with the dimension points Figure 3 7 is an example of arc dimensions and explains the five options Figure 3 10 Various arc dimensions 3 1 1 2 Dimension two objects 1 Point to point dimension To create a dimension between two select
131. curves forms one mutually disjoint closed right click right key a group of hatching line will be displayed immediately otherwise the operation will be invalid Eg In figure 2 46 a when closed ring is selected user can draw hatching line but in figure 2 46 b since it can t create mutually disjoint closed ring it will be regarded as invalid operation no hatching lined can be drawn 4 When the selected curve can t create mutually disjoint closed ring user should use dot selection and create hatching line in specified area Eg In figure 2 46 b within the area overlapped by circle and quadrilateral it is unable to select borderline to draw hatching line it will be easy to draw hatching line by the mode of selecting point a Correct borderline b Wrong borderline Figure 2 46 Select correct or wrong borderline curve Since selecting borderline is in the status of adding the number of selected borderline is unlimited the selected curve is red when the selection is finished click right key to finish Only when the selection is confirmed the selected curve return to be original color can user draw hatching line in the closed ring Example a Pick borderline b Draw hatching line Figure 2 47 Select borderline and draw hatching line 2 1 8 Filling Command solid Icon Definition You can fill solid color to a closed loop area by picking a point in the area Process Yo
132. d 8 1 1 5 Customize keyboard command Click command Customize and select the key command tab then dialog box will be as shown in figure 8 5 Figure 8 5 Customize dialog box keyboard command Operation method for customize keyboard command Click the catalog pull down menu all the main menus in CAXA are listed in it Select one of the main menus All command in the corresponding main menu will be listed in the left side box below Select a command from the list the corresponding keyboard command will appear on the right side box If you want to define a new command to the selected function type the same in the desired command in the box provided Click delete to delete a command 8 1 1 6 Interface option Click command Customize and select the options tab then dialog box will be as shown in figure 8 6 Figure 8 6 Customize dialog box Options Click check box in front of each option to set Display prompt about toolbar Display short cut mode in screen prompt large icon display the latest used command in menu etc 8 1 1 7 Change appearance of Icon button Execute command Customize right click on the icon button following menu will popup as shown in figure 8 7 Figure 8 7 Change Icon button menu In the above menu set display mode for selected button as Icon text icon text etc you can also delete button copy button icon etc 8 1 2 Interface operation Interface operation includes interface s
133. d the selected linear dimension is taken as the first dimension of the continuous dimension and dimension reference borderline will be determined as per selected point location you can create subsequent continuous dimensions along the other orientation and corresponding immediate menu is displayed as shown below Figure 3 21 Continuous dimension Instance Menu 1 Set the parameters in the immediate menu as per requirement and select the subsequent point to be dimensioned as per the prompt 2 If first lead out point is selected it will be taken as the starting point of the Figure 3 22 Continuous dimension Instance Menu 2 First dimension of two lead out points at X axis orientation Y axis orientation or along two points orientation can be marked and the system will hint second lead out point repeatedly You can select proper second point by repeated selection to mark a group of continuous dimension Continuous Dimension example Figure 3 23 Continuous dimension 3 1 5 Three point angle dimension Command 3parcdim Icon Definition Create an angle dimension by specifying three points Process You can execute 3parcdim by clicking Three Point Angle button in the dimension sub menu clicking the Dimension command and select Three Point Angle in the immediate menu or by typing the command 3parcdim directly Click command Three Point Angle the following immediate menu will pop up Figure 3 24 Three point angle
134. d line segment Left click corresponding radio box to select Frame segment Most frame will be divided into several segments for convenient identification and description Check the combo box of segment in the Paper setting dialog box the previously shielded segment will be activated For frame segment there are two forms as per segment number as per segment dimension When segment number is given the frame will be divided evenly as per the given segment number Meanwhile when segment number and segment dimension are given it will configure as per given parametric When dimension listed is created user can user function of Horizontal segment dimension customization and vertical segment dimension customization to edit segment dimension shown in following figure Figure 5 4 Horizontal segment dimension customization and vertical segment dimension customization When all frame parametric are set click OK to create frame 5 1 3 2 Customize frame under user defined paper For user defined paper since there is no given international standard for the internal and external box margin it needs to define Select Customize the button of internal and external box margin will be activated since it needs to customize binding frame is useless now so the combo box of binding frame will be shielded Left click button of internal and external box margin then dialog box of customizing internal and external box margin will pop up Figure 5 5
135. definition and exit refedit Exit without save Cancel the block definition edit 2 3 6 3 Modify block attribute Block attribute modification mainly includes attribute data edit attribute definition edit The method for attribute data edit is double click the block to be modified a dialog box as shown in figure 2 83 will popup or use feature option panel to modify The method for editing attribute definition is Use the block editor or reigning edit block to enter into edit status and then double click attribute definition Or modify it using the feature option panel click save to save the modification The modification to block attribute definition will not effect to the already inserted block But when re inserting the block with the same file name amp the block attribute definition will use the modified one 2 3 6 4 Modify block definition In the current drawing if the block is already defined when creating new block the newly input name is the same as the existing one the following dialog box will popup Click yes to overwrite the existing block definition the cited block in current drawing will all be updated if you click no the block should be defined again To check and modify the block definition in the Feature option panel select a block and open attribute panel amp the following dialog box will popup Figure 2 87 Block Reference Properties You can modify block layer linear line weight color anchor point rotate an
136. diate menu and select two diagonal points to create viewport directly in the drawing area 2 7 1 5 Four viewports Command vports4 Concept Create for equal viewports directly Step Click button vports4 in the submenu of viewport from the main menu of view Click button vports4 in the viewports panel from view option card Click vports4 in the viewport tool bar Execute command vports4 When vports4 is activated it can create viewport by selecting two diagonal points directly in the drawing area 2 7 1 6 Polygon viewports Command vportsp Concept Draw a polygon as viewports Step Click button vportsp in the submenu of viewport from the main menu of view Click button vportsp in the viewports panel from view option card Click vportsp in the viewport tool bar Execute command vportsp When vportsp is activated select multiple points to create a polygon viewport The selected points are vertexes of polygon When all vertexes are selected press space bar enter key or click right key to confirm and create one polygon viewport 2 7 1 7 Object viewport Command vportso Concept Select one closed basic curve as viewport Step Click button vportso in the submenu of viewport from the main menu of view Click button vportso in the viewports panel from view option card Click vportso in the viewport tool bar Execute command vportso When vpor
137. dimension Instance Menu Menu 2 degree You can select degree minute second in this option You need to select the apex first point second point in turn and confirm locating point of dimension line at required position The inclination between line passing first lead out point and peak point as well as line passing second lead out point and peak point is three point angle dimension following is the example of 3parcdim Degree Degree Minutes Seconds Figure 3 25 Three point angle 3 1 6 Angle Continuous dimension Command continuearcdim Icon Definition Create a serials of angle dimensions continually Process You can execute continuearcdim by clicking the Angle Continuous button in the size dimension sub menu or clicking the Dimension command then select Angle Continuous in the immediate menu or by typing the command continuearcdim directly Initialize command Angle Continuous operate as per prompt several dimensions can be created continually the operation method for selecting an existing dimension or lead out is different The following process is detailed 1 If dimension point is selected it will hint select first dimension element or angle dimension start point end point dimension line position select next element dimension line position You can select as per number of dimension angles then right click to get a shortcut menu select exit button to exit 2 If dimen
138. dimension value will be left or taken regarding 0 25 as unit If input 1 0 the dimension distance will be taken or left near to integer Digit number behind decimal dot is decided by the setting of accuracy Zero suppression control whether or not to display leading or trailing zeros Prefix Do not output leading zero of all decimal dimension Eg Make 0 5000 be 5000 Suffix Do not output trailing zero of all decimal dimension Eg Make 12 5000 be 12 5 make 30 0000 be 30 Display position Control position of conversion unit from dimension text Behind main unit Put conversion unit behind main unit of dimension unit Under main unit Put conversion unit under main unit of dimension unit 3 6 6 Tolerance Control tolerance format and display of dimension text As shown in below figure Figure 3 97 Dimension Style Tolerance Tolerance Control tolerance format and display for the dimension text Accuracy Dimension deviation accuracy it can be calculated accurately to five decimal places Height scale Set current tolerance text relative to basic dimension height scale Zero suppression control whether or not to display leading and trailing zeros Conversion value tolerance set conversion tolerance unit format Accuracy Display and set decimal digit number of conversion unit Zero compression control whether or not to display leading and trailing zeros
139. direction starts with 0o 90o 180o 270o and then 360o while you draw an arc in the clockwise direction the X axis starts at 360 starts with 360o 270o 180o 90o and then 0o 3 After entering the value click to specify the starting point of the arc and the arc will appear 2 1 5 Draw rectangle Command rect Icon Definition You can draw a rectangle using this command CAXA can draw rectangle by two methods by specifying length and width or by specifying two diagonal points You can create the rectangle either with the center line or without it Process You can enable the rect command by clicking command rect in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the basic drawing panel from the common tab or type the command Rect Initialize the Rect command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 38 Rectangle immediate menu 1 Two Corner points In the first menu of the immediate menu you can choose to draw rectangle by specifying two corner points You can choose if center line is required or not in the second menu If you select to have center line then automatically the next menu will appear to demand length of extension of the center line Then select the two corner points as required using the mouse as per the prompt the rectangle will appear You can specify the points by entering the coordinate values also using the keyboard 2 Length and width In the rectangle
140. dit immediate menu In the above immediate menu user can select whether adding wire modifying text dimension value shown in following figure a Original dimension b After edition Figure 4 66 Edit angle dimension text position 4 3 4 Dimension drive Command drive Icon Concept Select dimension object to be edtied Dimension drive is a set of partial parametric function in the system when some solid and relative dimension are selected topological relation will be created between solids as per dimension when modifying dimension value the related solid and it dimension will be affected but the topological relation will be kept the same such as tangent connected It is much easier to operate and modify Step Click button in the main menu of Modify Click button in the tool bar of modify tool Click button in the dimension palette execute command drive directly Select drive object as per prompt then select dimension the system will analysis element relations as per dimension Then specify one proper basic point such as circle center end point intersected point etc when dimension to be driven is selected input new dimension value as per prompt The selected solid will be driven if it doesn t exit user can drive more dimensions example Shown in figure 4 69 Primary design graph of pulley a original graph b drive center distance c Drive big circle radius
141. e as shown in figure a Above b Middle c Below Figure 3 93 Dimension text alignment Distance between dimension line and text Control text to dimension line position the default is 0 625mm Text alignment it won t be explained here Text alignment mode set alignment mode for basic dimension text such as parallel to dimension line keep horizontal or ISO standard Tolerance alignment mode set alignment mode for tolerance text such as align top align middle align bottom 3 6 3 Fit Set relations between text and arrow in order to get best dimension line Fit option of dimension style is shown in following figure Figure 3 94 Dimension Style Fit Adjust option When there is not enough space for text and arrow with border line You can set to move text or arrow out of border line so that the text arrow will be within the border line and best result can be got if the text is not within border line it will not draw the arrow Text position if default space is not enough for text You can put the text near the dimension line above the dimension line without Leader line or above the dimension line with Leader line Dimension total scale Size dimension text and arrow as per input scale Optimize You can set to draw dimension line between dimension border 3 6 4 Unit Set dimension accuracy please find the following figure Figure 3 95 Dimension Style unit
142. e and horizontal line Input new dimension line position to finish the operation shown in figure 4 54 change the borderline angle from 90 degree to 60 degree change the dimension value from 71 8 to 90 a Original dimension b Dimension after edition Figure 4 54 Edit linear dimension line position Edit text position Only the text locating point will be modified the angle dimension value and borderline will be the same Toggle 1 in the immediate menu to text position following dialog box will pop up Figure 4 55 Text position edit immediate menu In the above menu select whether add wire modify text angle and dimension Then input text locating point to finish edit a original dimension b add wire c text angle 30 degree Figure 4 56 Edit linear dimension position Modify arrow shape Modify left arrow and right arrow shape select arrow shape in the pop up dialog box of arrow shape editor click OK to finish Fig4 57 Arrow shape editor Figure 4 58 Arrow shape modification 2 Edit diameter dimension or radius dimension Select one dimension or radius dimension following immediate menu will pop up Figure 4 59 Edit dimension or radius dimension In the first option of the immediate menu there are two options dimension line position text position by default dimension line position is displayed Edit dimension line position of diameter dimension or radius dimension In the above immediate menu modify
143. e existing one a dialog box will popup as shown in the following figure If insert button is clicked user can build new part number and from such part number the other prefix part number will be built accordingly If cancel button is clicked the input part number would be invalid If Use Repeat No is clicked then the user will build the part number which is the same as the existing one Figure 5 17 4 Amount User can specify how many part number to be produced at one time If the number is more than 1 user can adopt common lead line as shown in figure b 5 Horizontal Vertical Select the part number arrangement direction horizontal or vertical as shown in figure c 6 Inside to outside Outside to inside Part number mark direction as shown in figure d 7 Fill Not fill User can fill in item block when the current part number has been marked It can be left blank and can be filled by the user Also if the 5 not insert in the immediate menu is selected the system would hint for input derivation point and milestone The right key is to be clicked for finishing such operation Different part number style is shown as follows a b c d e Figure 5 18 Different part number style 5 6 2 Part number Part Number functionality mainly includes the part number style settings part number creation deletion exchange and part number editing 5 6 2 1 Delete Part number Command ptnodel Icon
144. e full use of intelligent point grid point navigating point and snap point when inputting points You can repeat the command as required and right click to terminate Example Draw inscribed circle and circumscribed circle by three point and toolbar menu Circle 2 24 Three point circle 2 1 3 4 Draw a circle using the two point radius Command cppr Icon Definition You can draw a circle with a specified radius and has the specified two points on its circumference Process You can enable the cppr command by clicking cppr button in the circle sub menu or enable Circle command then select two point radius in the immediate menu to enable the command cppr or type the command cppr Initialize the command cppr the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 25 Two point radius drop down menu Let the first menu remain with two point radius In the second menu you can choose to have a center line for the circle if required When you select with center line automatically the third menu will appear which will demand for the length of extension of the center line as shown in above figure After selecting appropriate options input first point and second point as per instruction use mouse to input the third point or input a numeric radius value using the keyboard the circle will appear Then you can repeat the command as required and right click to terminate 2 1 4 Arc Command arc Icon
145. e joined when the continuous option is selected the end point of a line will be the start point for next line Single means each line to be drawn is separate each time According to the conditions in the immediate menu select two points to draw a line You can input coordinates or distance for two points to draw accurate line or input real time coordinate and angle dynamically This command can be operated repeatedly Right click or press ESC key to terminate such command Example Example 1 Drawing a right angled triangle Specify one point a green line segment will popup while moving mouse press F8 or hold down Figure 2 3 Right angled triangle the shift key to switch to orthogonal mode Move the mouse down and left click to set second point and third point as shown Press F8 or release the shift key to click again at the starting point Example 2 Common tangent line to a circle Draw multiple special lines by making full use of Snap point menu See the following example of drawing a tangent line Initiate the line Command the system will prompt input first point press the spacebar the Snap point menu will popup click Tangent and select a circle as prompted Now the first point is selected you can choose the second point also by the same method Then a line is drawn as show in figure 2 4 b Note the position of common tangent line is different if the selected point is different As shown in figure 2 5 if the second point is at p
146. e of the line will appear in this menu You can enter the value that is required to be displayed 2 In case you select a lead out point first to begin a baseline dimension the execution is as explained below Initialise the command and select the first point of dimension the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 3 19 Baseline Dimension Instance Menu 2 The selected point will be taken as the datum reference for the preceding dimensions You may select the consecutive points for dimension requirement as per prompt In the immediate menu Menu 3 orthogonal You can select ortho if you need to dimension the length of an object with respect to the x or y axis alone Else select parallel Selecting parallel will give the actual length of the line Following is the example of base dimension in ortho and parallel Figure 3 20 Example of Baseline Dimension 3 1 4 Continuous dimension Command contdim Icon Definition A series of end to end dimensions Process You can execute contdim by clicking Continuous button in the dimension sub menu clicking the Dimension command and selecting Continuous Dim in the immediate menu or by typing command contdim directly Initialize the Continuous Dim command you can start by selecting an existing dimension or select a new point to start dimensioning Operate as per instruction several dimensions can be created continually 1 If an existing linear dimension is selecte
147. e original coordinates Then it will prompt Input rotate angel lt 360 360 gt New UCS setting is finished when the rotation angle is input and newly created UCS will be the current coordinates 1 10 7 2 Create object coordinate system Icon Concept Create a user coordinate system Step Click button in the submenu of create user coordinate system under the main menu of tool Click button in the panel of user coordinate system from the View function tab Click button from the tool bar of user coordinate system Execute command newucs When newucs command is activated select object only basic curve and block in the function area the system will create new ucs as per the feature of selected object Rule for selecting different curve to create coordinate system Dot the dot is origin X axis is the X direction of the coordinate system Line the nearer point selected will be regarded as origin the line direction will be X axis direction Circle the circle center will be regarded as origin center to the selected point will be X axis direction Arc the circle center will be regarded as origin center to the selected point will be X axis direction Spline the nearer point selected will be regarded as origin the origin and the other end point direction will be X axis direction Polyline select arc or line in the polyline create as per common line or arc Block Regard bloc
148. e this mode Example Figure 4 11 Trim by batch Process Execute the command Trim select Batch trim in the immediate menu then select scissor link as per hint then confirm the curve to be trimmed will be selected by window Right Click specify trim direction then it is finished Scissor link can be one curve or multi end to end curve 4 2 5 Edge Command edge Icon Definition To extend a curve until it reaches another curve You need to select a line to be extended and then another curve as a border to which it is to be extended If the line is already intersecting with the border then it will be trimmed with respect to the border line Please note that there are exceptional cases of arcs and circles where for the given radius the curve may not reach the border Various cases of examples are explained using the below examples Curve to modify pt Curve to modify pt Scissors line Scissors line Before After Before After a b Scissors line Curve to modify pt Scissors line Curve to modify pt Before After Before After c d Figure 4 12 edge operation Process You can execute the Edge command by clicking main menu gt Modify gt Edge button clicking the button in the Modify panel from the common tab clicking the button in the toolbar of Modify or typing the command Edge Execute the Edge command Select a curve as boundary it will hint select curve
149. e used when using navigating capture to enhance capture accuracy By default the capture mode is Smart point capture You can use hot key F6 to switch capture mode or switch in list box of status bar In dialog box of 8 20 you can use command New Delete Rename to operate capture mode 8 4 2 3D view navigation Command guide Definition it is expansion of navigation You can define projection relation conveniently It can help to draw 3D view and multiple view Process You can execute the command Guide by clicking button Three View Guide in the tool menu using F7 key entering guide command After executing Guide command define the first and second points of the guide line a yellow guide line of 45 or 135 will be drawn on the screen If the system is in Guide Navigation state this guide line will be used as view transformation line for 3D view navigation If the guide line already exists clicking Guide menu to delete the guide line Then create new guide line or click right button to restore the last guide line Example The following Figure 8 32 showed an example of using 3D view navigation Figure 8 32 3D view navigation 8 5 Point style Command ddptype Icon Definition Set style and size for screen middle dot Process You can execute the command Ddptype by clicking button in the format menu clicking button in the toolbar of Setting tool clicking bu
150. e you can select single direction and you can specify the side using mouse when the system prompts 4 Menu 4 You can select hollow or solid When you select solid option an offset line will be created and also the gap between offset line and the original line will be filled When you select hollow it will be a normal offset 5 Menu 5 You have to enter the offset distance numeric value if demanded in this menu If you do not specify the default value will be taken 6 Menu 6 You can choose to have more than one offset line if required Enter the number of offset lines numeric value to be produced If you do not specify the default value will be taken After providing the above details the system will prompt to select a curve or a chain of curves as chosen by you Select the curve and the direction if prompted If you have selected across point in menu 2 then click on the point required using mouse The offset curve will appear a Select By chain b Single select 2 51 offset cases a Select By chain b Single select 2 52 Offset examples 2 2 Advanced Drawing Advanced Drawing includes spline point ellipse formula curve polygon wave line etc 2 2 1 Spline Command spline Icon Definition You can create a smooth curve passing through series of given points You can draw the curve by specifying points through mouse or keyboard or can be read from an extern
151. econd angle point is on the left it is invert For invert the selection frame is green and frame line is dash line if there is only one point in the object is within the selection frame the object will be selected Figure 1 25 Invert selection frame All Use this command to select all in one time the short cut key is Ctrl A It should be noted that filter setting will do affect on the all selected object In addition when the object is selected user can still use the above method directly to select 1 3 1 3 Deselect When common command is finished the selected object will be deselected automatically If user wants to deselect all manually press ESC key or select Deselect all in the right key menu If only one certain object needs to be deselected press Shift key and select object to deselect 1 3 1 4 Command operation There are three methods to use command in CAXA Draft main menu or icon keyboard command and short cut key 1 3 1 5 Command status There are three command status empty command status select object status execute command status Empty command status select object or use command to get execute command status If user used command that needs to select object in empty command status it will prompt select object after the command is run Select object status Press ESC key to get empty command status or use command to get execute command status If in select object status user used command
152. ecord once the program is started If Key word style is set as interaction mode in the option the command line can prompt when executing some commands Figure 1 18 Command line 1 2 3 Right click menu 1 2 3 1 Right click menu In CAXA Draft you can access the right click menu to perform various operations based on the area where clicked A right click menu is as shown in following figure Figure 1 19 Right key menu There are different types of right click menus that appear based on the area clicked or the operation status there is some different cases for right click menus eg When title bar or other object is selected content in right click menu will be more than that of blank command Contents in the right key menu will be different for different object The right click menu generally includes Repeat option for the previously used command Display the recently input command list Display object feature Copy paste or other edit operations Display order arrangement block edit etc Deselect all Partsave and output DWG DXF or other graph output function Display order adjustment Cancel right click menu in the drawing area User can set right key in the option and click right key to repeat previous command cancel right key menu Click menu button in CAXA Draft open Option interaction then click button Customize right key click corresponding dialog box will pop up Figure 1 20 Set
153. ection 7 1 3 Print Select to directly print the file 4 Delete Select to delete the file note theta this can t be renewed after deleting 7 2 4 2 Type set print setting In the print task list window select one typeset paper print unit the selected typeset drawing information will be displayed in the preview area as shown in figure 7 8 Select one typeset print task unit then set print print preview and delete etc the operation method is the same as that of individual sheet print In addition typeset printing set and operation includes typeset insert rearrange pan rotate delete hide graph overlap paper examine real display etc You can execute these commands in various methods Select typeset print task unit once this unit is selected right click in blank area the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 7 17 Typeset right click menu Click corresponding button in the Typeset panel of function area Click corresponding button in the main menu of Typeset Following is the method for typeset print operation 1 Typeset insert select drawing and then insert it to current typeset print task unit Click button in the popup dialog box and select file to be inserted then click open button the opened file will be inserted to the newly created print typeset environment While inserting the file it also supports multiple file selection Insert drawing means making the drawing to be a new print tas
154. ed each view will be updated along with changed 3D file automatically when view file is opened 7 Input dimension display If the dimension is input by you instead of actually measured one this option will be marked the mark method is explained as follows a only input dimension b only input parameter c input dimension and parameter Figure 8 14 Input dimension and parameter 8 File merge setting When merging file or paste object to current drawing use can set whether merging style or block with the same name Whether to keep original scale when being merged 8 2 4 Interaction setting Definition Set system select tool parameters Execute the command Syscfg on the left side of popup dialog box Click Interaction setting as shown in figure 8 15 Figure 8 15 Interaction setting dialog box Each parameters meaning and operations are shown below Pickbox Size Move handle to set the size of the Pickbox User can set the selecting box color under scroll bar Selection preview Near the selecting box user can select object by click left key and the selected highlighted object ca be previewed By this function user can control whether display selection preview when it is in blank command or when commanded is activated Check the combo box of command is activated then there is selection preview when executing command Check the combo box of no command is activated there is selection preview when it is in
155. ed points on the drawing The selected points can be screen point isolated point or other feature point Initialize the Dimension command select first point and second point as per prompt the following immediate menu will pop up Figure 3 11 Dimensions of two points Instance Menu The various options in the immediate menu are as explained in earlier commands of section 6 2 1 1 Select each option in the above immediate menu as per drawing requirement and then specify dimension position as per prompt 2 Dimension of point to line Marking dimension between selected point and a line Initialize command Basicdim select first point as per prompt and then select any point in the required line the following immediate menu will pop up Figure 3 12 Dimension of point to line Instance Menu The various options in the immediate menu are as explained in earlier commands of section 6 2 1 1 Select each option in the above immediate menu as per drawing requirement and then specify dimension position as per prompt 3 Dimension of point to circle or dimension of point to arc To mark the distance from a selected point to a circle or arc center You should select point and the circle or arc It should be noted that if you select the point first this point can be an arbitrary point such as screen point isolated point or various controlling point of end point mid point etc Yet if you select circle or arc first the point can t be screen point
156. ee view four etc The method is the same as that of view one 2 Element define When all views are defined below shown dialog box of define element will pop up Figure 6 11 Define element dialog box Element definition means parameterization of the symbol Use the dimension variable one by one to show every element expression e g start point end point of line circle centre and radius expression etc Make the coordinate expression a coordinate reference point for each element of the definition point Click Next Element to go to the next definition You can zoom in on the preview window by clicking in it with the right mouse button Click in the window with both mouse buttons to reset the view CAXA Draft can produce some simple element definition expressions automatically When the element definition is being done it can modify and improve undefined element expressions as per the defined element expression It should be noted as below Figure 6 12 Define center line dialog box Defining hatching and filling locating point Select a point that is in closed loop in spite of different size in order to assure correct hatching and filling for different dimension This point is very important As shown in the following figure the locating point of the front view of upper part is defined this can assure that the locating point will be kept in closed loop under any condition Figure 6 13 Locating point of hatching line Intermediate variable T
157. elect DWG interface setting as shown in figure 8 42 each parameter s definition is explained as follows 1 CRC check You can select whether to proceed CRC check while loading DWG file Select this option when open wrong DWG file it will prompt Error and stop file reading Cancel this option it will omit such error and continue to reading DWG file 2 Default line weight Reading as per default line weight in DWG file 3 Non width reading polyline Select this option all DWG polyline will be read in as 0 line weight Cancel this option it will read as a polyline default line weight in DWG file 4 Line weight match mode Read in DWG file as per original object line weight and color matching line weight By default it will read in as per line weight Select color in the pull down list of Line weight match mode the below shown dialog box will popup as shown in figure8 17 Figure 8 17 Data interface dialog box In the above dialog box you can specify line weight as per line type color in AutoCad Line weights in the pull down list of system line weight can be selected also the line weight can be defined in option of User defined line weight The set parameters can be saved the user can directly load in configuration file when printing next time Click button save configuration or button add on configuration You can read or export parameters setting in the dialog box as shown in figure 8 18 Figure 8 18 Specify line weight a
158. elete dialog box will pop up Click Yes the selected style will deleted Click No the delete operation will be stopped Note following styles are unable to be deleted Default style in CAXA Draft Current style The cited style by object or other style 4 5 2 3 Import An existing saved template or style can be imported in to the drawing and used Click button Import the window of Import style will popup as shown in figure 4 75 Figure 4 75 Import style dialog box Click option File type select drawing file or template file then select a drawing or template file from which the style is to be imported Click check box of each style to determine style type to be imported and determine whether covering style with the same name after import Then click button open to confirm style import 4 5 2 4 Export Export the current style as template file or drawing You can perform two forms of exports as follows Saved as a drawing file a blank file with current style will be saved for later use Saved as a template file it will be copied to corresponding support folder under the installation folder for future use Click button Export the below shown dialog box will popup as shown in figure 4 37 Figure 4 76 Export style dialog box Select save file type then input file name and specify save path at last click Save 4 5 2 5 Set current The currently selected style can be set as current style for detail refer to sect
159. eleted there is no other match text so the match item will be removed too When matching file information in the paper if there is title bar but BOM doesn t exist user should refill title bar as per match rule and dragged information If there is title bar and BOM in current drawing window user can add to current BOM as per match rule and dragged information If BOM and title bar both do not exist it doesn t need to treat For the above four options at different area they correspond to different right key menu User can browse drawing return to superior directory and switch via right key menu 9 8 Component library Icon Definition Strengthened mechanic drawing and edit command is supplied in component library Process Click corresponding button in component library from the main menu of drawing Click button in basic drawing panel from Common tab The component library dialog is shown as follows Figure 9 37 Component Library dialog Click corresponding button in the above dialog box to execute Library commands Or input keyboard command to execute the detail is shown as follows 1 Polishing corner Lock hole undercuts undercuts Unilateral polishing corner concs bilateral polishing corner concd Unilateral lock hole conch Bilateral lock hole conci Undercuts at hole root conce Undercuts at mid hole concm Undercuts at mid hole arc conca Undercuts at end axis conco Undercuts at mid axis co
160. em in BOM head The above two items are absolutely necessary while customizing the BOM head Table item byname It is domain name of data output to the data base If data base file doesn t support Chinese domain name this item should be English Data type select corresponding data type can be selected here Data length If the data type is the character type user should input character length here Text height The character size can be adjusted in BOM head Text alignment The character alignment can be adjusted in BOM head 2 Modify head field Clicking right key at the left window of dialog box below shown menu will popup Figure 5 33 Modify Head Field Add item Click on the option add item and a new line will be added at current cursor position in BOM box as shown in following figure Figure 5 34 Add Item If the style selected to be edited is being used it will prompt a message Such operation will affect all drawings that cites such style do you want to continue Click yes to confirm click No to cancel adding field Delete item By clicking the option delete item the user can delete the item that current cursor stays at Open file Clicking the open button a corresponding dialog box will popup enabling the user to load the saved item file for usage Save file Clicking the save button a corresponding dialog box will popup enabling user to save the content as item file for future use 5 6 5 2 Custom Table c
161. en output form is code when dimensioning code like XX50K6 when it is deviation when dimensioning deviation line XX When it is deviation code and deviation will be both dimensioned like XX 4 3 2 2 Angle tolerance dialog box When editing and creating angle dimension and three point angle dimension right click then angle tolerance dialog box will pop up Figure 4 52 angle tolerance dialog box 4 3 3 Immediate menu dimension edit When editing dimension user can input special character in the basic dimension or prefix edit box Diameter sign use c to express eg input c40 the dimension will be 40 Angle sign use d to express eg Input 30 d the dimension will be 30 Tolerance sign use p to express eg input 50 p0 5 the dimension will be 50 0 5 Upper deviation is expressed by deviation value and lower deviation is expressed by deviation and b the deviation value must be with sign Eg Input 50 0 003 0 013 b the dimension will be 50 0 013 0 003 1 Linear dimension edit Select one linear dimension following immediate menu will pop up Figure 4 53 Linear dimension immediate menu There are four options in the immediate menu by default it is dimension line position Dimension line position edit In the above immediate menu user can modify text direction borderline angle and dimension value The borderline angle is interval between dimension lin
162. en text and curve When above parameter is set input detail text click OK to create curve text object 3 3 2 Transform code In order to input common symbol and special format conveniently CAXA Draft adopted some representation system select is equal to input it is mainly used to export p c or other string Eg The input string p c d the export is p c d is equal to input c it is used to output is equal to input d it is used to output is equal to input x it is used to output is equal to input p it is used to output 3 3 3 Insert symbol In order to input commonly used symbols conveniently CAXA Draft has regulated some indicating method all those methods have an initial mark of Select in the pull down list box is equal to inputting in the edit box it is mainly used for outputting character string p c etc For example the inputted character string is p c d the output will be p c d Select in the pull down list box is equal to inputting c in the edit box it is used to output Select in the pull down list box is equal to inputting d in the edit box it is used to output Select in the pull down list box is equal to inputting p in the edit box it is used to output Then following Deviation dialog box will p
163. enter end point etc as the base point If the selected object includes dimensions it will prompt specify one variable for each dimension since it is defining a fixed symbol right Click it will then prompt there is still in nominated dimension click next to continue Click Yes to cancel the nomination of the dimension When all elements and base points of the first view are specified define the next ones as per step 4 and 5 After the element and base point of the last view is input the Part Library dialog box will pop up as shown in the below figure Since it is a fixed symbol back and data input button are disabled Figure 6 8 Symbol warehouse dialog box Select position for the symbol to be created on the left side input a new name and then input the symbol name Click the button Define Attribute Attribute Input and Edit dialog box will pop up The table has provided 10 default fields for attributes new attributes can be added or deleted from the existing attribute if necessary Click in the cell or press F2 to edit If a new attribute needs to be added input in the row with mark Select a row and press the insert button a blank row will be inserted above that row for the new attribute Figure 6 9 Symbol attribute Edit When all options are filled in click the OK to confirm Then the new symbol is added to the Part Library The procedure for creating the fixed symbol definition is now finished and the new symbol c
164. er and be the top 1 10 6 2 To bottom Command tobottom Concept Put the selected object to the bottom of the combination order it will be sheltered by all objects Step Under the main menu of tool click the button tobottom in the submenu of display order Click button tobottom in the submenu of display order from the function area right key menu Execute tobottom command When tobottom command is activated select objected to be to the bottom and confirm the selected object will be at the bottom of combination order If multiple objects are selected these objects will keep original related order and be the bottom 1 10 6 3 To front Command tofront Concept Put the selected object to the front of the combination order it will shelter reference and later objects Step Under the main menu of tool click the button tofront in the submenu of display order Click button tofront in the submenu of display order from the function area right key menu Execute tofront command When tofront command is activated select reference object and confirm the object will be put in the middle of reference and the original frontal object If multiple tofront objects are selected they will keep original relative order and be to front If multiple reference is selected then the most frontal one will be effective reference 1 10 6 4 To back Command toback Concept Put the selected object t
165. er defined option The below shown extension box will appear where you can define a custom paper size 1 When the drawing is inserted the inserted printing task unit is displayed in the window of print task list you can continue to execute insert command to insert other new drawing to the print task unit 7 2 4 Set parameters In this section we will mainly explain individual sheet print settings typeset print setting and plot tool environment configuration etc 7 2 4 1 Individual print setting In print task list select individual print task unit the drawing information will be displayed directly in the preview area Individual drawing operations include print setting print preview print delete etc You can execute this command in various methods Right click on Print task unit below shown dialog box will popup Figure 7 14 Print tasks right click menu Click the corresponding button on the Organize function area In the drawing preview window right click the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 7 15 Browse individual drawing right click menu Following is a clear method for operating individual sheet printing 1 Print setting set printer paper output graph linear etc the setting method for print is the same as that of explanation in section 7 1 Figure 7 16 Plot settings dialog box 2 Print preview preview actual graph as per set parameters It is similar to explanation in s
166. er directly Click command iner following immediate will pop up Figure 9 26 Immediate menu Click Menu1 in immediate menu add loop and reduce loop can be switched the operation method is the same as that of area inquiry Click Menu 2 in immediate menu there are origin of coordinates Y coordinate axis X coordinate axis rotor and turning point Among which the former three modes are the selected distributing regions corresponding to inertia moment of origin X axis Y axis respectively You also could set the rotor and turning point by these two modes then the system will compute inertia moment according to the settings When the closed region and rotor or turning point are picked as per instruction the inertia moment will be shown in the inquiry result dialog box 9 3 9 Weight calculator Command weightcalculator Icon Definition By selecting surface or selecting distance between two points in the line from the drawing area or input manually considering its density data CAXA DRAFT can calculate the designed object weight automatically Step Click the button in the query of the menu of Tool Click button in the query panel from the option card of Tool Click button in the tool bar of Query tool Execute command weightcalculator Then weight calculator dialog box will pop up as shown in figure 9 29 Figure 9 27 Weight calculator dialog box In the above dialog box it can calculate part weight b
167. er is 25 and the set line number is 15 then export two tables the line number of first table is 15 line number of second table is 10 2 Mark or point and circle center coordinates When mark point or circle arc is selected it will hint sequence number interpolation point When sequence number interpolation is inputted it will hint input mark point or select circle or arc repeatedly When a series of mark points are input right click or press enter an immediate menu will pop up as shown in figure 3 53 following operation step is the same as that of selecting spline The difference is if there is circle or arc one column of diameter will be added to the table when the table is exported but the list box won t be updated The following figure is a properties window of Automatic list Figure 3 53 Automatic list dimension Instance Menu 2 In the above tab you can modify property information style text arrow forms and text frame or other parameters Figure 3 54 Auto list dimension 3 2 8 Auto hole Command autohole Icon Concept List circle coordinate value in the mode of table Step Activate command coordinate dimension and select auto hole in the immediate menu Click button autohole in the sub menu of Execute command autohole When autohole command is activated one immediate menu will pop up then select external cylindrical of each hole sign or sign control dimen
168. erate on the link for it For example select a bitmap object Click Main menu gt Edit gt OLE Object gt Property the object property dialog box as shown below will appear Figure 2 98 Object Attribute There are two tabs in the dialog box as shown in the above figure General and View the general tab displays information about the object such as file type Location and size You can click the Convert button on the right side to convert the type of object using the below shown dialog box that pops up Figure 2 99 Object convert options The View tab gives information about the object such as display and size You can choose whether to display the actual content of the object or to display just only the file icon If you opt to display the icon alone you can also choose the icon that you desire to be displayed The size of the object can also be regulated as you wish Input scale percentage that you require in the box at the bottom of the dialog box 2 5 6 Insert CAXA Draft object to other applications You can create new object or create object from existing exb file The newly created object can be an inserted object or a linked object 1 In Word move the cursor to the position where the CAXA Draft object is to be inserted 2 Click object in the insert menu a dialog box will pop up as shown in figure Figure 2 100 Object Insert 3 There are two methods to insert a CAXA object one is insert a newly created obje
169. ewly created line type will use the settings of the reference line type 1 8 1 3 Delete line type Definition Delete a line type Process 1 Use Style management or line setting function 2 Select the line type to be deleted click button Delete in the popup dialog box and select yes to delete line type 3 Or Select line type to be deleted in the line type list then right click select button Delete in the popup menu to delete Note You can only delete newly created line type the line type originally in the system can t be deleted The current line type cannot be deleted 1 8 2 Line type setting Command ltype Icon Concept Set and management system line type Line type setting function includes set current line type create line delete line modify line type name modify line note modify line zoom line type customization line type import and export Bylayer and Byblock can t be modified in the line type setting dialog box Step Click button in the main menu of format Click button in color layer Click button in attribute panel of Common function tab Execute Ltype command Once Line type command is activated corresponding dialog box pops up Figure 1 60 Line type setting 1 8 2 1 Line type name Concept Line type name is symbolic byword of line type How to modify line type name 1 On the right side of the Line type information dia
170. execute the command Color setting by Clicking button in the format menu clicking button in the color layer clicking button in the attribute panel of Common tab or type Color command Execute command Color the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 1 54 Color setting Following is detailed explanation for color setting 1 7 2 1 Use standard color Definition Use standard color and set as current color Process 1 Start the command Color dialog box as in figure 1 55 will popup by default it uses standard color 2 Keep default Standard tab Figure 1 55 Standard Color tab 3 Select one color in the dialog box the selectable color includes Index color Click color cell to use color in index tab For more information refer to chapter 1 10 1 4 Bylayer Click button bylayer to use color specified color for current layer For more information refer to chapter 1 10 1 1 Byblock Click button byblock to use byblock color create object and set is as block the object color will be the same as that of block For more information refer to chapter 1 10 1 1 Black and white Click the Black and white button when the system background is white the objects drawn will be black whereas if the system background is black the objects drawn will be white From Screen Click the button From screen the cursor will be changed to then click one point on the sc
171. exit 2 The Welcome dialog box appears Click Next Continue to the setup or click Cancel to exit 3 The Agreement dialog box appears if agreed click Next to continue setup otherwise click No to exit 4 The CAXA Draft special explanation for setup appears Please read and click Next to continue setup 5 The user information dialog box appears input your name your company and ID number correctly to get the license Please note that the characters are case sensitive 6 Set the folder to install the software to the default path is C CAXA CAXADraft Click Browse to specify a different location 7 Select the components to be installed check the corresponding check box to select a component and click Next to continue 8 Set CAXA Draft icon folder in the Start menu if required and click next 9 The installation confirmation window appears when the above operations are confirmed click Next to install 10 Click Finish when the installation is completed 1 1 3 Quick Install version In order to increase efficiency of install and uninstall this software installation package for quick install is created especially The quick install version doesn t support English version and Traditional Chinese version so it will use less hard disk and be more quick 1 1 4 Uninstall CAXA Draft Follow these steps to uninstall CAXA Draft 1 Open the Windows Control Panel double click Add Remove Programs 2 In the Add Remove Programs
172. fattach Figure 2 102 Insert external reference file In the above dialog box select external reference file and select Open following dialog box will pop up Figure 2 103 External reference How to use external reference On the upper right corner of dialog box right click button Browse to return to dialog box of insert external reference file re select file In the pull down menu of path type select save type of external reference file path In the reference type set external reference type as attaching type or overlap type In the reference type set file reference scale and rotate angle When the set is finished click OK the external reference file will be cited in the current drawing The inserted external reference file will be displayed as external reference object in current drawing which can not be broken or edited If it needs to edit solid in the external reference object user should edit original file Note External reference doesn t allow cycle use If current file is not saved it is unable to insert external reference in corresponding path Attaching external reference and overlap external reference these two reference are mainly used to control namesake file reference under the circumstance of multiple insert reference 2 6 2 External reference manager Command exrefmanage Icon Concept Link external reference file to current file and display Step Cl
173. finition Add dimension to current drawing Size dimension includes base dimension two point dimension datum dimension continuous dimension three point angle dimension angle continuous dimension semi dimension major arc dimension radial dimension taper dimension curvature radius dimension All these dimensions can be created using the command Dim and options in the immediate menu or you can execute them individually Initialize the Dimension command an immediate menu will pop up in which you need to switch options to execute the above listed commands Below is an example of common dimensions Figure 3 1 Size dimension Process You can execute size dimension by clicking the dim butoon in the dimension main menu click in the Dimension toolbar click the button in the dimension panel in the dimension tab or execute the command by typing dim Initialize the size dimension command the below shown immediate menu will appear You can execute the various size dimension commands by selecting the appropriate option in this immediate menu Figure 3 2 Dimension command Tab Instance Menu The various size dimension commands are explained as follows 3 1 1 Base dimension Command powerdim Icon Definition Quick create linear dimension diameter dimension radius dimension angle dimension and other basic dimensions There are a lot of size dimension types the system can automatically determine the appropr
174. first right line which includes Tolerance value 2 select diameter symbol or symbol S Value input box You can input geometrical tolerance value in it such as 0 1 Shape restrict a list box will pop up in which You can select option of blank gt or lt Among which means sunkening towards inside material is allowed means heaving towards outside material is allowed gt means reducing from left to right is allowed lt means reducing from right to left in the figure suffix is selected Relative principle a list box will pop up in which You can select option of blank P M E L or F Among which P means extending tolerance strip M means maximum entity requirement E means including requirement L means minimum entity requirement and F means no rigid part free status condition In the figure suffix M is selected Every content after modification will be displayed in the preview area 3 Tolerance inquiry When tolerance symbol tolerance grade are selected and basic dimension is inputted the system will give tolerance value automatically 4 Annotations Click button dimension and fit tolerance input dialog box will pop up you can add tolerance annotations at place of geometrical tolerance 5 Datum symbol area it is at the lower dialog box There are three groups you can input datum symbol and select corresponding mark such as P M or E etc In the figure A B C is selected
175. frmdef Icon Definition Select objects to define as a frame for future use Usually most information such as drawing number sign date etc are to be added to the frame When the frame is defined such information would be filled in it using the property definitions Process Define Frame can be started by clicking the command Define in the Paper Size Frame main menu or click button on the Frame toolbar or Click button on the Frame panel from the function tab or enter frmdef at the command prompt After starting Define Frame select the objects of the frame to be defined and specify the datum point A dialog box with popup with the name of the frame Click ok Note The datum point is used to locate title block and is usually selected at the lower right corner of frame If the dimension of the selected element does not match current paper while specifying a base point the below shown dialog box would popup Figure 5 7 Define Frame If the system value is selected the paper size of frame file will conform to current default paper size If custom is selected then the paper size of frame file will be set to match size of the selected elements 5 2 3 Save Frame Command frmsave Icon Definition Save the defined frame for use in other files Process Save Frame can be started by Clicking the command Save in the Paper Size Frame main menu or click button on the Frame toolbar or Click button on the
176. from the outer data file It can also be exported to the outer data file The data in table can be associated with outer data Data file format may be mdb and xls Process Database Operation can be started by clicking Database Operation from the Paper Size BOM main menu or click button in the BOM toolbar or Click button in the BOM panel from the function tab or enter tbldat at the command prompt Execute command tbldat below shown dialog box will popup Figure 5 27 Database Operation 1 Select option Auto update setting in the table data dialog box and the table can be set to associate with outer data Click button to select the data file and set the absolute path or relative path On the right of Database name user can specify data file name and then Click OK or execute When the table name is specified set the create relation with specified database and Auto update table data when the file is opened Following figure is the associated database Figure 5 38 Defining DB path 2 Select Export data in the dialog box of table database and set the data file to be output click OK or execute 3 Select Read in data in dialog box of table database and set the data file to be export click OK or execute the command Below shown dialog boxes are the Export data and reading data respectively Figure 5 29 Exporting amp Reading Data 5 6 4 Part No style Command
177. g property from the tool bar or function panel 4 4 2 Property option panel Command properties Icon Definition Edit object property by property option panel Base properties includes layer color linear line width own property includes circle center radius diameter etc Process You can execute the Property command by clicking the Property button in the main menu Modify click the button in the Modify panel from the tab click the button in the toolbar of Modify execute the command Property select object then Right Click to select Property Once the property command is executed the property option panel is open select object that needs to edit then modify in the option panel When the property option panel is open you can select and edit objects directly Or first select the object to edit then execute the property command Following is Line property edit status Figure 4 70 Feature tool palette Use the command propertiesclose to close property option panel or you can execute one more time by other open modes 4 4 3 Match Command match Icon Definition Copy features of one object to another object Process You can execute the Match command by clicking the Match button in the main menu Modify clicking the button in the Modify panel from the common tab clicking the button in the toolbar of Modify or by typing the command Match Execute the Match command select original
178. g the command setup the below shown window will popup Figure 5 1 Paper settings The following is a brief introduction to the Paper settings dialog 1 Paper Size Click the button next to paper size sizes A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 and custom are listed When the selected paper is of standard size width and height will be shown in a corresponding read only box If the custom option is selected the user can input the desired width and height 2 Paper Scale The default paper scale is 1 1 and can be changed via the drop down list The user can also activate edit box and input new scale value using the keyboard 3 Paper Orientation Portrait or Landscape can selected for paper orientation 4 Import Frame A Drawing Frame can be loaded via the drop down list The Frames listed are defaults The selected Frame will be shown in the preview box automatically 5 Import Title Block A Title Block can be loaded via the drop down list The Title Blocks listed defaults The selected Title Block will be shown in the preview box automatically 6 Setup Text height of annotations User should check this box if the text height for annotation needs to be fixed to paper i e real text height will be changed with drawing scale 7 Current BOM Style Select the desired BOM style The process to setup the BOM will be introduced in section 7 7 8 Current PartNo style Select the desired PartNo style The process to setup the BOM will be introduced in section 7 6n 5 1
179. ge Default search range is the whole drawing You can modify search scope by clicking select range Set find Click set find following dialog box will pop up You can limit replacing content by four options of including text including size including dimension case sensitive including match case and find whole words only Eg If you select including text then the select scope will include text in the drawing But it is unable to find title bar list or character in border You can operate as per requirement by selecting Find Replace Replace all Select all Display find content 3 3 6 Technique requirement library Command speclib Icon Definition To produce technique requirement text quickly CAXA Draft records commonly used Technique requirement text in sort by data base file the Technique requirement text can be inserted in the drawing area and the text can also be added deleted or modified Process You can execute command speclib in the following ways Click button in the dimension main menu click button in the Dimension toolbar Click button in the Dimension panel of dimension tab or type the command speclib Initialize the command speclib the following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 69 Technique requirement Library Technique requirement types are listed in the left corner box and all text option of current type are listed in the right bottom corner table
180. gle zoom scale attribute definition selection of hide etc 2 4 Image While creating a CAD drawing some raster images may need to be inserted E g It will be regarded as base image practically referenced or used for logo design In CAXA Draft images can be added to the drawing with vector as reference and you can check edit and print 2 4 1 Insert image Command insertimage Icon Definition You can select image and insert it to current window as reference Process You can enable the insert image command by clicking insert image command in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced Drawing panel from the common tab or type insertimage command Initialize the insertimage command the open file dialog box will open select the image file to be inserted The below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 88 Insert Image 1 Name The selected file name will be displayed click Browse to re select file 2 Position The image file s path is displayed here 3 Save path Display specified path when the file is attached to current drawing For path of file in addition to absolute path you can set and use relative path or insert into current file But when using relative path the current draft must be saved first 4 Insertion point You can specify an insertion point of the image or you can select the point on screen by selecting Specify o
181. gure 9 5 Ribbon bar of DWG converter tool In typical interface sub menu of Transfer drawing tool will be added correspondingly user the menu of Tool meanwhile user can open tool bar of Transfer drawing tool as shown in following figure Figure 9 6 menu and tool bar of Converter Function of Transfer drawing tool includes paper initialization extract title bar extract title of specification extract specification supplement serial number transfer frame Following is detail introduction 9 1 2 1 Paper initialization Icon Definition Identify and set paper size paper scale paper orientation Step Click button in Transfer drawing tool module following dialog box will pop up Figure 9 7 Paper settings In the above dialog box user can set paper size lengthen modulus drawing scale paper orientation If user doesn t know paper size click button to select frame at that time the cursor will be selecting status select frame scope and click right key to confirm And following dialog box will pop up Figure 9 8 Scale and Round Select drawing scale then click Next following dialog box will pop up Figure 9 9 paper settings automatically Then paper size and paper scale will be set as per selected frame automatically it should be noted that if paper frame is not up to international standard the paper by default will be user defined option Click button Next to call in Frame and title bar as shown I n fig
182. he below shown dialog box will popup Figure 8 8 Load interface configuration dialog box Select one interface configuration file click Open 8 1 2 4 Save interface configuration Command Interfacersave Icon Definition Save current interface status to interface configuration file Process You can execute the command Interfacersave by Clicking button Interfacersave in the tool menu click button in the interface operation panel of View tab or type the Interfacersave command Initialize command Interfacersave the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 8 9 Save interface Configuration Specify save path and file name then click button Save 8 2 System configuration Command syscfg Icon Definition Set commonly used parameters Commonly used system parameters includes DWG interface setting system parameters setting text setting file path setting display setting selection tool setting smart point tool setting file attribute setting etc the set parameters in the system can be saved or add on Process You can execute the command syscfg by Clicking button Option in the tool menu click button Option in the menu button Click button in the Option panel of Tool tab or type the syscfg command Click command syscfg the below shown dialog box will popup as shown in figure 8 10 Figure 8 10 System configuration dialog box Procedure for using system configuratio
183. he complete character string will be 12 amp 1 6 b the text is generated as follows as shown in figure Figure 3 62 Fraction example Select option roughness in the pull down box the following dialog box will pop up as show in figure Figure 3 63 Rough symbol dialog box Select basic symbol input lower limit upper illustration and lower illustration click button OK You will return to text mark and edit dialog box input text continually click button OK roughness symbol is input in the text Select option superscript and subscript in the pull down box a dialog box will pop up Input superscript and input subscript in corresponding edit box Then press enter key or click button ok to finish it As for the last option other character character mapping table will pop up you can select character to be inserted To other option the system will insert corresponding text directly Also to get above mentioned special format and symbol you can input by yourself according to regulated format instead of using combination box 3 3 4 Leader with Text Command ldtext Icon Definition It is used to lead out remark composed of text and outgoing line the exit point may have arrow Chinese and western characters are both applicable Process You can execute command ldtext in the following ways Click button in the dimension main menu click button in the Dimension toolbar Click button in the Dimension panel of di
184. here is a button for a Medium variable in above box click it and a dialog box for Medium variable definition will pop up as shown in figure Figure 6 14 Variable definition A long expression or regularly used expression can be expressed by a variable which can simplify the expression and improve computing efficiency while extracting symbol Once Medium variable is defined it can be used in any element definition expression like other dimension variable In the dialog box of Medium variable definition input the medium variable name in the left part of the box and input the expression in its right part Click ok button this variable can be used when setting up the library Intermediate variable can also define individual intermediate variable E g when installing some mechanical parts like washer with other parts they are chosen as per nominal value such as nominal diameter that nominal value is not measured on parts drawing Another example many flanges have bolt hole the flange diameter decides bolt hole number If record the bolt hole number it will help user know the desired bolt number when extracting flange But the bolt hole number is not the dimension in drawing Use individual intermediate variable under such condition It s very simple to define independent intermediate variable E g define nominal diameter D0 of washer input D0 in variable cell of intermediate variable definition dialog box and it doesn t need to input anything i
185. his section is to explain you how to execute a command input values required use right click menu dynamic input option etc 1 3 1 Object manipulation 1 3 1 1 Object concept In CAXA Draft each kind of curve text block in the drawing area is named as block If it is able to be selected individually it is an object In the course of drawing user will edit environment parameter it is actually creating object and edit object 1 3 1 2 Select object Before editing user should select object the method to select object is divided into three modes dot select frame select and select all the selected object will be highlighted The highlight effect can be set in the system option The following dash line is the selected highlight object Figure 1 23 Select highlight object Dot select When the cursor is moved to a line within one object or solid left click then the solid is selected Frame select In the drawing area select two diagonal points to form frame to select object User can select single object or multiple objects frame select includes positive and invert When the first angle point is on the left the second angle point is on the right it is positive selection For positive selection the selection frame is blue and the line is solid line Only when all points are in the selection frame can the object be selected Figure 1 24 Positive selection frame When the first angle point is on the right the s
186. hole in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced Drawing panel from the common tab or type the hole command Initialize the Hole command the below shown immediate menu will appear 2 77 Hole Shaft Option Panel 1 Menu 1 Select axis to draw a shaft or hole to draw a hole 2 Menu 2 You can draw a shaft or hole which is inclined In that case you can specify the angle directly or it can be automatically taken while selecting the second point of the shaft 3 Menu 3 If you select to specify angle directly this menu will appear automatically Enter the angle of inclination of the shaft 4 After Specifying the above parameters click to specify the first point of the shaft as per prompt and the below shown immediate menu will appear 2 78 Hole Shaft Option Panel Menu 1 Select axis to draw a shaft or hole to draw a hole Menu 2 amp 3 Enter the starting and ending diameter of the shaft or hole in menu 2 and 3 respectively Menu 4 Choose whether you need a center line for the shaft hole or not select With center line or without centerline as required Menu 5 If you select to have center line in menu 4 this menu will appear to enter the length of extension of the center line After specifying the above details in the respective menus the system will prompt you to select the end point of the shaft hole You may continue the same ac
187. iable a dialog box for serial variable will pop up Input the entire serial variable values from low to high in this box separated by comma If there are more than one serial dimension for a symbol the priority order of serial dimension values in each row should be the same as when you defined the initial elements for the symbol When all options are filled click ok button to add created symbol to the Graphics Library When re extracting symbol the created symbol will appear in corresponding type 6 3 Drive symbol Command symdrv Icon Definition Drive the extracted unbroken symbol i e change its specification and measure dimension or output form or other parameter Process You can execute command symdrv in following ways click button in the library sub menu from main menu drawing or click in the library toolbar or click the button in the commonly used basic drawing panel from the option card or execute command symdrv Upon clicking the command symdrv all non exploded symbol in current drawing will be highlighted Select symbol to be changed by left clicking Symbol pretreatment dialog will pop up in which you can modify the symbol specification switch and symbol treatment etc if necessary Click ok button after modification The modified symbol is shown in the drawing area instead of the original one but with the same locating point and rotate angle 6 4 Graphic Library management Command symman Icon
188. iate dimension type according to selected object Process You can execute the base dimension by clicking button Dimension powerdim in the size dimension sub menu clicking command basicdim directly or execute the command by typing powerdim Initialize command powerdim select the object to be dimensioned as per prompt then defined dimension parameters and position The definition and operation method is differs between individual object and two objects Following is the detail 3 1 1 1 Dimension individual object 1 STRAIGHT LINE Length for straight line Click dimension command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 3 3 Base Dim Immediate menu length Instance Menu Parameter in immediate menu is explained as follows Menu 1 The other size dimension modes can be selected here Select basic dimension Menu 2 text orientation Set the text orientation with respect to the line being dimensioned parallel or horizontal or ISO standard Menu 3 Dimension Parameter Set the dimension parameter that you wish to perform Length or angle When you select length the immediate menu will look as in above figure Menu 4 Length or diameter Select whether to represent it as a length or a diameter Menu 5 Ortho or parallel You can select ortho if you need to dimension the length of an object with respect to the x or y axis alone Otherwise select parallel Selecting parallel will give the actual length of
189. ically and extend line to draw chamfer as shown in the figure b Before After Before After a Intersecting Lines b Non intersecting lines Figure 4 22 Chamfer Example In the figure below you can see the axial direction length is 3 the chamfer angle is 60 degree and different selection order will cause different chamfer result 2nd Line 1st Line 2nd Line 1st Line a b Figure 4 23 Relation between select order and chamfer 4 2 6 4 Chamfers Command chamfers Icon Concept Chamfer is a series of end to end lines Step Click button Chamfers in the sub menu of Corner from the main menu of Modify Click butt in the sub menu of corner from the common tab Click button in the tool bar of corner Execute command Chamfers When the command chamfers is activated corresponding immediate menu will pop up 1 Click 1 and select Chamfer in the menu option 2 Option 2 indicates chamfer axis length and 3 indicates chamfer angle User can input new value as per system prompt to change chamfer length and angle 3 Then select end to end line 4 2 6 5 Inside chamfer Command chamferhole Icon Concept To create inside chamfer select two parallel lines and its vertical lines the parallel will regarded as bus the vertical line will be face line How to activate command chamferhole Click button in the sub menu of corner from the main menu
190. ication click no to cancel the modification 2 3 6 1 Block edit Command bedit Icon Concept Edit block definition Step Click button bedit in the sub menu of block from the main menu of drawing Click button bedit in the basic drawing panel from the common option card When block is select select block edit in the sub menu of edit in the right key menu Execute bedit keyboard command 2 3 6 2 Block reigning edit Command refedit Icon Definition Reigning edit block The difference between Reigning edit and block edit is when marking measuring for reigning edit you can refer to other object in current image But for block edit only the object in the block will be displayed Process Click sub menu Block or enable refedit command using the keyboard Select a block then right click to select Refedit Enable Refedit select block to be edited in addition to other edit operation there are some special functions for refedit such as add into block move out of block save and exit exit with save When the function area is open such function is in the added refedit function panel When it is close those functions will be on the tool bar of refedit Add to block Select other object from current image and add it to the block definition that is being edited Move out of block Move the object being edited out of block to current image Save and exit Save the modification of block
191. ick button in the submenu of external reference from the main menu of drawing Click button in the submenu of merge file from the common panel Execute command exrefmanage When command exrefmanage is activated following dialog box will pop up Figure 2 104 External reference manager In the above dialog box user can browse current open drawing and all external reference drawing use right key menu to open insert re load unload remove bind the drawings and picture 2 6 3 External reference clip Command exrefclip Icon Concept when the background saved external data is kept the same use this function to control display part content of all contents Step Click button in the sub menu of external reference from the main menu of Drawing Click button in the sub menu of merge file from Common panel Execute command exrefclip When command exrefclip is activated select external reference to be clipped in the drawing area and confirm and immediate menu of external reference clip will pop up Select New borderline then pick two diagonal points in the drawing area create one currently selected external reference clip borderline If the select scope exceeds external reference scope then select the nearest point in external reference as one corner point and select second point to finish the external reference will be clipped directly If the external reference has been clipped or its borderline is cl
192. ics are created You can turn these settings on and off by clicking with the left mouse button Off means the created symbol has no marked dimension Dimension means the extracted symbol has an actual dimension Dimension variable means the measuring dimension variable name is displayed instead of actual dimension Symbol treatment controls the symbol output form Each view of the symbol is a block insert Explode means exploding the block making each of the views a mutually independent element Hide means allowing the symbol to be hidden after it is created Refer to the relative section of he chapter Drawing for detail information Original means the symbol keeps the same form after it is created If you are done with your edits click the ok button and the system will return to drawing state again The symbol is placed on the cursor 7 Select the symbol location point using mouse or keyboard as per prompt Once specified the symbol will rotate instead of moving Input rotate angle value as instructed or accept the default angle 0 degree no rotate and press right mouse button to confirm When the symbol is in the correct position Left Click to confirm If dynamic definition size is set and this size is included in current view drag and define x value will be displayed on the status bar when the view rotate angle is specified Under This X indicates the size name the size will be changed along with the moving mouse Drag the mouse to the
193. iew area In the popup menu select button the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 7 22 Paper Settings in typeset unit In the above dialog box you can set Paper scope and set paper the detail is shown as follows Paper scope it indicates setting scope for output drawing Paper scope includes following three modes Initial graph By default the inserted drawing is inserted as per standard paper size In the dialog box of 7 22 the default option is Initial graph paper information is shown on the right side Window graph Specify output graph scope in the form of rectangle window Click Selection then specify two angle point of rectangle Then click OK to confirm Limit graph Limit scope as per drawing in the file Paper setting it indicates occupied space for file in typeset print paper Paper setting includes parameters of drawing paper and paper direction eg Initial graph is a drawing of A2 paper if A3 is selected in the drawing paper the graph will be printed as A3 during typeset print 7 2 4 3 Print environment configuration When organizing drawing printing by the CAXA Draft Printing tool the system can match print settings automatically as per the paper information itself Click Print Environment Match in the File menu or click button in File panel in the function area the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 7 23 Print environment settings Following is the explanation to each parameter
194. ify panel from the common tab clicking the button in the toolbar of Modify or by typing the command Break Initialize the command 1 Select curve to be split the selected geometry will be highlighted It will then hint select breaking point You should select the point carefully left click to select Then the original curve is split in to two individual parts 2 In order to get accurate graph user should use intellectual point grid point navigating point or tool point menu introduced in chapter 11 to select breaking point on curves to be broken It is allowed to set the point outside curves the regulation is as follows If the element to be split is a line the system will draw a vertical line from the selected pointed to the line to be broken If the element to be split is an arc or circle the system will draw a line from center point to setting point the intersection point of line and arc is the split point 4 2 11 1 Break by one point Execute command break in 1 select one point break then select one curve to be broken as per prompt the selected line will be highlighted and the command line prompt will be select breaking point Move cursor onto the curve as per drawing requirement click left key the curve is broken The breaking point can be specified by keyboard input The broken curve is changed to two independent curve Note in order to get precise drawing user can use intellectual point grid point
195. immediate menu select length and width option in the first menu as shown in the below figure The second menu helps you to select the method of positioning the rectangle either by rectangle center or by the left corner In the third menu you can enter the angle of inclination of the rectangle if required by default it will be 0 Enter the length and width of the rectangle in menus 4 and 5 respectively You can choose whether or not a center line is required in the sixth menu If you select to have center line then automatically the next menu will appear to demand length of extension of the center line After entering the above said data click to specify the positioning of the rectangle the rectangle will appear as per parameters specified Figure 2 39 Length amp Width immediate menu 2 1 6 Polyline Command pline Icon Definition Using Polyline command you can draw series of lines or arcs as required i e the first line arc segment will have a starting point and end point as specified by you starting point of the next line will be the end point of the preceding segment By the command Pline you can create straight line segment arc line segment or combination of line segment and arc Process You can enable the Pline command by clicking command Pline in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the basic drawing panel from the common tab to or type the command Pline Initia
196. ine select two diagonal points in the drawing area create one clip borderline of the currently selected image If the selected scope exceeds image scope the nearest point selected in the picture will be regarded as corner point then select the second point so the selected picture will be clipped directly If user edit clipped picture the previously clipped borderline will be deleted Select option Delete borderline click left key or press enter key in the drawing area the currently clipped picture will be resumed to original status Select Open click left key or press enter key in the drawing area if there keeps clip information it will be clipped Select option Close click left key or press enter key in the drawing area clip result of the currently clipped picture will be closed 2 5 OLE The abbreviation of Object Linking and Embeding is OLE it is a mechanism of Windows You can insert objects such as text table picture etc created by other Windows programs into your drawing file so as to meet multiple requirements OLE operations include insert object delete cut copy paste paste special open and edit object object convert object linking check object attribute etc The figure drawn by CAXA draft itself can be regarded as one OLE and inserted into other software that supports OLE 2 5 1 Insertobj Command Insertobj Icon Definition You can insert external objects from other applications that sup
197. ing border select curve 3 3 1 1 Specify two point Click command Text an immediate menu will pop up select specify two points in the immediate menu specify two diagonal points that forms a rectangle for the text as per prompt following text editor dialog box will pop up as shown in following figure Figure 3 56 Text editor dialog box Set text parameter input text in the dialog box of inputting text click OK the definitions of parameters in the text editor are as follows Style Select style for the text to be created style selection done initially is effective for the whole text paragraph If you apply a new style during the middle the selected style will apply only the text that you type then Font On the right side of English or Chinese You can specify font or change selected character font for the newly input text Angle Specify angle of rotation of the text box to be placed Angle is specified with respect to the positive X axis Color Specify color for the new text or change the selected text color Font size Set text height for new text or selected text Bold Click to open or close Bold for new text or selected text This option is useful only to character with True TYPE font Italic Click button to open or close italic format for new text or selected text This option is useful only to character with True TYPE font Underline Click button to open
198. ings Basic unit set parameters for basic unit of geometric tolerance Unit format Set basic unit format for geometric tolerance it can be in m mm etc Unit accuracy set decimal digit number of basic unit for geometric tolerance Decimal form Set decimal form of basic unit it can be dot comma or space Zero suppression Set zero suppression of basic unit Display unit character string Choose Whether to display unit character string or not Display conversion unit Choose whether to display conversion unit when Display conversion unit is selected You can set relative parameters for the conversion unit Conversion unit Set parameters of conversion unit Unit format set conversion unit format it can be in m mm etc Unit accuracy set conversion unit number of decimal digit Conversion scale Set conversion unit conversion scale Decimal form Set conversion unit decimal form it can be dot comma or space Zero compression Set conversion unit zero compression Display conversion unit character string Set whether to display conversion unit character string or not display 3 7 2 2 Basic unit Basic unit set parameters for basic unit of geometric tolerance Unit format Set basic unit format for geometric tolerance it can be in m mm etc Unit accuracy set decimal digit number of basic unit for geometric toler
199. into sections The content in the table will be transferred together When breaking the user can set a breaking point to specify position of the broken one Process Break BOM Item can be started by clicking Break BOM Item from the Paper Size BOM main menu or click button in the BOM toolbar Click button in the BOM panel from the function tab or enter tblbrk at the command prompt Click command tblbrk select left break right break and set break point in the immediate menu Select the item of the BOM as prompted and left click while setting break point to finish the operation If there is a lot of content in the table user can set multiple break points The following figure is an example of BOM left break the selected table is item 3 Figure 5 24 Break BOM 5 6 3 4 Insert Empty Line Command tblnew Icon Definition Insert one blank row in the table User can input information in the newly inserted blank row Process Insert Empty Line can be started by clicking Insert Empty Line from the Paper Size BOM main menu or click button in the BOM toolbar or Click button in the BOM panel from the function tab or enter the tblnew at the command prompt Execute the command tblnew and select the one row in table as per prompt and then one blank row will be added as shown in following figure Figure 5 25 Inserting Blank Row 5 6 3 5 Export Command tableexport Icon Definition Export BOM data
200. ion Select and move part number position For the selected part number the user can set its orientation to vertical horizontal or specify the number inside to outside Outside to inside Process Edit Part Number can be started by clicking the command Edit in the Paper Size Part No main menu or click button on the PartNo toolbar or Click button on the Part No panel from the function tab or enter ptnoedit at the command prompt After starting Edit Part No the system will prompt Select part No the user can select part number and modify the position of the part number or leader depending on where the selection was made 5 6 2 3 Swap Part Number Command ptnochange Icon Definition Exchange part number values between two selected part numbers Also provides an option to swap the line items in the BOM corresponding to those part numbers Process Swap Part Number can be started by clicking the command Swap in the Paper Size Part No main menu or click button on the Part No toolbar or Click button on the Part No panel from the function tab or enter ptnochange at the command prompt Execute the command ptnochange and select the part numbers to be exchanged The user can also opt to exchange the content in BOM or not Figure 5 19 If Don t swap the contents of BOMs is selected when part number is swapped then corresponding BOM line items won t be swapped If part number to be exchanged cont
201. ion either of the two actions below will take place Merge into current drawing Merge the selected drawing as a part into the current drawing In the immediate menu that appears there are few options as Point or Specify area set zoom scale keep original paste as block from which one is to be selected as per requirement When selecting merge into current drawing you can select only one drawing Figure 1 36 Merge File Option Merge as a new drawing Merge the selected drawing into the current file Select one or more drawings If the drawing name to be merged is the same as that of the current drawing you will be prompted Please modify drawing name as shown in following figure Figure 1 37 Rename Paper 1 5 1 5 Part save Command Part save Definition Save part of figure as a file Process You can click Part save in the file menu or click Part save option in the right click menu or execute Part save directly Select the object to be saved then click Part save or execute command Part save then select the object and right click to confirm selection Once the base point is specified the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 1 38 Part Save option The further operations are the same as that in section 1 5 1 3 1 5 2 Multiple document operation CAXA draft can handle multiple drawing files simultaneously and also setup multiple drawings in
202. ion 1 10 3 1 4 5 2 6 Filtration Filtrate untapped style For example click dimension style on the left then click button filtration as shown in following figure Figure 4 77 Filter style The untapped dimension style will be filtrated Click button delete to delete the useless style 4 5 2 7 Merge change the objected style to another one Select one style then click button Merge the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 4 78 Merge style dialog box In the above dialog box Select a style in original style box then click Merge to another style at last click button merge to confirm style merge and operate Then style in original will be changed to the other 4 5 2 8 Style replacement When using dimension style user can add one temporary style replacement then currently created dimension style will use one unified feature sheltering directly Style replacement is only used in currently dimension style Select current dimension style the function style replacement will be activated click button style replacement the style replacement dimension style will be created When style replacement dimension style user should modify it property before save If its setting is the same as current style setting the style replacement will be deleted directly after confirmation Once the style replacement is valid if user re draw dimension the created citing style of dimension object will be current style In the dimension style
203. ipped the previously clipped borderline will be deleted Select Delete borderline click left key or press enter key to confirm the currently clipped external reference will be resumed to original statue the un clipped external reference will be kept the same Select Open click left key or press enter key to confirm the currently kept clip information but it is not clipped the external reference will start clip again Select Close click left key or press enter key to confirm the currently clipped external reference clip effect will be closed 2 7 Viewport In CAXA Draft viewport is a special internal reference tool by which user can cite graph content of model space to layout space 2 7 1 Create viewport The function of creating viewport includes create viewport and detach polygon viewport and object viewport Note only when the viewport function is in layout space can it be activated 2 7 1 1 New viewport Command vports Icon Concept Select viewport number and layout form to create new viewport Step Click button in the sub menu of viewport from the main menu of view Click button in viewport panel from view option card Click button in the tool bar of Viewport Execute vports command When vports function is activated following dialog box will pop up Figure 2 105 Viewport dialog box In the above dialog box select viewport number and layout form it can create viewpor
204. ipse center grip The selected grip will be red then select new position click quadrant grip of circle or ellipse and select new position to change the ellipse shaft length or circle radius Figure 4 2 use square grip to move Click left key to confirm the selected line will be moved to the previewed position 4 2 1 2 Triangle grip Triangle grip is used to stretch un closed curve along the current object guide Eg Click to select line arc triangle grip the drag to stretch the line will be extended arc length will be increased Figure 4 3 Use triangle grip to stretch 4 2 2 Move Command Move Icon Definition Move selected object as per required angle and direction The below shown immediate menu will be used for the command move Figure 4 4 Immediate menu of Move command Menu 1 Select the mode of movement You can displace an object by specifying two point or by specifying offset distance Menu 2 Select whether or not the displaced object should remain the same as the original or be converted from plain geometry to a block Menu 3 Select the angle of rotation if required Menu 4 Select the scaling factor The displaced object will be scaled as specified Process You can execute the Move command by clicking main menu gt Modify gt Move clicking the button in the Modify panel from the common tab clicking the button in the toolbar of Modify or typing the command Move Once the command is initi
205. ition It means coordinates of mark point circle center or spline interpolation point are listed by table automatically Process You can execute autolist by clicking Auto List button in the coordinate dimension sub menu or click the command Autolist then select Auto List in the immediate menu or type command autolist directly The immediate menu of autolist is shown as follows Figure 3 52 Automatic list dimension Instance Menu 1 1 Mark Spline interpolation point coordinate Options in immediate menu will be explained as follows Negative Sign positive sign select sign the marked dimension value will take actual value if it is negative number you should keep negative sign If positive sign is selected the marked dimension value will take absolute value With lead out line no lead out line it is used to control whether or not to add a lead out line between selected point and symbol Mark origin Without mark origin it is used to control whether marking origin value on the created list When locating point is input the dimension is finished Options in immediate menu will be explained as follows Sequence length It is used to control length of sequence number in one column Coordinate length It is used to control length of X coordinate and Y coordinates in the column Width It is used to control width of each row Line number It is used to control exporting line number at best in one time If total line numb
206. ject capture are as listed and explained below End point Captures the nearest start end point of any open curve in the drawing as shown in figure 8 24 Figure 8 24 End point Example Midpoint Captures the midpoint of any open curve in the drawing as shown in figure 8 25 Figure 8 25 Midpoint example Center Captures the center point of an arc circle fillet or ellipse in the drawing as shown in figure 8 26 Figure 8 26 Center Example Node capture point object dimension definition point or dimension text origin As shown in figure 8 27 Figure 8 27 Node Example Quadrant point Capture quadrant point of circle ellipse or arc as shown in figure 8 28 Figure 8 28 Quadrant point example Intersection point Capture intersection point of any two or more curves Extend Captures intersection points of two curves which do not intersect actually but will intersect if extended as shown in figure 8 29 Figure 8 29 Extend example Insert point capture insert point to attribute block text perpendicular foot Capture perpendicular foot to arc circle ellipse line polyline spline as shown in figure 8 30 Figure 8 30 Perpendicular Example tangency point Capture tangent point to arc circle ellipse or spline as shown in figure 8 31 Figure 8 31 Tangent points Examples Nearest point Capture a nea
207. jects in a frozen layer are made invisible so that they won t block the view of other objects For large drawing files freezing unneeded layers will speed up display and redraw When freezing one or more layers the drawing may be regenerated It needs more time to freeze or thaw layers than opening and closing layers Process 1 Use style management or layer setting function 2 In the layer status click of the layer to be frozen or thawed switch between freeze and thaw 1 6 2 4 Lock or unlock layer Definition Lock selected layer Process 1 Use style management or layer setting function 2 In the layer status click of the layer to be locked or unlocked click to switch between lock to unlock and vice versa When the layer is locked the icon will be changed to 3 You can only add elements select element copy paste array query attribute etc from a locked layer But you are unable to delete pan stretch zoom in or zoom out modify attributes create block etc It doesn t limit elements in the title block specification and frame 1 6 2 5 Layer print setting Definition Select whether or not to print content in the selected layer Process 1 Use style management or layer setting function 2 In the layer status click of the layer to be printed or not printed click to switch print to not print for the layer The icon for not print status is Now when you plot content in these
208. k base point as origin X axis is the X direction of the coordinate system Radiation and structure line invalid 1 10 7 3 Manage UCS Command switch Icon Definition Manage all current UCS Process You can execute the command switch by Clicking button Switch in the sub menu of NEWUCS from the format menu click button in the UCS panel of View tab Or type the switch command Initialize Switch command the below shown dialog box will popup as shown in figure 1 75 Figure 1 75 Manage UCS switch The components of the above dialog box are explained as follows 1 Set current Select one coordinate system click button Set current then the selected coordinate system will become the current one and the current coordinate will be displayed in bright purple all other coordinates will be displayed in red 2 Rename Select a coordinate system click button Rename then input a new name and confirm 3 Delete Select one coordinate system click button Delete to delete the coordinate system 1 10 7 4 Switch coordinate system Definition Switch current coordinate system You can switch between World Coordinate system and User Coordinate system Process You can execute Switch coordinate system in various forms execute Manage UCS then use Set current function Click coordinate system display list from UCS panel of View tab Press F5 key to switch between different coordinate syste
209. k unit 2 Delete file it can delete print task unit and also delete file from typeset print task unit Delete print task unit Select the print task unit then right click on the unit or at blank area of preview you will get a popup menu in the popup menu click button Delete to delete the selected print task unit Delete drawing in typeset print Select the file to be deleted in the preview area or in the sub node of typeset print task unit There will be a prompt for the selected drawing frame Then right click in the right click menu select button as shown in following figure Figure 7 18 Delete file being typeset and printed Or click button in the menu of Typeset to delete relative file directly 3 Manual adjustment By default the drawing inserted for the typeset print unit will be typeset automatically as per energy saving rule You can adjust drawing by the Pan or Rotate command You can execute Pan or rotate in various methods Click corresponding button in the main menu of Print typeset Click corresponding button in the panel of Typeset function area Select typeset print task unit in the preview area select the drawing to be edited then right click the corresponding dialog will pop up then You can click related button as shown in figure 7 19 Figure 7 19 Adjust menu manually 4 Paper overlap By the Paper overlap command you can overlap file temporarily during pan or rotate a file in order to
210. l arc length point for the curve can be drawn If toggles to specify arc length by two points in menu 2 input equal part number then select curve to be divided specify initial point and select equal arc length point on the arc equal arc length point for the curve can be drawn This command can be repeated click right key to finish Eg To divide one line into three equal parts First draw equal part point 1 and 2 call up function of break then select line as per prompt reselect point 1 at that time if select line again the previous line is broken into two part at point 1 use the same method to break the line at point 2 then the original line is divided into three equal parts As shown in figure 2 57 Figure 2 57 a line with three equal parts 2 2 3 Formula curve Command fomul Icon Definition Formula curve is a curvilinear figure driven by a mathematical expression You can generate a curve by just knowing its mathematical equation The expression can be Descartes Cartesian coordinates or polar coordinates You can enable the fomul command by clicking the fomul command in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced drawing panel from the common tab or type the fomul command Initialize the Formul command the below shown dialog box will popup 1 You can define the mathematical expression of the required curve in this dialog box You can select the coordinate
211. l down menu In CAXA Draft interface the pull down menu of layer line type text style dimension style serial number style can be used in global style and selected solid style In the Attribute panel of Common tab there is pull down menu for toggling layer and line type Figure 1 66 Pull down menu of layer and line type in attribute panel There is pull down menu for toggling layer and line type in the color layer following is related figure Figure 1 67 Pull down menu of layer and line type in color layer tool bar There is pull down menu for toggling text style and dimension style in the panel of dimension style from dimension tab Figure 1 68 Pull down menu of text style and dimension style in attribute panel Pull down menu for toggling text style and dimension style in the tool bar of text dimension style is shown as follows Figure 1 69 Pull down menu of text style and dimension style Figure 1 69 Pull down menu of text style and dimension style in the tool bar of text dimension style Pull down menu for toggling serial number style in panel of serial number of Paper tab is shown as follows Figure 1 70 Pull down menu of serial number style When no object is selected current style information will be shown in the above pull down menus if user select other content in the pull down menu at that status the current style will be changed If object is selected in CAXA Draft then its citing style is shown in the pull down menu
212. l symbols in index file are listed in the symbol list select the desired symbol to switch If all symbols need to be switched click the button all and choose type that symbols are to be put in or input a new type name to create new type then click button merge The progress bar at the bottom of dialog box will show the switch progress 6 4 6 Rename Symbol Definition Modify symbol s original name major class name and secondary class name Process Select the desired symbol in the Manage Part Library dialog box preview it in right side box The operation method is same as that of extracting a symbol Click button Rename Symbol select the items needed to be modified if symbol name is to be modifed click Rename Current Symbol the corresponding dialog box will pop up as shown in figure Figure 6 20 Rename Symbol Input new symbol name in the edit block Click OK button and return to Manage Part Library dialog box for other Part Library operation click ok button when all operations are finished 6 4 7 Delete symbol Definition Delete a symbol Process Select the desired symbol in Manage Part Library dialog box preview it in right side box the operation method is the same as that of extracting symbol Click the button Delete Symbol select the symbol to be deleted to avoid the wrong operation the system will inquire whether this symbol needs to be deleted click ok button or cancel When the delete operation is fi
213. l zoom out or zoom in as per fixed scale Process You can execute the vscale command various ways click vscale in the view menu or click the button in the Common toolbar or click the button under the View Option tab or vscale can be entered directly at the command prompt Execute the Vscale command Input a scale value 0 1000 through keyboard as per prompt then press Enter key The view will be zoomed and displayed again as per input scale factor 1 3 3 13 Home Command home Icon Definition Resume drawing to original one when opened In the course of creating the drawing you may change the views display as per different requirement then use the home command to return to original standard drawing status Process You can execute the home command in various ways click home in the view menu or click button home in the Common toolbar or click button home under the View Option tab or home can be entered directly at the command prompt Once command Home is clicked the view will be displayed as per standard drawing In addition you can press Home key via keyboard to execute this command 1 4 Simplified command and short cut key 1 4 1 Simplified command For the commonly used function CAXA Draft has some simplified command except standard keyboard command Eg L is the simplified command of line C is simplified command of circle D is the simplified command of dimension it is more convenient to use the
214. layers won t be plotted Auxiliary lines in the drawing won t be printed 1 6 2 6 Layer color Definition Set layer color You can set individual color for each layer and the color can be changed Different colors can be set for commonly used layers Process 1 Use style management or layer setting function 2 Click the color button of the layer whose color is to be changed from the list in the dialog box The Below shown dialog box in figure 1 48 will popup as shown Figure 1 48 Color setting You can select color as per requirement and then click OK to return to Layer control dialog box the selected color will be set as the selected layer s color 1 6 2 7 Layer line type Definition Set line type for the selected layer You can set different line type for existing layer All these line type can be set again by this function Process 1 Use style management or layer setting function 2 In the layer status of the layer that needs to be changed click button Line type the below shown dialog box will popup as shown in figure 1 49 Figure 1 49 Line type dialog box You can select a line type as per requirement and then click OK to return to the Layer control dialog box at that time the corresponding layer line type will be the selected line type 1 6 2 8 Layer line weight Concept Set the selected layer line weight Set different line weight for the existing layer This is a new functio
215. les for various types of round corner fillets Trim Begin side Before After Before After Before After a Trim b Trim Begin side c No Trim Figure 4 19 Fillets It should be noted that you will get different chamfer result as per different selected curve position What s more the dimension of chamfer arc radius should be appropriate Otherwise you can t get correct result Example From the figure below you can see different selected position will cause different result Example two There are round off and curving off casting in machine element usually As shown in the following figure draw basic element like line circle and rectangle trim the overlapped four line segments then chamfer fillet in the course of chamfering trim or trim initial side will be used You should pay attention to their difference The final result is shown in figure b Trim Pts Trim Initial Side A B Figure 4 20 Fillet output at different selected positions 4 2 6 3 Chamfer Draw Chamfer between two lines to a specified chamfer length and angle The lines can also be trimmed just like a fillet Command Chamfer Icon Concept Chamfer between two lines The line can be trimmed or extend along the corner direction Step Click button Chamfer in the sub menu of corner from the main menu of modify Click button Chamfer in the sub menu of corner from the common tab Click button Chamfer in the corner tool bar
216. lick button OK The file extension of Parameter Table file is cpt and will be added automatically to the file Hence the Parameter Table file with the name of filename cpt will be saved in the Template folder 5 5 4 Fill In Paratable Command parafill Icon Definition Fill in property information for the parameter table in the current drawing Process Fill In Paratable can be started by clicking the command Fill in the Paper Size Para Table main menu or click button on the parameter table toolbar or Click button in the parameter table panel from the function tab or enter parafill at the command prompt After executing the command parafill and selecting the parameter table the dialog shown below will popup Figure 5 15 Para Fill Edit in the property cell directly next to the property name If the check box Fill in tips is checked it will match the ParaTable fields to the Title Block fields automatically 5 5 5 Edit Parameter Table Command paraedit Icon Definition Edit the block definition of the Parameter Table Parameter bar is a special block Using the command of paraedit the title bar can be edited in the form of block edit Process Edit Paratable can be started by clicking the command Edit in the Paper Size Para Table main menu or click button on the Paratable toolbar or Click button in the Paratable panel from the function tab or enter paraedit at the command prompt
217. lick command Customize select the Toolbar tab the dialog box will be as shown in figure 8 2 Figure 8 2 Customize dialog box Toolbars Operation method for customize toolbar On the left side of dialog box list of toolbars is displayed click check box to open or close toolbar Click button New to create a new toolbar on your own Click the Command drag this command to toolbar or drag command from toolbar to dialog box 8 1 1 3 Customize tools Integrate some commonly used tool to CAXA Draft Click command Customize and select the Tools tab the dialog box will be as shown in figure 8 3 Figure 8 3 Customize external tool bar dialog box Operation method for customize outer tool Click button on the right of Menu catalog to create outer tool delete outer tool move outer tool upward move outer tool downward Select one outer tool click button to specify its path 8 1 1 4 Customize short cut key Click command Customize and select option Keyboard the dialog box will be as shown in figure 8 4 Figure 8 4 Customize shortcut key dialog box Operation method for customize short cut key Various commands in CAXA are listed on the left side box Click a command the corresponding default short cut key combination will appear on the right side box You can enter the desired short cut key combination as desired in the box provided to set it as the short cut key for the selected comman
218. lize the command Pline the below shown immediate menu will appear 2 40 Polyline 1 Menu 1 Select line or arc as per your requirement in the first menu Let us consider you select line 2 Menu 2 The series of line segment created can be drawn to make a closed loop such that the ending point of the last segment will be automatically taken as the starting point of the polyline You can choose whether to draw a closed loop or an open curve by selecting closed or not closed respectively as required 3 Menu 3 and 4 These menus demand a numeric value for line width You have to enter the starting and ending line width of the polyline in the third and fourth menu respectively you can have the polyline s starting and ending widths different 4 After enter the parameters in the immediate menu Select the starting point of the poly line as per prompt The system will keep prompting for consecutive points as you specify by point s by clicking Terminate the command by right clicking the polyline will be formed Figure 2 41 Arc Polyline You can also create consecutive arc segments by selecting arc in the first menu as shown in the above figure 2 1 7 Draw hatching Command hatch Icon Definition Hatch is filling a pattern to a closed area when required Process You can enable the hatch command by clicking command hatch in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking
219. log box selected line type that needs to modify then modify it in the textbox 2 On the left side of the line type list select line type that needs to modify click right key in the pop up menu select Rename and input new line type name 1 8 2 2 Line type explanation Concept Line type explanation is a supplement illustration of the line In the explanation textbox input explanation directly for the line type 1 8 2 3 Global scale factor Concept Global scale factor is parametric of all line type factor when modifying graph For the consideration of identify and appearance the customized line type middle line segment and interval displayed length will be zoomed simultaneously The zoom multiples is global scale factor Global scale factor is a macroscopic parametric that controls the whole drawing Once global scale factor is changed line type scale of the drawing will be updated accordingly Object line type scale factor global scale factor X object line type zoom scale X current object line type scale 1 8 2 4 Current line type scaling Concept Current line scaling is scale factor of line type being edited Object line type scale factor global scale factor X object line type zoom scale X current object line type scale 1 8 2 5 Customize line type Concept The line type in CAXA Draft is expressed by a series of symbol to isolate Input put code of current line type the code is organized b
220. lor Text height set Surface Finish text height 2 Symbol attribute Linear set linear of Surface Finish symbol Color Set color of Surface Finish symbol 3 Reference style Lead line style set lead line style cited by Surface Finish symbol Text style set text style cited by Surface Finish symbol Scale set the scale factor of the Surface Finish symbol 3 7 4 Welding symbol style Command weldtype Icon Definition Set all parameters for welding symbol Process You can execute the command weldtype in the forms of click button Welding Symbol in the main menu of format or click option Welding Symbol in Style management button in the dimension tab or type the command weldtype directly Initialize command weldtype the following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 103 Weld style settings dialog box Reference style Lead line style set lead line style referred by the welding symbol Text style set text style referred by welding symbol Base line set basic line parameters of the welding symbol Deviation scale set basic line deviation scale Linear set welding symbol linear Sign Set the symbol parameters Link to text height set accordance of symbol height and text height Height scale specify welding symbol height directly Color Specify welding symbol color Text Set welding symbol text parameters
221. low shown immediate menu will pop up Figure 4 27 Immediate menu of Rotate Menu1 Select whether you need to rotate the object by specified angle or by specifying base point and another point Menu2 Select Rotate if you want to replace the original object with rotated one If not select Copy to rotate a copy of the object and keep the original object as it is 1 Click and select the Rotate command in the submenu modify or click button in the toolbar of edit 2 Select the entity to be rotated single select or select by window both are applicable the selected entity will be highlighted right click to confirm when selection is finished 3 Then it will hint base point specify a rotate base point by mouse it will hint rotation angle You can input angle via keyboard or move mouse to determine rotate angle When it is determined by mouse the selected entity will be rotated along with moving cursor If rotate position is determined left click to finish rotate operation 4 As per your selection the original will be kept and a copy will be created and the existing object will be rotated Example one In the below figure the graph is rotated and not being copied a Before Rotate Figure b After Rotate Figure 4 28 Operation of Rotate Example two The figure below is an example of rotate and copy Base points a original b After Rotate Copy c Finish Trim Figure 4 29 Operation Rotate Command
222. lue press the space bar to switch yes and no or input y or n using keyboard to switch directly The variable serial number begins with 0 which decides every variable s order sequence when inputting standard data and selecting dimension specifications Generally 0 is specified as dimension variable serial number and the variable is the main basis for selecting dimension specifications the default serial number is specified in the list which can be modified 4 Symbol save Select one corresponding type for the new symbol in the symbol box of big type and small type or input a new type then input the newly created symbol name in symbol name box Click the attribute edit button a dialog box will pop up input the symbol attribute in the box which can be previewed while creating the symbol Click button data edit below shown dialog box will pop up the dimension variable is arranged as per the appointed order in dialog box variable attribute definition Figure 6 16 input data 1 Press the function key F2 and the current cell will be in edit state and the insert symbol will be behind the text in the cell If you want to add a new add a new group of new data input in the row with mark Input the serial measure dimension of data in any row the dimension upper limit and lower limit is separated by a comma for example 8 40 16 80 25 100 etc If there is a mark behind serial variable name in the title line click the cell with serial var
223. med If there is no intersected point the system will calculate intersection point automatically and extend curves to the calculated intersection point Step Click button Sharp in the sub menu of corner from the main menu of modify Click button sharp in the sub menu of corner from the common tab Click button sharp in the corner tool bar Execute command sharp directly Menu 1 Select sharp corner Select first curve and second line as per hint then sharp corner is finished It should be noted that you will get different chamfer result as per different selected curve position as explained in the below example Example In the figure below there are several examples of sharp corner since the selected position of figure a is different from that of figure b the chamfer result is different Figure c is example of intersected curves figure d is example of non intersected curves Curve Pts Curve Pts Before After Before After a b Curve Pts Curve Pts Before After Before After c d Figure 4 26 Sharp corner 4 2 7 Rotate Command rotate Icon Definition Rotate or rotate while copying the selected geometry Process You can execute the Rotate command by clicking the Rotate button in the main menu Modify clicking the button in the Modify panel from the common tab clicking the button In the toolbar of Modify or by typing the command Rotate Execute the command Rotate the be
224. mension tab click command ldtext Initialize command ldtext the following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 65 Lead dialogbox Input upper illustration and lower illustration in corresponding dialog box if one line needed you can input upper illustration only Click button OK and Process into next operation click button Cancel to terminate command After clicking button OK the following immediate menu will pop up Figure 3 66 Lead dialogbox Input first point as per hint it will then hint second point When second point is input creation of leader is finished The following figure is an example of leader illustration a With upper and lower text b With upper text alone Figure 3 67 Leader line with text 3 3 5 Text find and replace Command textoperation Icon Definition Find and replace text in the current drawing Text find and replace can find and replace characters in the dimension Process You can execute command textoperation in the following ways Click button in the dimension main menu click button in the Dimension toolbar Click button in the Dimension panel of dimension tab or type the command textoperation Initialize command textoperation following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 68 Find and replace text Parameters in the above dialogue box are explained as follows Find text Input text to be found or replaced Replace text Input text for replacement Search ran
225. minate 2 2 4 Ellipse Command ellipse Icon Definition You can draw an ellipse by specifying center point s semi major and semi minor axis You can enable the ellipse command by clicking the ellipse command in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced drawing panel from the common tab or type the ellipse command Initialize the ellipse command the below shown immediate menu will appear 2 59 Ellipse Option panel 1 In menu 1 you can choose Specify Axis to place an ellipse by specifying its center point You can select choose two point on axis to specify two end points of horizontal axis of the ellipse Select center start point to draw an ellipse by specifying the center point and the start point on the horizontal axis 2 If you select specify axes then five more menus will appear automatically on the immediate menu as explained below 3 Menu 2 Enter the semi major axis length of the required ellipse 4 Menu 3 Enter the semi minor axis length of the required ellipse 5 Menu 4 Enter angle of inclination of horizontal axis of the ellipse relative to the X axis 6 Menu 5 amp 6 You can either draw a full ellipse or an elliptical arc If you want to draw an elliptical arc enter the starting and ending angle of the arc in menu 5 and 6 respectively 7 In CAXA the X axis is 0 when drawing an arc on the counter clock wise direction st
226. mmon tab or zoom all can be selected form the view option tab or zoomall can be entered directly at the command prompt 1 3 3 5 Zoom Previous Command prev Icon Definition Cancel current view and return to previous view status Process The previous view command can be executed in various ways You can go to the main view menu and click previous view or it can be clicked from the common tab or it can be selected form the view option tab or prev can be entered directly at the command prompt Execute the view previous command and the window will show the previous view status 1 3 3 6 Next Command next Icon Definition Return to a next view that is compatible with Previous view Process You can execute the Next command in various ways click next in the view menu or click the Next button in the Common toolbar or click next button under the View tab or next can be entered directly at the command prompt 1 3 3 7 Pan Realtime Command dyntrans Icon Definition Drag mouse to pan the drawing Process You can execute the Pan Realtime command in various ways click Pan Realtime in the view menu or click the button in the Common toolbar or click the button under the View Option tab or Dyntrans can be entered directly at the command prompt Execute command Dyntrans the cursor icon will change to move the mouse pointer with the left button down and right cli
227. mode will occupy some computer resource the display speed is slow 9 5 Module manager Command manage Icon Definition Add on and manage other function module Process You can execute command manage in various forms Click in the main menu of File click button from Tool panel of Tool option card click command Manage directly Click command Manage following dialog box will pop up Figure 9 31 Manage Module dialog Method for using module manager 1 Add on and Uninstall Usable module list is on the left side of above dialog box select or cancel check box in front of module to add on or uninstall module 2 Auto add on Select one module from the module list then click button and the module will be set as auto add on Close this program and restart the module will be add on automatically you can use it directly If the module is set as auto add on it will be displayed in auto add on list As shown in figure 9 33 Select such module in the auto add on list click button to cancel auto add on setting 9 6 External tool User can configure other program as external tool via customize in section 9 9 2 Configured external tool position is shown as follows 1 Select external tool in the menu of Tool as shown in figure 9 32 9 32 External tool 2 External tool in the place of function area is Tool option card as shown in figure 9 35 Figure 9 33 External tool on Ribbon bar Click button of external tool dire
228. move move scale delete array and mirror rotate etc But it doesn t support curve edit such as trim chamfer edge break stretch etc 2 4 3 3 Image adjustment Command imageadjust Icon Concept Adjust brightness and contrast for the inserted image Step Click button in the sub menu of picture from the main menu of Drawing Click button in the sub menu of merge file on the panel of common Click button in the tool bar of Object When command imageadjust is activated select picture to be adjusted click OK then following dialog box will pop up Figure 2 91 Image adjustment dialog box Use scroll bar or text box to adjust selected picture brightness and contrast on the right side user can preview the current adjustment result Click button Reset to resume the brightness and contrast to default status Click OK when the adjustment is finished or click Cancel to cancel the current edit result 2 4 3 4 Image clip Command imageclip Icon Concept on the condition of keeping background saved picture number display part or whole content Step Click button in the sub menu of picture from the main menu of Drawing Click button in the sub menu of merge file on the panel of common Click button in the tool bar of Object When command imageclip is activated select picture to be clipped and confirm the image clip immediate menu will pop up Select option New borderl
229. mple 3 2 5 Hole position dimension Command holecenterdim Icon Definition It is to dimension X coordinate value and Y coordinate value of circle center or point Process You can execute holecenterdim by clicking the Hole button in the coordinate dimension sub menu or click command Dimco then select Hole Dim in the immediate menu or type command holecenterdim directly The immediate menu of holecenterdim is shown as follows Figure 3 47 Hole dimension Instance Menu Options in immediate menu will be explained as follows Negative sign positive sign select sign the marked dimension value will take actual value if it is negative number you should keep negative sign If positive sign is selected the marked dimension value will take absolute value Dimension line in hole open closed When marking circle center coordinates it can control whether drawing dimension borderline within circle or not Stretch length along X axis Along X axis orientation It is used to control length of dimension borderline exceeds outside circle or extending length of dimension borderline from mark point The default is 3mm it can be modified Extending length along Y axis Along Y axis orientation It is used to control length of dimension borderline exceeds outside circle or extending length of dimension borderline from mark point The default is 3mm it can be modified Draw not draw origin coordinates Decide to draw origin
230. ms Specify current coordinate system by command Switch coordinate system by default current coordinates system color is purple UCS color can be set in the color setting section of system setting dialog box 1 10 7 5 Coordinate system Command ucsdisplay Concept set whether display coordinate system in the drawing area Step Click butoon coordinate system display in the main menu of view Execute ucsdisplay command When ucsdisplay command is activated ucs setting dialog box will pop up as follows Figure 1 76 UCS setting dialog box UCS setting in this dialog box for display setting there are two check boxes display UCS always display in the origin In addition there is a button name Feature Display UCS it is used to set whether display UCS or not in the drawing area Always display in the origin if this option is check the ucs origin is always at the absolute coordinate origin If this option is deselected the coordinate origin will be always at the lower left side of the drawing area It won t be moved Click button Feature following dialog box will pop up Figure 1 77 UCS icon dialog box UCS icon there are three function groups in this dialog box Display style it is used to adjust coordinate system style and line weight 2D and 3D can be selected it should be noted that the line weight should be 1 or 2 or 3 Icon size it is used to adjust UCS icon size
231. n Step 1 Use style management or layer setting function 2 Click line button at the layer line that needs to change the line weight setting dialog box will pop up Figure 1 50 Line weight setting 3 Select line weight as per customers requirement Click OK to return to layer control dialog box Then the line weight of corresponding layer is the one customer selected 1 6 2 9 Layer edit right key menu On the right of style management or layer setting interface click right key in the area of layer information list controls different right key menu will pop up in which user can set current layer create layer rename layer delete layer and modify layer description And user can select all the layer and invert Figure 1 51 Layer edit right key menu 1 6 3 Layer tool CAXA Draft supplies multiple layer tools such as move object to current layer set the layer that object exists as current layer lay isolation cancel layer isolation merge layer select object delete layer open layer completely change layer partially 1 6 3 1 Move object to current layer Command laycur Icon Concept put the select object onto current layer Step Click button from the layer tool under the main menu of Format Click button from the layer setting in the function tab of common Click button from the layer tool in tool bar Execute laycur command Once the function of move object to current layer is acces
232. n dialog box is as explained below On the left side of dialog box is the parameters list click to select the parameters and then edit the settings on right side of the dialog box Click Default to undo modified parameters Click Import from File to add on the already saved parameters configuration file and load saved parameters setting Click Export to file to saved current system parameters in one parameters file 8 2 1 File path setting Definition Set file path in the system Execute the command Syscfg on the left side of popup dialog box select File path setting as shown in figure 8 11 Figure 8 11 File path settings In the above dialog box you can set the file paths such as template path library searching path Auto save file path SHX file path and formula curve path Select one path then you can browse add delete move upward move downward etc 8 2 2 Display setting Definition Set system display parameters Execute the command Syscfg on the left side of popup dialog box select Display setting as shown in figure 8 12 Figure 8 12 Display settings Each parameter s definition and operation is shown below 1 Color setting in this dialog box it will display current coordinate system non current coordinate system current drawing area highlighted selection cursor color Click each parameters list to modify each color setting Click default the system will return
233. n edit condition corresponding dialog box will pop up for editing condition Figure 9 29 Edit Condition The added condition is shown in the condition display area you can edit the condition content in the lower condition editing area or additional condition editing area If condition needs to be added it must be altered first then click button Add condition a new condition option is produced The condition is made up of condition entry condition character and condition value Condition entry indicates attribute title in title bar such as design time name etc There are selectable attribute in the pull down bar Condition character is divided into three types character type value type and date type Each type has several options select through pull down bar of condition character Condition value is divided into three types accordingly character type value type and date type Value can be input in the edit box behind the condition value If condition type is date type current date will be shown in edit box click arrowhead on the right the date selection dialog box will be activated for selecting date For example To search drawings designed before Aug 20th 2000 Select design date in pull down bar of condition entry select date type in condition type and select before in condition character select Aug 20th 2000 in condition value click Add condition and a condition is produced and shown in the condition display area Condition
234. n example of a curvature radius dimension Figure 3 37 Curvature radius dimension example 3 2 Coordinate dimensions Command dimco Icon Definition Dimension from the origin by coordinates Coordinate dimension includes origin dimension quick dimension free ordinate dimension Aligned ordinate dimension hole site dimension automatic list in coordinate dimension All these commands can be executed via command dimco and then selected in the immediate menu Or you can type the respective command directly Click command dimco an immediate menu will pop up in which you can select any of the above mentioned command Process You can execute coordinate dimension by clicking button Coordinates Dim in the dimension main menu or click button in the dimension panel of dimension tab click button in the tool bar of size or type the command dimco directly Initialize the command Coordinates Dim following immediate menu will pop up for interaction Figure 3 38 Coordinate dimensions Instance Menu Click option 1 in the immediate menu to select dimension mode then select object to dimension Following is detailed explanation of those dimensions 3 2 1 Origin dimension Command origindim Icon Definition Dimension X value and Y value from the origin in current coordinates Process You can execute origindim by clicking the Origin button in the coordinate dimension sub menu or initialize c
235. n the main menu of Typeset or button in the panel of typeset function area following is the comparison of both the preview modes Figure 7 20 a Typeset and print preview Paper information Figure 7 20 b Typeset preview Real View display 8 Paper check Check whether the drawing exceeds paper setting or not in order to avoid displacement Click Paper check button in the main menu of typeset or panel of Typeset function or select typeset print task unit then right click to and select Paper check You can also right click in the blank area of preview area to select button 9 Typeset paper unit print setting Click Print setting in the file menu or button in Organization panel Or select typeset print task unit or right click in the preview area in the popup menu select option as shown in following figure Figure 7 21 Plot settings dialog box In the above dialog box you can set print parameters such as printer setting paper setting mapping graph direction print deviation linear setting etc the concrete operation is the save as that in section 7 1 10 Drawing setting By default the drawing to be inserted to typeset print task unit will be inserted as per paper size itself If you want to adjust the print area you can use Paper settings Click paper setting in the file menu or button in the Organization function area or select typeset print task unit then right click or right click in the prev
236. n the screen the default insert point coordinate is 0 0 5 Scale You can specify scale of the image or you can select it on screen by selecting Specify on the screen the default scale is 1 6 Rotate You can specify angle of rotation of the image or you can select it on screen by selecting Specify on the screen the default rotate angle is 0 2 4 2 Image manage Command image Icon Definition Set parameter using the unified drawing management such as file save path etc Process You can enable the image command by clicking command image in the sub menu of image from the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Insert panel from the common tab or type image command Initialize the image command the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 2 89 Picture Manager Click OK or No under the option of Relative path link and insert image in the above dialog box to modify But before using relative path please save the current drawing file first 2 4 3 Edit image In CAXA Draft you can edit the inserted file in several forms such as feature edit solid edit and picture management 2 4 3 1 Character edit Select the image and the corresponding attribute panel is as shown below Figure 2 90 Image Properties Window You can check property geometry information and edit as required 2 4 3 2 Solid edit Solid edit includes Grip point edit scale and
237. navigating point and tool point to locate breaking point When the point is not in the curve the system will make a vertical line to the curve and the foot of perpendicular is regarded as breaking point If it needs to break arc or circle make a line passing the point and circle center intersected point of line and arc will be set as breaking point 4 2 11 2 Break by two points Activate Break command toggle the immediate menu option 1 to two points break There are two mode accompany with selected point select point individually if select Accompany with selected point user should select curve to be broken first the selected point will be the first breaking point then select second point as per instruction If select individual pick point user should select curve to be broken first then it will prompt select two breaking points in the command input area Once two breaking points are selected the curved will be broken and curve between two breaking points will be deleted If the curve to be broken is closed curve the deleted c 4 2 12 Stretch Command Stretch Icon Definition Stretch or shorten the selected geometry Process You can execute the Stretch command by clicking the Stretch button in the main menu Modify clicking the button in the Modify panel from the common tab clicking the button in the toolbar of Modify or by executing the command Stretch There are two modes described as follows
238. ncp Undercuts at mid hole arc concq Undercuts at mid hole angle concr 2 Lubricating grooves Radial bearing lubricating grooves1 conla Radial bearing lubricating grooves2 conlb Radial bearing lubricating grooves3 conlc Thrust bearing lubricating grooves1 conlh Thrust bearing lubricating grooves2 conli Thrust bearing lubricating grooves3 conlj Plane lubricating grooves1 conlo Plane lubricating grooves2 conlp Plane lubricating grooves3 conlq Plane lubricating grooves4 conlr 3 Knurling fillet or chamfer Knurling congg Fillet or chamfer congc 4 abrasive grinding undercut cylindrical grinding Conro internal grinding Conri external endface Conre internal end face Conrf cylindrical grinding and endface Conra internal grinding and endface Conrb Plane Conrp V Shape Conrv Dovetail guide Conrt Rectangle guide Conrr
239. nction asin are hyperbolic function sqrt x means square root of x e g sqrt 25 5 fabs x means modulus of x fabs 36 36 ceil x means minimum integer is equal to or more than x e g ceil 5 4 6 floor x means maximum integer is equal to or less than x e g floor 3 7 3 exp x means e to xth power log x means lnx natural logarithm log10 x means denary logarithm sign x means when x is more than 0 return to x when x is equal to or less than 0 return to 0 e g sign 2 6 2 6 sign 3 5 0 means power e g x 5 means x to fifth power means remainder operation symbol e g 26 3 2 2 means divide 26 by 3 the remainder is 2 2 In the expression means multiply means divide Use arc brackets to indicate expression instead of square brackets or brace Operation priority is embodied by nesting arc brackets Following expression is legal expression 1 5 h sin 30 2 d 2 sqrt fabs 3 t 2 x u cos 2 alpha 3 Variable attribute definition Click next when the element definition is completed The variable attribute definition dialog box will pop up as shown in the figure below Figure 6 15 define variable attribute Define variable attributes through this box serial variable and dynamic variable The default variable attribute is no i e the variable is not the serial variable or dynamic variable Click corresponding cell using the left moue button the character color in this cell will be b
240. nd then select the center radius option in the immediate menu to enable the command circlepr Initialize the command circlepr the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 20 Center radius circle drop down menu 1 Menu 1 The first menu shall remain with center radius 2 Menu 2 You can opt to select dia or rad which corresponds to Diameter or radius of the required circle 3 Menu 3 You can choose to have a center line for the circle if required When you select with center line automatically the forth menu will appear which will demand for the length of extension of the center line as shown in below figure Figure 2 21Circle with center Line After entering the above details the system will prompt for the center point select the center point of the circle then click to specify a point radius on the circle The circle will appear as specified You can repeat the command as required and right click when required to terminate 2 1 3 2 Draw two point circle Command cppl Icon Definition You can draw a circle by providing two points on the circle The distance between the two points will be the diameter of the circle Process You can enable the cppl command by clicking cppl button in the circle sub menu or enable Circle command then select two points in the immediate menu or enter the command through keyboard Initialize the command cppl the below shown immediate menu will
241. ndo desired step once 4 1 1 2 Redo Redo is the opposite of undo only after the Undo command is used can you use the redo command Command redo Icon Definition You can cancel the latest undo operation that you performed on the drawing Shortcut Key Ctrl Y Process You can execute the Redo command by typing the command clicking the redo button in the edit menu of the main menu clicking the button in the Standard toolbar of the common tab or by using the short cut key combination Ctrl Y Note Undo and Redo can only be used in graphic drawings they are not applicable for OLE The function of redo is mainly used to cancel unnecessary undo operation There is one pull down menu on the right side of the redo button in the quick start tool bar in which all operations that can be redo are listed 4 1 2 Select all Command selall Definition Select all object in the open layer which meet the condition of the pick filter Shortcut Key Ctrl A Process You can execute the select all command by typing the command selall clicking the Select all button in the edit menu of the main menu or by using the short cut keys Ctrl A Once this command is executed all objects in open layers will be selected even if the pick filters are not set for the object 4 1 3 Copy cut and paste Copy cut and paste is a group of mutually related commands they are explained as follows
242. ndow and specify one point it will hint second point then drag mouse to stretch series of curves When second point is determined stretching is finished As shown in the following figure stretching length and direction are decided by two determined points Window Win 2nd Pt Win 1st Pt Point1 Point2 a Select window b Define two points Figure 4 43 Stretch curves by given two points There are three options in Menu 3 of immediate menu they are non orthogonal X direction Y direction by which you can limit position of stretching point For non orthogonal the direction is unlimited you can input value or select by cursor to determine Fox X direction You can stretch horizontally for Y direction You can stretch vertically If the selected one includes graph dimension the dimension will be associated 4 2 13 Explode Command explode Icon Definition Polyline mark pattern filling or block reference can be combined and converted to single elements Explode combined object by Polyline mark pattern filling or block reference etc then convert to single elements For example explode polyline to simple line segments and arcs When exploding a block reference or related mark it will become object duplicate that can be formed to block or mark When mark or pattern filling is exploded all relative associations will be lost the mark or filling will be replaced by single objects such as lines text do
243. ne Command nhs Icon Definition You can fit an existing spline with more than one smaller arcs You can either replace the existing spline or keep it You can enable the Arc Fit Spline command by clicking the Arc Fit Spline command in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced Drawing panel from the common tab or type the nhs command Initialize the nhs command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 64 Arc Fit Spline immediate menu 1 Menu 1 Based on whether you want a smooth curve or not select continuous not smooth or continuous smooth 2 Menu 2 You can choose to keep the original curve or replace it 3 Menu 3 Enter the fit error of the curves to be produced based on the accuracy required 4 Menu 4 Enter the maximum radius that a curve in the spline can take 5 After entering the above parameters as required the system will prompt you to select the spline Select the spline to know about attributes of the fitting arc click Tool gt Inquiry gt element attribute and right click to confirm The query result dialog with the attribute results will appear as shown below Figure 2 65 Inquiry Results 2 2 7 Part enlarge Command enlarge Icon Definition You can create an enlarged view of a selected portion of the drawing The selection area can be circular area or rectangular area as desired You can add text to the enl
244. ne d Conical Lines Figure 2 49 Center Line 2 1 10 Draw offset line Command Offset Icon Definition You can draw a curve offset from an existing curve You can create an offset curve from a line arc circle ellipse polyline and spline It has the function of chain select the connected geometry elements can be regarded as a whole set to offset Process You can enable the offset command by clicking offset command in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the basic drawing panel from the common tab or type the command offset Initialize the offset command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 50 Offset Line 1 Menu 1 You can select single select to select a single curve to be offset You can select select by chain when you want to offset a chain of curves Examples for both types of selection are shown in below figure 2 Menu 2 You can specify offset distance either by entering numeric value or by selecting a point through which the curve is to be offset When you select specified the distance the menu 5 will demand for the distance value automatically You can select across point when you want to select a point through which the offset curve will pass 3 Menu 3 You can produce offset curves on either sides of the curve on a single Process by selecting bidirectional When you want to offset the curve only on a single sid
245. ng button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the Advanced Drawing panel from the common tab or type the gear command Initialize the command gear tooth profile parameter dialogue box will popup as shown in the below figure Set the number of teeth pressure angle module addendum and dedendum modification coefficients etc change the addendum circle radius and dedendum circle radius by changing the gear addendum coefficient and clearance coefficient or specify the gear addendum circle diameter and dedendum circle diameter directly Figure 2 75 Gear When all gear parameters are specified click Next the gear preview frame will popup as shown in below figure Set addendum fillet radius dedendum fillet precision outset angle number of effective teeth as required and click Preview to watch the preview of the tooth form Click Finish to confirm it or click Back to return to previous dialogue box 2 76 Gear Preview After confirming the parameters system will prompt you to select a point Click to select a point to specify center point of the gear Note The gears module should be more than 0 1 and less than 50 tooth number should be equal to or more than 5 and less than 1000 2 2 12 Draw hole shaft Command hole Icon Definition Draw hole shaft with center line at specified position You can draw conical holes and shafts using this command Process You can enable the hole command by clicking command
246. nished or canceled return to the Manage Part Library for other Part Library operations Click ok button to finish all operations 6 5 Part Library exchange Command symexchange Icon Definition Part Library exchange is to convert a user defined Part Library from an older version into the current Part Library format or add a Part Library from another computer to the Part Library in the current computer Process You can enable the command symexchange in following ways click button in the library sub menu from main menu drawing or click in the library toolbar or click the button in the commonly used basic drawing panel from the option card or execute command symexchange Click command Symexchange below shown dialog box will pop up Figure 6 21 Part Library exchange option Prime index file Index sys switch all types of the Part Library simultaneously Small type index file idx select the individual type of the Part Library to switch 7 Plot CAXA Draft supports all printers supported by Windows and it does not call for installing printers individually for itself CAXA Draft supports printing drawings per various parameters Except for its own printing function it supplies a special printing tool for sheet fed printing typeset and quantity printing which speeds up the print efficiency 7 1 Plot function CAXA s Print functions will be introduced in this section 7 1 1 Plot settings Name Pl
247. nsion taper dimension tilt dimension large arc dimension chamfer dimension coordinate dimension Origin dimension coordinate dimension quick coordinate dimension free hole dimension dimension list Engineering dimension Geometric tolerance datum dimension datum code welding symbol roughness cutting symbol center hole to be kept leading out illustration Text Two point text curve text block attribute definition and technique requirement Block Block citing fill hatching line and symbol Paper Paper title bar parametric bar serial number BOM Picture and OLE It includes all kinds of inserted pictures and OLE Citing object Part enlarge viewport and outer citing 1 10 2 Bylayer and Byblock When setting global variables object color line type line weight there are options of Bylayer and Byblock what s more Bylayer is the default value of color line type line weight in global variables 1 10 2 1 Bylayer Bylayer means solid display attribute is the same as the default value of its layer In layer user can set the cited object attribute such as color line type and line weight this is called Bylayer The attribute is identical with the default attribute of the layer and will be updated as per the changed layer Eg A line is on the thick solid line it color line type line weight are call bylayer If the line layer attribute is set as center line layer
248. nt navigating point or grid point while selecting points for the arc Example Select three point arc when it prompts first point press spacebar a shortcut menu will popup in which you can click T then select first arc as per instruction input the second point of arc when it prompts third point input as did for first point select tangent of second arc amp new arc is drawn Example one Eg 1 Draw arc tangent to line a Line amp 3 point b Arc Tangent Line 2 28 Arc tangent to line Eg 2 Draw arc tangent to arc of circle a 2 arcs amp 3 point b Arc Tangent arc Circle 2 29 Arc tangent to arc of circle 2 1 4 2 Center start point and center angle for drawing arc Command arccsa Icon Definition You can draw an arc by specifying the center point arc start point and the angle between the start and end point Process You can enable the appr command by clicking the arccsa button in the Arc sub menu or enable the Arc command and select center start point and center angle in the immediate menu or type the command arccsa Initialize the arccsa command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 30 Cen Start amp Center point arc Input the center point of the arc and the starting point of the arc when prompted Then the system will prompt for the angle between the start and end point enter the angle in numeric value if known or select the end point You can repeat the command as required righ
249. ntal length circle radius vertical interval hexagon inscribed circle radius text compress 5 6 5 BOM Style Command tblstyle Icon Definition Define different BOM styles Different drawings may need different BOM styles The BOM style in CAXA Draft includes custom BOM color line weight text setting etc Users can completely customize the BOM styles Process BOM Style can be started by clicking BOM from the Format main menu or clicking button in the Table panel from the function tab or enter tblstyle at the command prompt After executing the command tblstyle dialog shown below will popup Figure 5 32 Table Style Users can customize BOM set color and line weight set text etc in the above dialog box Following are the details 5 6 5 1 Customizing the BOM style In the dialog box all content and each function button are listed in the current BOM style Users can edit each of the items to create a new BOM style or modify the original one It should be noted that if the current drawing has BOM the latest modified BOM will be useless Clicking the right key at the left window of above dialog box and a menu would popup four functions 1 Display edit item content All items and their contents of current BOM are listed in the item name BOM box The meaning of each edit box is introduced as follows Cell name It indicates the name of each of the item in BOM Cell width It indicates the width of each of the it
250. nto corresponding variable definition expression cell D0 is shown in variable list when defining next variable attribute Input corresponding data when standard data is input Condition The condition decides whether the corresponding figure element appear in the extracted symbol E g GB31 1 hex screw with hole bolt grade A and grade B when the thread diameter d is M6 or more there is a hole in the screw But when the thread diameter is M3 M4 M5 there is no hole When defining the corresponding circle of the hole input d gt 5 in the editing box which means the circle can appear under this condition CAXA Draft will decide whether or not including such element as per specified dimension for creating the symbol As for other graphics element just fill nothing in the editing box of condition In addition to logical expression CAXA Draft regards expression more than 0 as true equal to or less than 0 as false Mathematical function Mathematical function is often used in defining figure element and intermediated variable The function format is the same as that of C language All function parameter should be placed in brackets the parameter itself is expression They are altogether 17 functions sin cos tan asin acos atan sinh cosh tanh sqrt fabs ceil floor exp log log10 sign The parameter unit for trigonometric function sin cos tan is angle e g sin 30 0 5cos 45 0 707 tan 45 1 The result unit for anti trigonometric fu
251. o control length of first bend line H it is used to control length of second bend line Draw not draw origin coordinates Decide to draw origin coordinates or not Prefix Set prefix for the dimension Dimension value The default is mark point coordinate value you can use shortcut keys ALT 7 to input dimension value sign is useless then 2 Manual fold Switch 3 of immediate menu to manual fold the immediate menu will be as follows Figure 3 50 Ordinate leader dimension Instance Menu 2 As per system instruction you can input mark point first lead out point second Leader Line point and locating point in turn then the mark is finished Options in immediate menu will be explained as follows Sign positive sign select sign the marked dimension value will take actual value if it is negative number you should keep negative sign If positive sign is selected the marked dimension value will take absolute value Automatic fold manual fold it is used to switch lead out mark mode Draw not draw origin coordinates Decide to draw origin coordinates or not Prefix Set prefix for the dimension text Dimension value The default is mark point coordinate value You can use shortcut keys ALT 4 to input dimension value sign is useless then Following is an example of lead out dimension Figure 3 51 Lead out dimension 3 2 7 Automatic list in coordinate dimension Command autolist Icon Defin
252. o the back of the combination order it will be sheltered by reference and front objects Step Under the main menu of tool click the button toback in the submenu of display order Click button toback in the submenu of display order from the function area right key menu Execute toback command When toback command is activated select reference object and confirm the object will be put in the middle of reference and the original frontal object If multiple toback objects are selected they will keep original relative order and be to back If multiple reference is selected then the most backward one will be effective reference 1 10 7 User s coordinates system Coordinate system in CAXA Draft includes World Coordinate system and user coordinate system in world coordinate system X axis is horizontal Y axis is vertical The origin is intersection point 0 0 of X axis and Y axis You can create user coordinate system to input coordinate display grid capture or edit object conveniently 1 10 7 1 Create UCS Command newucs Icon Definition Create a user coordinate system Process You can execute the command newucs by Clicking button New in the sub menu of NEWUCS from the format menu click button in the UCS panel of View tab or type the newucs command Click Newucs it will hint Specify UCS origin If new origin is input using keyboard all inputted coordinates for new origin are the value in th
253. object then select the destination object that needs to be modified Following is an example of Match Before After Figure 4 71 Match Property By matching you can modify layer color linear line weight or other own properties such text mark etc 4 5 Style manager Command type Icon Definition Dimension style text style and layer can be set centralized and management function of merge filtration and export etc are provided Process You can execute command type by clicking button in the format menu clicking button in the toolbar of Setting tool clicking button in the options panel of Common tab type the command type or press Ctrl T key Initialize command type the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 4 72 Style manager Dialog box In the above dialog box user can set parametric and manage the style 4 5 1 Set style When style management is activated a dialog box will pop up on the left side of the box it lists all styles select one style the style status will be displayed on the right of the box Figure 4 73 Style status In the above dialog box double click standard or click on the left of dimension style and select Standard to open standard dimension style and set each parameter Layer refer to section 1 6 2 Linear refer to section 1 8 2 Text style refer to section 3 5 Dimension style refer to section 3 6 Wire
254. ockwise b clockwise Figure 2 70 straight arrow a Clockwise b Anticlockwise Figure 2 71 arc arrow Int Pt Point arrow 2 72 point arrow a clockwise b Anticlockwise Figure 2 73 Spline arrow 1 Select line arc or a point as per instruction then it prompts arrow position select definite position and move mouse a green arrow is shown and moving on the selected curve with the moving cursor left click when the desired position is chosen the arrow is drawn 2 To draw an arrow on a point you can draw a lead line from the arrow and determine its length the arrow direction can be chosen within 360 degree and the length and direction of lead line are changed with the moving cursor Left click to get a lead line with arrow If a leading line isn t needed left click when arrow position is determined don t drag the mouse 3 You can draw line with arrow like drawing two point line If positive direction is selected the first point will have the arrow else the second point will have the arrow as shown in below figure 1 2 1 2 a ve 2pt arrow b ve 2pt arrow Figure 2 74 Positive and negative arrows 2 2 11 Gear Command gear Icon Definition Create a gear as per specific parameters Draw a complete gear as per given parameters or draw tooth form as per requirement Process You can enable the gear command by clicking the gear command in the drawing menu clicki
255. ode skew line or dot When marking the outward or inward arrow can be set according to requirement Leftward arrow to control leftward arrow style of dimension line By default it is arrow you can select diagonal dot hollow arrow or other shapes Rightward arrow to control rightward arrow style of dimension line By default it is arrow you can select diagonal dot hollow arrow or other shapes Leader Line arrow to control Leader Line arrow style of dimension line By default it is arrow you can select diagonal dot hollow arrow or other shapes Arrow size To control the arrow size 3 6 2 Text Set text appearance text position text alignment etc Following dialog box is for text setting for its appearance Figure 3 92 Dimension Style text Text style it is relative to text style of software which will be explained in detail in latter section of text style Text color set font color of text the default is ByBlock Text height control dimension text height the default is 3 5mm Drawing text border add border to mark text Text Vertical position Control position relations between dimension text and dimension line Text position Control text position relative to dimension line For Text vertical position click pull down arrow on the right the following text position will pop up above dimension line at the mid of dimension line under dimension lin
256. of modify Click button in the sub menu of corner from common tab Click button in the tool bar of corner Execute command chamferhole directly Then following immediate menu will pop up 1 In option 1 select inside chamfer 2 In option 2 and 3 input axis length value and chamfer angle via keyboard as per prompt a c b Figure 4 24 Mutually vertical lines 3 Then select three lines that are mutually vertical refer to figure 4 35 4 The result of inside chamfer is not concerned with selection order of the three lines Outside chamfer 1 2 3 4 Inside chamfer a Before operation b After operation Figure 4 25 Draw inside chamfer 4 2 6 6 Outside chamfer Command chamferaxle Icon Concept To create inside chamfer select two parallel lines and its vertical lines the parallel will regarded as bus the vertical line will be face line How to activate command chamferaxle Click button in the sub menu of corner from the main menu of modify Click button in the sub menu of corner from common tab Click button in the tool bar of corner Execute command chamferaxle directly 4 2 6 7 Sharp Corner Command sharp Icon Concept A point of intersection of two curves will form a sharp corner if already there is intersected point then this point will be considered as a boundary and the redundant part of both the curves will be trim
257. older structure or identical file in the Inferior directory will be displayed When selecting borrow information of drawings the style or attribute included in current drawing or borrow information will be displayed User can drag and drop block or style directly to current drawing in the drawing area Note if the dragged style in current drawing has duplication of name it won t be added only when there is no duplication of name the style will be added to current drawing The middle window is used for preview currently selected drawing or element The block attribute will be displayed in the lower window Open graph The way for using open graph is similar to that of folder file scene browser on the left will only display current open file User can handle the borrow relations between open files here centrally History record This option is used to check history record checked in the course of designing Double click one record to enter to corresponding file in the folder Match rule This option is used to match corresponding item when setting match file The match rule option card interface is shown as follows Figure 9 36 Match rule option card Fill in information of match item respectively in the option of match and match text then click button Add the match rule will be displayed at the lower side of corresponding window select match text click button Delete to delete corresponding match text Once match text is d
258. ollowing dialog box will pop up if the block with the name you entered already exists Figure 2 81 Create block prompt Click Yes to overwrite existing block name the cited block in current graph will be updated Click No it will go back to block defined dialog box 2 3 3 Hide block Command hide Icon Concept Shelter the block behind it In CAXA Draft it supplies 2D Auto Hiding technology user can draw assembly conveniently Step Click button New block in the submenu of block from the main menu of Drawing Click button New block in the panel of basic drawing in the Common option card Execute command hide Regarding closed profile block as graph area auto removing other graphs to realize 2D hiding For the hidden area the hidden will be cancelled and be displayed on the screen When block is created user can select display or hide block in the feature option panel Example Eg 1 a Select nut b Select bolt Figure 2 82 Block hiding The nut and bolt are defined as two blocks respectively when user is matching to use them block hiding will occur Eg 2 in figure a two rectangles are defined as two blocks they are mutually overlapped when the upper left block is selected as solid part of the lower right two blocks will be hidden accordingly as shown in figure b select not hide when re selecting the upper left block the hidden part of the other two blocks will be resumed
259. olor You Format views to modify Figure 7 3 Color settings window List view In the above dialog box double click Solid line width input line width or tick and select system line width in the pull down list use given line width Figure 7 4 Color settings window Format view In the above dialog box Press Shift key or Ctrl key to select a color and specify the color or line width once The parameters in Set as per color dialog box will be saved automatically when open it next time the modified one will be the default Use standard linear when this check box is selected it will print as per standard linear When this option is cancelled it will print as per your definition As shown in figure 1 Line weight options Select whether you want CAXA to automatically determine line weight or take it as per line weight of the SHX file 2 Line segment definition Check the option use standard line in the bottom to select a line from a list of standard or predefined lines Else you can define a line on your own by entering required A B C D E and F values in the boxes provided When the use standard line option is not selected the boxes to enter A B C D E and F values will be enabled for values entry as shown in the below figure Based on the line type selected only the required boxes will be enabled For example in the below figure boxes E and F are irrelevant parameters hence they are not enabled
260. olor and line weight Click command tblstyle in the popup dialog box click option Color and line weight to get to following window Figure 5 35 Custom Table Color amp Line width In the above dialog box set the line weight for each line such as BOM outline border BOM internal landscape line table outline border table internal landscape line table internal erect line Also the user can set the color for every element such as text color BOM frame color table landscape line color table landscape erect color Click the pull down button to select the desired option 5 6 5 3 Custom table text Execute the command tblstyle and the below dialog box would popup click for the option text to get the following window Figure 5 36 Custom Table Text All items and their content text styles of current BOM are listed in the above dialog box The meaning of main options is introduced as follows BOM text aspect Text style user can select the existing text style as BOM text style or customize the multiple styles by text style Text height adjust the character size in the BOM BOM head text aspect Text alignment user can set the text alignment in BOM head such as middle center and flush left Intermittent factor of flush left It means the distance between text and left frame of BOM when the text alignment is flush left Table height adjust upper and lower space in table Set the display BOM head when the line is broken in the t
261. omize specification title Click OK specification title transferring is finished 9 1 2 4 Extract BOM Command formbom Icon Definition Identity and extract specification content Step Click button in Transfer drawing tool module the cursor will be selecting status select diagonal position of specification in the drawing as shown in figure 9 19 red rectangle position when it is finished user can fill information in the pop up dialog box as shown in figure 9 20 Figure 9 15 Get bom Figure 9 16 Fill in Bom Click Ok to finish transferring Note To maintain the integrity of original sources it won t delete curve or text in the original BOM automatically By default BOM arisen spontaneously won t be displayed directly The check box of not display BOM will be selected automatically in the Fill BOM dialog box If it needs to display BOM arisen spontaneously in CAXA Draft user should delete BOM drawn in the drawing manually and deselect the option of not display BOM 9 1 2 5 Supplement serial number Command addptno Icon Definition Serial number and specification will be associated by supplement serial number serial number after being associated can be modified added deleted And content in specification will be changed accordingly Step Click button in Transfer drawing tool module the cursor will be selecting status select diagonal position of s
262. ommand dimco then select Origin Dim in the immediate menu or type command origindim directly The immediate menu of origindim is as shown below Menu 1 Select Origin Dim Menu 2 Select whether you want to dimension in both directions or one direction Menu 3 This option will be available only if you choose for bidirectional dimline Select whether you want the dimension text to appear on either directions or not Menu 4 amp 5 Enter the axis offset value along X axis and Y axis in Menu 4 and 5 respectively 1 Input second point or length Dimension line begins from origin the second point can determine locating point of dimension text According to the position of the cursor you can determine marking coordinate in X axis at first or in Y axis at first When second point or length is input it will prompt for a second point or length if just one coordinate axis is needed to dimension you can right click or press enter to finish If another coordinate axis is needed to dimension you should go on to input second point or length for operation 2 The format of the origin dimension is determined by options in immediate menu Each option in immediate menu will be explained as follows Dimension two way Dimension one way Dimension two way means dimension begins from origin which can be extend on both directions Dimension one way means dimension begins from origin which can be extended at one end that is near to dragging point Text two
263. on directly Figure 4 49 Tolerance query Figure 4 50 Match query Upper deviation edit box if the input form is Code the find upper deviation will be displayed in the edit box or user can input upper deviation manually Lower deviation edit box if the input form is Code the find lower deviation will be displayed in the edit box or user can input lower deviation manually input form combo box there are three input forms code deviation match and symmetrical by which user can control tolerance input forms When it is code the system will find upper and lower deviation automatically as per the input code name the result will be shown in the edit box of upper tolerance and lower tolerance When it is deviation user can input deviation value manually When it is matching input match symbol in the code edit box such as H7 h6 Nevertheless what the output form is it will output as per code dimension Shown in following figure when it is symmetric only upper deviation can be input Figure 4 51 Match dialog box output form combo box when the input form is code there are four output forms code deviation deviation code deviation and limit dimension by which user can control tolerance output form When the input form is deviation and symmetric the output form will be deviation and deviation when input form is match output is only two codes Eg Wh
264. on from the layer tool in tool bar Execute laydel command Once the function of select object delete layer is accessed select object on layer to be merged if multiple objects in different layers are selected those layers will be layers to be deleted simultaneously Click OK then select one object in the delete layer all objects in layer to be deleted will be moved to the merge layer at that time the layer to be deleted will be deleted Note In the course of selecting layer to be merged user should consider that the layer symbol is deletable The layer to be deleted should meet following conditions it is customized layer instead of default layer it is non current layer 1 6 3 7 Layer open Command layon Icon Concept let all layers be open Step Click button from the layer tool under the main menu of Format Click button from the layer setting in the function tab of common Click button from the layer tool in tool bar Execute layon command Once the function of layer open is accessed all layers will be open 1 6 3 8 Layer part Command laypart Icon Nane Concept Select two points to cut the curve and modify attribute of part layer between two points Step Click Part change layer button from the layer tool under the main menu of Format Click Part change layer button from the layer setting in the function tab of common Click Part change la
265. ontal center right alignment 3 3 1 2 Search border Click command text select search border in the immediate menu specify one point in the border then specify border space modulus the text input dialog box and text editor will pop up as shown in following figure text editor method is the same as that of Specifying two points 3 3 1 3 Select curve Click command Text and select select curve in the immediate menu then select curve as per prompt then it will hint the direction of select text dimension if the selected direction is different the dimension result will be different As shown in following figure Figure 3 57 Selected arc text Specify text direction and first point and then select start point midpoint and end point as per prompt the following dialog box of curve text parameter will pop up Figure 3 58 Arc aligned text edit window Detail text On the right side of the edit box input text click option Insert to insert all kinds of symbol the parameter meaning is shown as follows Alignment Click to set text left alignment click to set text right alignment click to set text center alignment click to set fair alignment Text orientation Click button and to set text writing orientation Style Select text style Character space Set character space for the text Text height Set text height Curve offset Set offset distance betwe
266. oolbar can also be customized as needed Figure 1 6 Quick Start Toolbar Usage of the quick start toolbar Left click on any icon on the toolbar to execute its corresponding operation Right clicking on an icon a menu as shown below will popup Figure 1 7 Quick start toolbar menu This popup menu helps you to define customize the quick start toolbar Using this popup menu you can select to remove a command from the quick start toolbar or can opt to add more commands to the quick start toolbar In addition you can open or close other interface elements in the popup menu such as main menu toolbar status bar etc the function is similar to that of interface element configuration menu You can right click on a command in the function area or click icon on the main menu and select add to quick start toolbar to add the particular command to the quick start toolbar User can use Customize dialog box in quick startup bar to configure quick startup tool bar click button of More command in the pull down menu of customize quick startup tool bar or click Customize quick startup toolbar in the interface element configure menu In this dialog box user can delete or add item of quick startup toolbar By the pull down menu of customize startup toolbar quick startup tool bar will be displayed under the function area and delimiter can be added or deleted what s more the command in the quick startup tool bar can be arranged Cli
267. op up Figure 3 59 upper or lower stack Input upper deviation and lower deviation in corresponding box respectively then press enter key or click button OK to finish the input The upper deviation must be more than lower deviation It is equal to inputting format upper deviation lower deviation b Sign must be added to upper deviation and lower deviation when it is 0 it doesn t need input E g input 0 005 in the upper deviation edit box and input 0 004 in the lower deviation edit box click button OK character string 0 005 0 004 b is added to the current position of edit box if the character string 12 is in front of that character string and there is no character string after it the complete character string will be 12 0 005 0 004 b the text is generated as follows see figure Figure 3 60 Example with tolerance Select option fraction in the pull down box a dialog box will pop up as shown in figure Figure 3 61 Fraction text dialog box Input Numerator in the Numerator edit box and input denominator in the denominator edit box press enter key or click button OK to finish It is equal to input format amp Numerator denominator b For example input 1 as Numerator and input 6 as denominator in corresponding edit box click button OK character string amp 1 6 b will be added to current position of edit box If the character string 12 is in front of that character string and there is no character string after it t
268. op up as shown in the figure The value of that line will be shown in immediate menu you can also use shortcut keys Alt 1 to input mark value Following is the chamfer dimension in figure 3 62 Figure 3 82 Chamfer example 3 4 7 Center hole dimension Command dimho Icon Definition Dimension center hole Process You can execute the dimho command in the following ways Click button in the dimension main menu click button in the Dimension toolbar Click button in the Dimension panel of option card or type command dimho Click command dimho following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 83 Center hole immediate menu Simple dimension and standard dimension are two dimension modes for center hole dimension 1 Simple dimension For simple dimension you can set text height and dimension text in the immediate menu then specify Leader point and position of center hole dimension as per prompts 2 Standard dimension Click option 1 in the immediate menu and select standard dimension following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 84 Center hole type dialog box You can select 3 dimension modes in the above dialog box and set text height text style put in text in corresponding box Once the set is finished click OK and then select Leader Line point and position 3 4 8 Direction symbol Command drectionsym Icon Concept Dimension direction view Step Click button
269. or Click button on the title block panel from the function tab or enter headedit at the command prompt Click the command headedit and confirm the selected title block to be edited The title will be the status of block edit for operation the method is the same as the one explained in 3 5 6 5 5 Parameter Table The Parameter Table functions include Import Define Save Fill and Edit The Parameter Tabel is similar to the Title Block in that it allows you to store a group of geometry and text attributes for future use 5 5 1 Import Paratable Command paraload Icon Definition Load a parameter table for current drawing If there is already one parameter table then the new parameter table will take the place of previous one Process Import Paratable can be started by clicking the command Import in the Paper Size Para Table main menu or click button on the paratable toolbar or Click button on the parameter bar panel from the function tab or enter paraload at the command prompt After executing the command paraload the dialog shown below will popup Figure 5 13 Parameter Load In the above dialog box existing parameter file names are listed among which select one then click OK one parameter bar specified by selected file will be displayed at the positioning point of frame parameter bar 5 5 2 Define Paratable Command paradef Icon Definition Select objects to define as a parameter table for f
270. or video can be inserted In addition to that drawings drawn in CAXA Draft can be inserted in to software that supports OLE such as MS WORD 4 1 Basic edit Base edit includes undo redo select all copy copy base cut paste delete delete all OLE and edit All basic editing functions can be executed by initializing the respective command in one of the following ways 1 Type the corresponding keyboard command 2 Left click on the corresponding shortcut in the common tab or the quick start toolbar 3 Left click on the corresponding command available in the edit menu of the main menu 4 Input the corresponding short key combination through the keyboard 4 1 1 Undo and Redo Undo and redo is a pair of mutually related commands 4 1 1 1 Undo Command undo Icon Definition You can cancel the latest previous edit done on the drawing Shortcut Key Ctrl Z Process You can execute the Undo command by typing the command clicking the Undo button in the edit menu of the main menu clicking the button in the Standard common tab or by using the short cut keys Ctrl Z For example you have deleted an entity by mistake to cancel the delete operation you can use the command Undo multilevel undoing can step you back through multiple commands There is one pull down menu on the right side of the undo button in the quick start tool bar in which all operations that can be undo are listed user can u
271. osition 3 the line will be internal common tangent line 1 2 Figure 2 4 internal common tangent line a Tangent Points b Common Tangent Figure 2 5 internal common tangent line Example 3 Draw a pentagram with length 20 by relative coordinate and polar coordinate Initiate the command Lpp type 0 0 for the first point 20 0 for the second point the second point is a related coordinate to the first point then input 20 lt 144 for third point this is a polar coordinate related to second point Kindly note Beginning from X axis positive side anticlockwise is positive clockwise is negative Type the forth point 20 lt 72 and the fifth point 20 lt 72 by the same method finally type 0 0 at last to return to the first point again Right click the mouse once the operation is finished to exit the operation Thus figure is produced 1 2 3 5 4 Figure 2 6 Pentagram 2 1 1 2 Angle line Command la Icon Definition Draw angled line You can draw a line with specified angle of inclination with respect to another line or any of the reference axes X Axis or Y Axis Process You can enable the La command by clicking the La button in the Line sub menu or enable the Line command and then select angle line in the immediate menu or type the command La Figure 2 7 Angle line Initiate the La command the below shown immediate menu will appear at the bottom Menu 1
272. ot Command plot Icon Definition Plot drawing as per specified parameters using a plotter printer The Plot Print function of CAXA Draft is similar to that of most Windows programs You should confirm content to be printed and set the print parameters and then the plotter will plot it Process You can execute the command Plot in many ways by Clicking button in the quick start tool bar clicking the button in the file menu using shortcut key combination of Ctrl P or by typing the command Plot directly Once the command is executed the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 7 1 Print Dialog box You can set the pattern printout paper size printer type and other parameters Following is a detailed explanation about the various options available in the plot dialog box 7 1 2 Set plot parameters Plot parameter settings mainly includes Plotter setting paper setting paper orientation drawing orientation output setting location setting plot migrate setting style save linear setting all these settings are explained as follows 1 Plotter settings you can select the plotter and the selected plotter status will be shown in this area 2 Paper size settings Set the paper size and the mode of paper feed to the plotter 3 Paper alignment Paper alignment Select the paper alignment to Landscape or Portrait 4 Piece settings Select the piece setting as required 5 Paper orientation Set the paper orientation
273. otate counter clockwise from the selected entity position the angle is called fill angle Neighbor angle value and array fill angle value can be inputted via keyboard The next figure is example of round array operation among which figure a expresses uniform mode figure b expresses specified contained angle of 60 degree array fill angle is 180 degree a Uniform Array b Array with fill angle Figure 4 37 Round array 4 2 10 2 Rectangle array Definition In this mode you can array an object in a rectangular pattern in rows and columns Process Initialize the command and select rectangular array in Menu 1 as shown in the below immediate menu Figure 4 38 Immediate menu of Rectangle Array Menu 2 Input the number of rows required in the array Menu 3 Input the space between two objects along the row Menu 4 Input the number of Columns required in the array Menu 5 Input the space between two objects along the column Menu 6 Specify the angle of inclination of the array objects if required Angle of inclination of rectangular array is explained as in the below shown figure Example Two rectangle array examples are shown in the figure below in figure a the row number is 2 row space is 7 column number is 3 column space is 8 and the rotate angle is 0 degree In figure b the row number is 2 row space is 5 column number is 3 column space is 6 the rotate angle is 45 degree a Rectangular array Witho
274. ou can regenerate all the distorted objects that are displayed 1 3 3 3 Zoom Window Command zoom Icon Definition You can specify two diagonal points of a rectangle by dragging the mouse pointer The figures within the rectangle will be zoomed to the window size Process The zoom command can be executed in various ways You can go to the main view menu and click zoom or zoom can be clicked from the common tab it can be selected from the view option tab or zoom can be entered directly at the command prompt To execute the zoom window command click the first diagonal point of the rectangle at a desired position the cursor will disappear immediately continue to drag the mouse pointer towards selecting the other diagonal point You can see a rectangular box while you are dragging The area defined within the rectangle will be scaled to fit the window In this case no scale factor needs to be given objects in the selected area will be displayed as large as possible on the screen again The figure below is an example of Zoom Window in operation a Before Zoom Window b After Zoom Window Figure 1 29 View Window 1 3 3 4 Zoom All Command zoomall Icon Definition Rescales the view to include all objects in the window Process The zoom all command can be executed in various methods You can go to the main view menu and click zoom all or zoom all can be clicked from the co
275. password twice A password protected file will prompt the user for the password when trying to open it You can choose to save a file to a different file format At the bottom of the save dialog box there is a Save as type list box which displays the various file formats supported by CAXA Draft You can select the required file format from the list before clicking save You can also save files in formats of previous versions of CAXA Draft such as CAXA Draft 2009 CAXA Draft 2007 CAXA Draft 2005 CAXA Draft XP CAXA Draft V2 etc CAXA Draft 2009 can also save files in IGES HPGL and BMP formats To save a copy of an existing file use the Save As command 1 5 1 4 Merge file Command merge Icon Definition You can merge a file to an existing file using this function Process You can merge a file by selecting merge in the File menu or click the button on the quick start toolbar Once any of the above is done the dialog shown below will popup Figure 1 35 Merge File Dialog Guidelines to using the merge operation Select the file to be merged and click Open the dialog shown above will pop up If the selected file contains multiple drawings they are listed in the dialog box as shown above You need to select the drawing which is to be merged from the list Preview of the selected drawing will be displayed in the space at the right side When you select Merge in the opt
276. pe and color of entity on a layer through editing from the main menu or as explained latter in this chapter or using a permanent menu A layer can be set up deleted opened or closed Entities on an open layer can be seen on screen and not on the closed one The system has 7 pre defined layers they are 0 layer centre line layer dash line layer thick real line thin real line layer dimension line layer hatching layer and hide layer each layer has its different status as their names indicate 1 6 1 Layer Operations 1 6 1 1 Set current layer Definition Set a layer as the current drawing layer all drawn elements will hold to the properties of the set layer There can be only one layer set as the current layer all other layers are non current layers Current is also called the motion layer which means it is the layer being operated on currently There are three different methods to set current layer are listed below 1 When no objected is selected click Color layer toolbar or click the pull down list of Attribute panel in Command tab list of layers will popup left click on the desired layer to select it as current layer and operate Refer to figure 1 44 Figure 1 44 Pull down menu of layer Note if object in the drawing area I is selected the currently selected object layer attribute will be displayed in the pull down menu of Layer use the pull down menu to toggle layer only the selected object attribute is change the cu
277. pecification in the drawing as shown in figure 9 17 supplement serial number the supplement serial number will be associated with specification position As for operation of associated number user can refer to that of Paper Figure 9 17 quick menu of part No 9 1 2 6 Convert title bar Command convtitblk Icon Definition Transfer block with attribute to title bar directly Step Click button in Transfer drawing tool module select block to be transferred and click right key to confirm 9 1 2 7 Convert Frame Command convframe Icon Definition Transfer block with attribute to frame directly Step Click button in Transfer drawing tool module select block to be transferred and click right key to confirm 9 1 3 Convert DWG file in bulk Command dwg Definition DWG file in each version can be converted to EXB file in bulk and EXB file with each version can be converted to DWG file Interface element that can be customized includes main menu tool bar outer tool short cut key keyboard command etc Process You can execute the command DWG in various forms click button DWG in the main menu of file click button in the Tool panel of Tool option card use command DWG directly Click command DWG following dialog box will pop up Figure 9 18 DWG files conversion In the above dialog box select conversion mode and file structure mode detail method is explained
278. ports OLE in to a CAXA drawing file When inserting an OLE into the file you can create a new object or create an object from an existing file the newly created object can be an embedded object or a linked object Process You can execute the Insertobj command by clicking the Insertobj button in the edit menu clicking the button in the common panel from the common tab clicking the button in the Standard toolbar or by typing the Insertobj command Figure 2 92 Insert Object Initializing the command Insertobj a dialog box will pop up as shown in figure 5 43 1 By default the Insert object dialog box will look like the create new object dialogbox in which the various OLE types registed are listed in a listbox You can select the required object from the list and click the OK button Once selection is done the corresponding object s application edit window will pop up using which you can edit that object For example select BMP image then the window of Paintbrush will pop up you can edit there 2 If you select Create from file the dialog box will look as shown in below figure Figure 2 93 Create from file 3 Click the button Browse then Browse dialog box will pop up and then select desired file from the file list the file will be inserted in to your document as an object 4 The above mentioned procedure is to insert object to file the inserted object has already become a part of CAXA Draft file In addition
279. r the default is By Block Stretch length When dimension line is at outside of dimension borderline distance between the outside of dimension borderline and dimension line is out drop length The default is 6mm Dimension line it is divided into left dimension border and right dimension border You can set on or of for left and right dimension line The default is on Dimension borderline Parameters that control dimension borderline Figure 3 91 Example of dim lines data Color Set color for dimension borderline the default is By Block Lead out point form Set lead out point form for dimension borderline you can select dot the default is NULL Exceed dimension line dimension borderline extends to the outside of dimension terminal this distance is extending length and the default is 2 0mm Start point offset The length between dimension borderline and marked element the default is 0mm Add dash line box to forced mark dimension you can choose output or non output when printing Borderline it is divided into left borderline and right borderline you can set on or of for left and right dimension line The default is on as shown in figure 3 61 a without left line b without right line c without both dim lines Figure 3 91 Example without dim lines Arrow relative You can set size and mode of dimension arrow The default mode is arrow what s more you can select m
280. raw origin coordinates or not Prefix Set prefix for the dimension Dimension value the default dimension value is X coordinate value or Y coordinate value of mark point You can use shortcut keys ALT 3 to input dimension value sign is useless then When parameters in the immediate menu are confirmed specify dimension point as per prompt first then the dimension point X coordinate value or Y value will be displayed in the immediate menu the dragging point will decide its coordinate value Then pick a locating point drag dimension line along X axis or Y axis by moving cursor Other point input modes can be used to specify locating point such as keyboard snap point etc Following figure is free ordinate dimension example Figure 3 43 Examples of free ordinate dimensions 3 2 4 Aligned ordinate dimension Command aligndim Icon Definition As for Aligned ordinate dimension it is a group of dimension the first coordinate dimension is its reference create continuously a group of dimension with parallel line and aligned text Process You can execute aligndim by clicking the Align button in the coordinate dimension sub menu or click command Dimco then select Align Dim in the immediate menu or type the command aligndim directly The immediate menu of aligndim is shown as follows Figure 3 44 Aligned ordinate dimension Instance Menu Options in immediate menu will be explained as follows Sign positive sign
281. reen to select color at that point 4 Select one color it will prompt Index name the selected color and current color will be shown at the bottom right side Click button Ok the current color will be selected 1 7 2 2 Use customized color Definition Define a color and set it as current color Process 1 Execute the command Color a dialog box will popup by default it use standard color 2 Click the custom tab following dialog box will pop up Figure 1 56 Customize tab Following is the process to customize color Left click under the command Color Use HSL mode specify numeric value for Hue Saturation and brightness Use RGB mode specify numeric value for Red Blue and green Click button From screen the cursor will be then click on the screen to select color at that point When customizing color you can drag button on the right to match color customizing 3 Select one color it will prompt Index name the selected color and current color will be shown at the bottom right side 4 Click OK the current color will be selected 1 8 Line type CAXA Draft supplies line type customization and management in order to meet different drawing requirement 1 8 1 Line type operation 1 8 1 1 Set current line type Definition Set a line type as the current one then all elements drawn will use that line type style Note the following while setting current
282. relations Select condition relations when two or more conditions are added they are and amp or The selected condition in the condition display area can be deleted or be edited When the condition is edited click the button add condition corresponding condition content will be displayed in condition display box click button ok dialog box save will pop up then the edited condition can be saved In future You can click button read condition directly and the existing inquiry condition will be opened 4 Search result Click button Start searching and files match condition in the path are shown in the searching result area Figure 9 30 File search Results The searching result shows the information and total number of the searched file If the file s total number is more than 100 the searching will be stopped Select one searching result the title bar content can be seen in the right attribute area you can preview graphic in the preview area double click it the file will be opened by CAXA Draft You can set check button Preview mode to determine mode of previewing drawings Bitmap If select bitmap to preview graphics only the whole drawing can be previewed which can t be zoomed in zoomed out or panned But this preview mode will not occupy too much computer resource and its display speed is fast Browser If select browser to preview graphics zoom in zoom out translate can be applied when previewing drawing Since this preview
283. rest point to arc circle ellipse ellipse arc line point polyline radial spline reference line Parallel Make a line segment Specify first point of line type object and then specify parallel object capture It is different from other object snaps You can move cursor to other line type object and then one angle can be set After that move cursor to the object being created if the object path is parallel to previous line type object alignment part will be shown which can be used to create parallel object 8 4 1 4 Capture mode You can set the capture mode and its parameters flexibly and combine them into multiple capture modes as shown in figure 8 20 the system supplies several default capture modes as explained below Free Close all capture modes such as capture and grid polar axis navigation object capture For dot input it is completely decided by current position of the cursor Smart only in open object capture the cursor will capture some feature points automatically such as center tangency point perpendicular point mid point end point etc Grid Only open capture and grid cursor will capture grid point set it visible or invisible Navigation Open polar navigation and object capture simultaneously You can navigate by cursor for several feature point such as isolated point end point of line segment middle point of line segment circle center or arc quadrant point etc Smart capture can b
284. right key menu In the dialog box of customize right key click Default mode is used to control non selected object right click Edit mode is used to control selected object right click Select short cut menu right click menu will pop up in the drawing area Select repeat previous command right key menu won t pop up the previous executed command will be used directly 1 2 3 2 Interface element configuration menu In function area quick startup tool bar tool bar buffer right click to get interface element configuration menu user can set status of quick startup tool bar and function area in this menu and control display of the following interface element in old interface or new interface function area Main menu Command line Library tool palette feature tool palette Immediate menu Status bar All tool bar In addition user can get interface element customize dialog box from the interface element configuration menu Figure 1 21 Interface element configuration menu 1 2 3 3 Status bar configuration menu This menu is used to control existing of all kinds of element function in the status bar elements can be switched on or off includes command input area current command prompt current coordinate orthogonal toggle button display line weight toggle button dynamic input switch button and intellectual dot capture toggle button Figure 1 22 Status bar configuration menu 1 3 Basic operations T
285. rim Curve to Trim Before Trim After Trim Before Trim After Trim c d Figure 4 7 Selection position of Quick Trim Example two The figure below shows how trim lines quickly Curve to Trim Curve to Trim Figure 4 8 Quick Trim line Example three The figure below is example of quick trim circle and arc Curve to Trim Curve to Trim Curve to Trim Figure 4 9 Quick Trim circle and arc Process Execute the command trim select Quick trim or other trim modes in the immediate menu click object to be trimmed press ESC key to exit 4 2 4 2 Pick border Definition For complicated intersecting borders You can pick border to trim option Pick one or more curves to form trimming border and trim a series of curves In addition Scissor line can also be trimmed In this mode of picking border you can trim a series of curves accurately It is faster for complicated curves Example Trimming border Object to trim Trimming border Object to Trim Before Trim After Trim Before Trim After Trim a b Figure 4 10 Pick border Example Process Execute the command Trim select Pick border in the immediate menu then select one or more curves as per prompt and Right Click to confirm Now select the curve to be trimmed and confirm selection 4 2 4 3 Batch trim Definition When you want to select a chain of curves as a border for trimming you need to us
286. rrent layer will be the same 2 Select the layer needed to be set as current layer in the dialog box of style management or layer setting and then click the set current button to confirm 3 Select a Layer in the layer list on the left side in the dialog box of style management or layer setting right click on it for a popup menu and select set current in the popup menu and click ok to confirm Figure 1 45 Set as current layer 1 6 1 2 Create layer Definition Create a new layer Process 1 Use style management or layer setting function 2 Click New the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 1 46 new layer dialog box Input a layer name and select one reference layer then click Next the newly created layer will appear in the bottom of the layer list By default the newly created layer will adopt setting of the selected reference layer 1 6 1 3 Delete layer Definition Delete a layer Process 1 Use style management or layer setting function 2 Select layer to be deleted click the delete layer button a warning dialogue box will popup click yes to confirm deletion Now the layer will be deleted 3 Or you can select the layer to be deleted on the left side of the layer list right click and select Delete in the popup menu to confirm The following are to be noted while deleting a layer Only a layer created by you can be deleted a layer originally available in the system
287. rs as shown in figure 8 22 Figure 8 22 Capture settings Polar guide Method for setting Polar axis navigation dialog box of Capture setting is as explained below Click polar guide on to enable or disable the polar navigation setting options Enable Polar axis settings set polar axis angle parameters to specify alignment angle of polar axis navigating increment angle Sets polar angle increment which is used to display polar navigation alignment path you can input any angle value or select a commonly used angle additional angle for adding or deleting any additional angle in polar navigation list Polar angle measurement mode includes absolute previous section and relative previous section Select invoke feature point guide to enable or disable the feature point navigating settings option You can then set feature point size color navigating source activate time and use 3D view navigating 8 4 1 3 Object Snap Click Object snap tab to see the objects snap settings as shown in figure 8 23 Figure 8 23 Capture settings object snap Method for setting Object Snap is as explained below Select invoke object capture to enable or disable the object selection options When object capture mode is enabled you can select Capture feature point within cursor target and capture nearest feature point Select Auto Adsorb to set cursor auto absorb for object capturing The various Features for ob
288. rs automatically according to paper size You can run Print typeset function in the following forms Click button outer tool in the main menu of Tool click print tool button in the outer tool of tool function Following is a detailed explanation to print tool interface print file operation insert drawing browse drawing parameters setting plot etc 7 2 1 User interface There are two interface styles in plot tool fluent interface figure 7 7 and classic interface figure 7 8 Figure 7 7 The Fluent Interface Figure 7 8 The Classic interface Following is an explanation of the plot tool interface It has a Task List Window On the left of interface display print task list you can click each tack to browse and set corresponding parameters At the bottom of task list window drawing attribute is displayed It is Browse window on the right of interface When one print task is selected corresponding drawing information will be shown in the browse window In fluent interface You can use menu button function area and quick start toolbar to organize command for classic interface you can use the main menu and tool bar to organize commands 7 2 2 File operation The plot tool is capable of handling multiple printing tasks simultaneously you can operate every print task such as new open save save as close etc The operation method is explained as follows Click menu button or click main menu File the below shown dialog
289. rve c Non trim when fillet operation is finished the original line segment will be kept the same Trim Begin side a trim b trim initial edge c non trim Figure 4 16 trim mode of fillet 3 click option 2 input radius value of the fillet arc as per prompt 4 select the first curve the select one will be highlighted in red then select the second curve as per prompt when the second one is selected user can fillet by one arc between two curves Example Eg 1 Figure 4 17 select position of fillet Eg 2 Figure 4 18 trim operation 4 2 6 2 Fillets Smooth Fillet for two arcs or lines Command Fillets Icon Concept fillet a series of end to end line segment by given radius Step Click button Fillets in the sub menu of corner from the main menu of modify Click button fillets in the sub menu of corner from the common tab Click button fillets in the corner tool bar Execute command fillets directly Menu 1 Select the type of fillet you need to perform Menu 2 Select whether you want to trim of the original corners after rounding or not you can also opt to have one line not trimmed and the other line trimmed by selecting trim begin side Menu 3 Enter a numeric value for the radius of fillet Select options in the immediate menu as per requirement and then select the lines to form the corner The below shown figure give examp
290. s gray if it is gray press ESC to resume normal select state 2 There are two methods to open and edit an inserted object one is by direct edit it doesn t need to open the object editor because interface of editor is merged in the CAXA Draft interface When the edit is finished press ESC to return The other method is an edit window of object can be opened separately For linked objects there is only one edit mode open 3 For a newly inserted object you can first proceed with opening the object while it is being inserted into the file 4 To the inserted object when it is selected you can edit open convert or Attribute as shown in figure 5 45 You can edit either by direct edit or by opening it For linked objects you will edit it only by opening it If the option Convert to is selected dialog box as in figure 5 46 will pop up and then the current object will be converted to another format Once the object is selected you can move or zoom by dragging the grip handle 5 In addition you can double click an object for direct edit If you press CTRL while double clicking you can edit by opening Figure 2 94 TransForm Figure 2 95 TransForm 2 5 3 Paste special You can paste the content in clipboard as per your required type and format into the file Figure 2 96 Paste special 1 In a Windows program that supports OLE select and copy an object to the clipboard for example copy a line of text in Microsof
291. s per color 5 Paper identification setting pull down menu this option is used to identify paper information when read in DWG file If selects use paper the paper information will be set as per information in the drawing but if there is no paper information it will use default paper setting If selects use paper border the occupied borders of all objects in the drawing will be calculated to identify the paper size of the DWG file 6 DWG export setting whether to break objects or not when exporting DWG objects which can be broken include dimensions text and blocks When saving a CAXA Draft file as DWG DXF file the default mode is to save text and dimension as blocks You can break corresponding parts by selecting check box of dimension text and block in the dialog box of DWG output setting 7 Check read in default template file when starting CAXA Draft new file dialog box won t pop up it will create current file by selecting default template directly When the button select default template file pops up click it to select default template If deselects it the built in template will be regarded as default one 8 2 7 File attribute setting Definition Set system file attribute parameters Execute the command Syscfg on the left side of popup dialog box Click File attribute setting as shown in figure 8 19 Figure 8 19 File attributes configuration settings 1 In the above dialog box you can
292. s you keep moving the mouse 6 Switch Orthogonal You can click here to toggle orthogonal or non orthogonal status 7 Switch Line width By clicking here you can instruct CAXA to display as per line width or not 8 Dynamic input tool switch You can click this button to switch on off dynamic input mode 9 Point picking state setting area You can set the point picking status in this area free point intellectual point navigating point and grid point 1 2 1 5 Immediate menu CAXA Draft also has an immediate menu The immediate menu provides command conditions options in the form of lists that can be selected as required As soon as you initialize a command it s corresponding immediate menu will appear below the drawing area Eg 1 Let s take an example of the Line command Type Line or click the line icon in the drawing toolbar to draw a line Instantly the Line command s immediate menu and corresponding operation instructions will popup as shown below Figure 1 11 Immediate menu The above shown menu indicates that the line is to be drawn by defining two points should be non orthogonal and continuous meanwhile the first point s coordinate is displayed below the immediate menu In case of absence of this coordinate information while entering the point the tangency point or perpendicular point cannot be input So input the first point as requested and the second point tangency point or Perpendicular point
293. sed user can select some objects click OK the selected object will be put onto the current layer 1 6 3 2 Set the layer that object exists as current layer Command laymcur Icon Concept Set current layer as the layer that the selected object exits Step Click button from the layer tool under the main menu of Format Click button from the layer setting in the function tab of common Click button from the layer tool in tool bar Execute laymcur command Once the function of set the layer that object exists as current layer select one object current layer will be set as layer that object exists directly 1 6 3 3 Layer isolate Command layiso Icon Concept Close all other layers except the layer that selected object exists Step Click button from the layer tool under the main menu of Format Click button from the layer setting in the function tab of common Click button from the layer tool in tool bar Execute layiso command Once the function of layer isolate is accessed select some objects click OK the layer that selected objects exits will be open all other layers will be closed 1 6 3 4 Unisolate layer Command layuniso Icon Concept Cancel layer isolation Step Click button from the layer tool under the main menu of Format Click button from the layer setting in the function tab of common Click button from the layer
294. set drawing unit such as length type and accuracy angle type and accuracy 2 Check the combo box make new dimension be associable then created dimension will be associated wither object for more information on dimension association refer to section 4 3 5 3 Check the combo box create view port when creates new drawing one default view port will be created within the layout when creating layout space 8 3 Pick filter Command objectset Icon Definition Set filter condition for selecting elements Process You can execute the command objectset by clicking button in the tool menu clicking button in the toolbar of Setting tool clicking button in the options panel of Tool tab or type the command objectset Initialize command objectset the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 8 20 Select and Filter dialog box There are 4 kinds of filter conditions Entity Layer Line and color The intersection of above four filter conditions is a valid picking You can pick the desired element correctly and promptly by combined condition The default condition of the pick filter is shown in the above figure 8 4 Point and select setting In CAXA Draft multiple select and capture tools are supplied to increase efficiency Following are detailed explanations of capture point setting 3D view navigating and screen point setting select and filters 8 4 1 Capture setting Command potset Icon
295. sion text frame title bar specification etc in CAXA Draft all these elements can be operated by block operation except block production Operation of Block mainly includes create block property define insert block edit block etc You can enable the block command by clicking the block command in the drawing menu clicking button in the Object tool bar Clicking button in the base drawing panel from the common tab to enable block command using the keyboard 2 3 1 Create block Command block Icon Definition Select a group of objects and define them as one object Each block includes a block name one or more objects a base point coordinate value for block insertion and relative property data Process Click sub menu block or block combination button or click block command using the keyboard to enable Then select the objects to be combined into a block and click yes to confirm Then specify a base point for the block and right click The following dialog box will popup Figure 2 80 Block Definition Input a name for the block the name can have up to 255 characters including letters numbers spaces or other special characters The Block name and block definition are saved in current drawing Click button OK then the block is created If click cancel the operation will be cancelled 2 3 2 Namesake block If there is block defined in current graph while creating new block and inputting block name f
296. sion line is selected it will hint select first dimension element or angle dimension select another line dimension line position select next element dimension line position You can select as per number of dimension angles then right click to get a shortcut menu select exit button to exit The following figure is after dimensioning Figure 3 26 ontinuous angles 3 1 7 Half dimension Command halfdim Icon Definition Create half dimension Process You can execute halfdim by clicking button Half Dim in the size dimension sub menu or click the Dimension command then select Half Dim in the immediate menu or click command halfdim directly Click the command Half Dim following immediate menu will pop up Figure 3 27 Half dimension Instance Menu Menu 1 halfdim to convert to other dimension command Menu 2 diameter to convert to diameter or length dimension Menu 3 extend length to set extend dimension line length of halfdimension Menu 4 Prefix to input prefix for dimension text when option 2 is diameter the symbol c will be added automatically to diameter When all parameter is set in the immediate menu operate as per prompt 1 Select line or first point 2 Select second point or line After selecting two entities either points or lines the dimension will appear with twice the actual value This value is displayed in immediate menu it can also be changed when se
297. sion value sign Select the dimension coordinate value will be actual value Select sign the dimensioned coordinate value will be absolute value add wire no wire control whether add wire between selected point and sign mark origin not mark origin control whether marking origin coordinate value When all external cylindricals are selected press space bar or right click to confirm as shown in following figure Serial No length Control the column of serial number length in table Coordinate length Control column length of x coordinate and y coordinate in the table Width Control each line width of the table Line number control the maximum export table line number once Figure 3 55 Auto hole table Note the list won t change when the style is updated 3 3 Text dimension Text is usually needed to indicate all kinds of information on the drawing such as notes technical requirements etc In CAXA Draft text dimensions includes characters notes technical requirement etc 3 3 1 Text Command text Icon Definition Create a text object in the current drawing Process You can execute command text in the following ways Click button in the drawing main menu click button in the drawing toolbar Click button in the Dimension panel of dimension tab or type command text There are three ways to create text they are by two specified points search
298. ssic interface style In the function area of Fluent interface click View interface operation change interface style or click tool in the main menu then select interface operation and click Toggle then user can switch between new interface and classic interface The short cut key is F9 1 2 2 2 Main menu In the classic interface of CAXA Draft traditional main menu is kept By pull down menu and extension menu user can get most command function entrance The main menu of CAXA Draft is located at the top of the window including File Edit View Format Paper Dimension Modify Tools Window and Help etc Left clicking on any of the menus opens a drop down list of functions commands you can click the required function from this menu to execute the command The main menu is shown in the following figure Figure 1 16 Main menu 1 2 2 3 Tool Bar Tool bar is also a classic interaction tool user can click button in the tool bar directly to use corresponding function The tool bar position can be customized or hidden and new tool bar can be created Figure 1 17 Tool bar 1 2 2 4 Drawing area The blank area in the center of the window is the drawing area which is located in the middle of the window large drawing area makes the drawing be more clear 1 2 2 5 Command line Command line is used to display current command execution status and keep operation r
299. t Icon Concept Select dimension object to be edited Step Click button in the main menu of Modify Click button in the tool bar of Edit tool Click button in the Dimension option card Execute command dimedit When dimension edit is activated selected dimension to be edited and edit via immediate menu dimension property setting grip edit etc For most dimension object user can double click to activate the command of dimension edit 4 3 2 Property tool Palette 4 3 2 1 Dimension property setting dialog box In addition to size it usually needs to add dimension tolerance special symbol and set some special parametric And size tolerance will be associated with basic dimension in order to improve edit efficiency When creating dimension press right key to get dimension property setting dialog box shown in following figure Figure 4 45 Size dimension property setting 1 Basic information setting Prefix fill in dimension description or limit c indicates diameter 4 or indicates number will usually match Basic dimension by default it is actually measured value user can input value Suffix it is similar to prefix Note fill in dimension explanation Text replacement when filling in this edit box the prefix basic dimension and suffix won t be displayed Insert click combo box of insert one sub menu will pop up
300. t Word then click Paste Special in CAXA Draft 2 The origin of copied content is listed in the above dialog box 3 If paste is selected then the object will be inserted into file as plain text Microsoft Word or Picture 4 If paste link is selected the selected text will be inserted into file as a linked object 2 5 4 Link object 1 First left click to select the inserted linkage object 2 Click option Link in the Edit menu a dialog box will popup as shown in figure Please note that if embedded object is selected the option of link will be gray Figure 2 97 Link Option 3 In the above dialog box origin type and update mode of linkage object are listed If Manual is selected you can update object by the update now button if Automatic is selected the inserted object will be updated automatically when its origin is modified 4 You can open the source object by clicking Open Source button in order to edit the linked object 5 If you select the Change Source button a dialog box will pop up in which you can select other files that are same as that of the original object type so that you can modify the origin of linked object 6 If the button break link is clicked the association between object and its origin will be removed 2 5 5 Object attribute Select an object check its attributes convert object attributes modify object size icon and the display mode If the object is inserted in link mode you can op
301. t and the leader line in the offset box and enter the length of extension of the leader line beyond the object in the extend box 4 Set the scale to text height 3 7 2 Geometric tolerance form Name Geometric tolerance form Command fcstype Icon Definition Set all parameters of geometric tolerance Process You can execute the command fcstype in the following ways click Geometric Tolerance button in the main menu of format or click option Geometric in Style management button or type command fcstype directly Initialize command fcstype the following dialog box will pop up There are two tabs in this dialog box one for symbol and text and the other for units Shown below is the symbol and text tab Figure 3 100 Geometric tolerance symbol and text settings 3 7 2 1 Symbol and text You can set parameters of geometric tolerance related to the symbol and text Option Set the alignment and merge related options for the geometric tolerance These options most commonly applicable when there is more than one line in the geometry tolerance Lead and frame Set the line and color properties of the lead line and the frame Scale Set the scale factor for the entire geometry tolerance Text Set the parameter related to text and the symbol like text style color height and symbol style The unit tab of the geometric tolerance dialog box is as shown below Figure 3 101 Geometric tolerance unit sett
302. t by selecting two diagonal points in the drawing area 2 7 1 2 One viewport Command vports1 Concept Create one viewport directly Step Click button vports1 in the submenu of viewport from the main menu of view Click button vports1 in the viewports panel from view option card Click vports1 in the viewport tool bar Execute command vports1 When vports1 is activated it can create viewport by selecting two diagonal points directly in the drawing area 2 7 1 3 Two viewports Command vports2 Concept Create one viewport directly Step Click button vports2 in the submenu of viewport from the main menu of view Click button vports2 in the viewports panel from view option card Click vports2 in the viewport tool bar Execute command vports2 When vports2 is activated viewport layout immediate menu will pop up select desired viewport layout in the immediate menu and select two diagonal points to create viewport directly in the drawing area 2 7 1 4 Three viewports Command vports3 Concept Create one viewport directly Step Click button vports3 in the submenu of viewport from the main menu of view Click button vports3 in the viewports panel from view option card Click vports3 in the viewport tool bar Execute command vports3 When vports3 is activated viewport layout immediate menu will pop up select desired viewport layout in the imme
303. t click to terminate 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 1 4 3 Draw an arc using the given two point and radius Command appr Icon Definition Draw arc using the given two point and radius Process You can enable the appr command by clicking appr button in the Arc sub menu enable Arc command then select two points radius in the immediate menu to enable the command appr Initialize the appr command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 31 Two point amp radius Arc Select two points on the arc using mouse as prompted The system will prompt for the third point or the radius of the arc You can click on the third point or enter the radius After providing a radius the system will need the orientation of the arc you can see that arc is generated on either orientation as you drag the mouse across the points Click on one side to confirm the orientation You can repeat the command as required right click to finish Example Eg 1 arc using the given two point and radius Figure 2 32 arc tangent to circle a Initial Stage b Final Stage Figure 2 33 arc tangent to circle 2 1 4 4 Draw arc using the given center radius start and terminal angle Command acra Icon Definition You can draw an arc by specifying the center point radius the angle of string point and the angle of end point Process You can enable the acra command by clicking acra button in the Arc sub menu or ena
304. t the file extension that is associated with the type of file you want to open Figure 1 33 Open file dialog with file type extensions The various file types that can be opened in CAXA Draft are EXB file TPL file DWG file DXF file WMF file DAT file IGES file PLT and PRN file in HPGL etc In the latter sections of Data interface we will explain how to open DWG DXF file in detail 1 5 1 3 Save file Command save Icon Definition Save current drawing in the form of a file to the disk In the course of drawing you should save the file frequently in order to avoid data loss If the file is not saved the Save as dialog box will pop up when saving But if it is saved already or open one already saved file you should save it after being edited then the modified result will be saved directly without any prompt Process You can save a file by selecting SAVE in the file menu or click the button on the quick start toolbar or press CTRL S Once any of the above is done the dialog shown below will popup Figure 1 34 Save file Following are guidelines for saving a file Select the folder location to save enter the file name in the dialog box and click Save If the file already exists the system will prompt Do you want to overwrite the existing file Select yes or No as required To set a password for a saved file click the Password button and input the
305. ted by clicking the command Edit in the Paper Size Frame main menu or click button on the Frame toolbar or Click button on the Frame panel from the function tab or enter frmedit at the command prompt 5 3 Top frame and border frame Top frame and border frame belong to Frame Top frame is used to fill in reverse drawing number Border frame is used to write borrow information within binding line for more information user can refer to section 5 1 2 5 4 Title Block The Title Block of CAXA Draft includes features such as Import Define Save Fill and Edit Here s a detailed introduction 5 4 1 Import Title Block Command headload Icon Definition Load in a title block for the current drawing The previous title block will be replaced by the new title block The datum point of tile bar is its lower right corner point Process Import Title Block can be started by clicking the command Import in the Paper Size Title Block main menu or click button on the Title Block toolbar or Click button on the title block panel from the function tab or enter headload at the command prompt After executing the command headload the dialog shown below will popup Figure 5 10 Load Title Block The existing title block file names are listed in the dialog box Any file name can be selected and when OK button is clicked a corresponding title block will be displayed at the datum point of frame title bar 5 4 2 Define Title Blo
306. ted through this immediate menu Picking a point in the closed region to be computed after selection the curves composing closed loop will be highlighted in red When picking is finished right click to confirm the dialog box inquiry result will pop up total area will be shown for the selected closed regions 9 3 7 Query Center of gravity Command barcen Icon Definition Inquire gravity of a closed region or complicated figure containing several closed regions The figure can be basic curve or closed region formed by multiple curves Process You can execute the command barcen in various forms click button in Query from main menu of Tool Click in Query from tool tab click button in Query tool toolbar or type the command barcen directly Click command barcen both inquiry operations is the save as that of query area But when the Figure king is finished the position of gravity center is shown in the dialog box of inquiry result 9 3 8 Query Moment of Inertia Command iner Icon Definition Inquire moment of inertia of a closed region or complicated figure containing several closed regions related to any rotor and turning point the figure can be basic curve or closed region formed by multiple curves Process You can execute the command iner in various forms click button in Query from main menu of Tool Click in Query from tool tab click button in Query tool toolbar or type the command in
307. template to create a file Process You can create a new file by selecting new in the File menu or clicking the button on the quick start toolbar or press CTRL N Once any of the above is done the dialog shown below will popup Figure 1 31 New file dialog There are several templates listed in the dialog box which include A0 A4 paper frame title bar template and a blank template You can select one of them to load it to start drawing on it as a blank paper After selecting the required template you shall click the ok button in the dialog box A new drawing file will be loaded where you can start to draw edit or mark etc 1 5 1 2 Open file Command open Icon Definition Open an existing drawing file Process You can open a file by selecting Open in the file menu or click the button on the quick start toolbar or press CTRL O Once any of the above is done the dialog shown below will popup Figure 1 32 Open file option A list of all existing files that can be opened in CAXA Draft are available in this dialog box You can select a file and click the Open button to open it Meanwhile you can also see preview of the file in the window on the right side You can change the type of file to be opened by using the list box in the bottom of the dialog box as shown in below figure This list contains the various types of file extensions sorted alphabetically Selec
308. terface style includes tab style and classic style for more information user can refer to 1 1 1 and 1 1 2 in this chapter Once interaction and interface style is selected click OK to activate If click Cancel it will configured as per the last status before it was closed If deselect the check box of display when startup in the above dialog box it won t display such configuration style dialog box any more When the configuration style dialog box is finished new dialog box will pop up in which select template for paper initialization refer to 1 5 1 1 to get methods for using new dialog box 1 2 User Interface The User Interface UI is the intermediary graphics that facilitates communication between you and the software The CAXA Draft UI has two different styles the latest fluent style and the classic style In the classic UI you will be able to reach common commands only through the main menu and toolbar In the Fluent UI you can reach common commands through the function area quick start toolbar and also the menu buttons Additionally the fluent UI includes a status bar immediate menu drawing area tool option panel command row etc The two interfaces of CAXA Draft are shown below Figure 1 3 CAXA Draft Fluent interface Figure 1 4 CAXA Draft Classic interface The two interface styles can meet different user needs and you can switch between the two as needed Both the interfaces are explained below 1 2 1 The Fluent
309. that needs to select object the selected object will be operated and edited Execute command status Press ESC key to return to Empty command status For some commands user can use right key to finish directly and return to empty command status At empty command status user can input mathematics directly to get calculation result Such as Input 8 2 command input area will display 8 2 6 Input 4 3 command input area will display 4 3 11 1 3 2 Input value of a Point Point is the most basic drawing element and entering the point value is the basis of all drawings In addition to mouse selection and keyboard input CAXA Draft also provides several point picking modes such as intellectual point picking and tool point picking Point is the most basic element point input is the base of drawing 1 3 2 1 Input coordinates points using keyboard There are two types of coordinates systems absolute coordinates and relative coordinates Data input method for either system is completely different The input method for absolute coordinates is simple one can input X and Y coordinates via the keyboard directly with a comma between X coordinate and Y coordinate e g 30 40 In relative coordinates the coordinates are related to the current point in the system and not concerned with origin of coordinates To input relative coordinates you have to include a mark before the coordinate values For eg 60 84 will be taken as reference coordinate
310. the attribute definition is finished click cancel to cancel the operation 2 3 5 Insert block Command insertblock Icon Definition Select a block and insert it into current drawing Process Click sub menu insert block enable insert block command using the keyboard The below shown dialog box will popup Figure 2 85 Block Insert In the Name field input or select the name of the block to be inserted Scale Specify scale for the block to be inserted Preview of the block to be inserted is displayed on the left side Rotate angle Specify the rotation angle for the block Click OK the block will be inserted click cancel to cancel the operation If the inserted block included attribute following dialog box will popup while inserting Figure 2 86 Attribute Edit 1 Double clicking Attribute value field the cell can be edited when the block is inserted double click the block to get above dialog box to popup for attribute edit 2 3 6 Edit block Click sub menu Block or enable bedit command using the keyboard In addition to other editing there are some special functions for block editing such as attribute definition etc When the function area is open such function is the added in the block edit function panel When it is close those functions will be on the tool bar of block edit Once the modification is finished click exit it will prompt whether modify click yes to save the modif
311. the line Below figure is an example for Ortho and parallel dimensioning Menu 6 Dim text position You can either select text dragging to drag position of dimension text or select middle to place it in the middle of the dimension Menu 7 Input Prefix Input a prefix that you may desire to place with the dimension Menu 8 Basic Value As default the actual dimension value of the line will appear You can enter the value that is required to be displayed Switch option 4 to diameter i e mark diameter the mark mode is the same as that of line length the difference is that you should add prefix before diameter dimension value Angle of a straight line Mark angle between line and the coordinate axes Switch Menu 3 to mark angle in immediate menu then angle between lines and coordinate is marked The immediate menu is as in below figure Figure 3 4 Base Dim Immediate menu Angle Instance Menu Menu 4 Reference axis You can mark angle between line and X axis or Y axis by switching option 4 in immediate menu Menu 5 Unit of angle The unit for dimension is degree You can convert to degree minute second Menu 6 Input Prefix Input prefix text for the dimension Menu 7 Basic Value As default the actual dimension value of the line will appear You can enter the value that is required to be displayed Followings are example for line dimension 48 92 68 46 47 89 51 62 44 23 20 45 36 40
312. the original or be converted from plain geometry to a block Menu 3 Select the angle of rotation if required Menu 4 Select the scaling factor The displaced object will be scaled to requirement Menu 5 Specify the number of duplicates that you need According to specified two point distance and number the system will calculate space between copied objects If the number in immediate menu is more than 1 the system will calculate space between copied graphs as per specified two points Process You can execute the Copy command by clicking main menu gt Modify gt Copy clicking the button in the Modify panel from the common tab clicking the button in the toolbar of Modify or by typing the command Copy When copy is executed select an object s set parameters in the immediate menu and confirm The offset mode of given two points is differnet from given offset mode detail is shown as follows 1 By given two points When graph is selected input the first point and second point position by keyboard or left click to move and copy 2 By given offset mode Select graph a base point will be given automatically generally speaking base point of line will be midpoint Input offset value for X direction and Y direction then you can move and copy Use coordinate grid capture object capture dynamic input or other tool to move object precisely and convert orthogonal polar axis or other operation status The Copy command also allo
313. the popup menu Using the command buttons in the panels is the same as using the commands in the main menu You can change the interface color by selecting the style in the Style option menu in the upper right corner of the function area In fluent interface the most important interface element is Function area it doesn t need to display tool bar which makes the drawing area be maximized 1 2 1 4 Status bar The status bar is present at the bottom of the window It provides information about the current status of the window like screen view operation status view current tool point setting selecting status view etc The status bar is as shown below Figure 1 10 Status bar 1 Operation information The system prompts you as to what is to be done to execute the current command that is initialized or the remaining details to be input for a command 2 Tool menu state This is the supportive information to the operation information This information gives hint about the current point or the action Screen point tangential end point etc and the selection mode adding or moving state 3 Command and data input area This is the area where you enter your command or input data via keyboard 4 Command hint area This is to hint the current command 5 Coordinate view area for current point The coordinate details of the current pointer position X Y are displayed here The coordinate value keeps changing instantly a
314. this module Once the weight is saved the result will be added to the final total calculate result The accumulate is divided into two parts positive accumulate and negative accumulate which are used to calculate add material and remove material press button or to control 9 4 File search Command idx Icon Definition Search files from local computer or from network as per retrieve condition Search condition can be specified path file name or attribute condition in the title bar of CAXA Draft file Process You can execute the command idx in various forms click button in main menu of File Click in Tool from tool tab or type the command idx directly press short cut key Ctrl F Click command idx following dialog box will pop up Figure 9 28 File search Parameters in above dialog box is explained as follows 1 Search path Nominate searching range fill in by hand or and click button browse and select via path browsing dialog box The option Including sub index can determine searching only in the current index or including the sub index When searching according to file name or the extension name the wildcard is supported 2 Attribute condition Attribute condition display information condition in title bar and nominate logical relations between conditions AND amp OR The information condition in title bar can be edited by activating editing condition dialog box 3 Edit condition Click butto
315. tion as required or right click to terminate Example Figure a and b are drawn according to the above operation Process Figure c shows the stairway shaft with hole a Conical Hole b conical shaft c Processped shaft with conical end sec 2 79 Hole Shaft Examples 2 3 Block CAXA Draft provides the function of combining different elements to a Block A Block is a graphic entity consisting of a group of objects The features of block are explained as follows 1 Block is a group of objects which you can define several individual entities can be unified as an single entity Operations of moving copy deletion etc can be performed on it 2 It can be broken ungrouped and the elements that form the block will be individual again 3 With a group of images display order can be identified by block 4 A group of association of images can be cited by block 5 Relative non graphic information can be saved by a block such as block name material etc All these are block attributes 6 Geometry in a block can have different color linear or line weight in different layer the newly created block is always in the current layer but the information about original layer color and linear feature of the object is saved in the block reference You can control the original feature or inheriting current layer color linear or line weight setting to the objects in the block 7 Block elements includes icon dimen
316. tion card will be displayed Click title on title list and position list the arrange result will be listed in alphabetical order accordingly Or visit the website http www caxa com to know CAXA products and video course Bookmark Card The currently browsed topic can be added as bookmark user can go through it at leisure and extract desired topic to combine his own CAXA DRAFT knowledge base 1 Quick Start 1 1 Install uninstall and starting CAXA Draft 1 1 1 Notes Please read the following notes before installing or uninstalling the software 1 Check your system for the minimum system requirements mentioned in section 1 1 3 and be sure that you have Windows Local Administrator rights 2 Please disable the UAC while installing CAXA Draft on any Microsoft Windows Vista system 3 We strongly advise you to close all other applications while installing or uninstalling CAXA Draft 4 It is also strongly recommended to close all other CAXA programs while installing or uninstalling CAXA Draft 1 1 2 Installing CAXA Draft software Insert the CAXA Draft CDROM into the drive The Welcome dialog box should pop up automatically Click the corresponding button to run CAXA Draft installation If the Welcome dialog box doesn t pop up please open the CD drive using Windows Explorer find Autorun exe and double click it to start the Welcome window Install process 1 Select the language to install and click OK to continue or click Cancel to
317. tool Click button in the Dimension panel of Dimension tab Click button in the style management or type the command textpara Initialize the command textpara the following dialog box will pop up Figure 3 86 Textpara dialog box All used text styles in current file are listed in Text style there is a default style in the system which is called Standard and this style can t be deleted but can be edited Click New delete set current merge or other button in the text style dialog box to create delete set current and merge or other operation Select one text style input parameters for font width modulus character space gradient text height and you can see preview in the dialog box Explanation to text parameter Chinese font Chinese font styles can be selected In addition to TrueType font supported by Windows CAXA Draft also supports using monoline font Figure 3 87 Textpara dialog box GB2312 SHX Figure 3 88 Text style Western font The select mode is the same as that of Chinese only western is limited monocline font can also be selected Chinese font factor western font factor When the factor is 1 character size scale will be consistent with font style described in of TrueType font file if the factor is not 1 character width will be zoomed in or out as many times on such basis Character spacing factor It is the ratio between spaces and set text height it should be noted that space is between two neighbor
318. tool in tool bar Execute layuniso command Once the function of cancel layer isolation is accessed opened layer will be still open before layer isolation the closed one will keep the same 1 6 3 5 Merge layer Command laymrg Icon Concept Move all objects in the layer to be merged to the layer that will merge layer and delete layer to be merged Step Click button from the layer tool under the main menu of Format Click button from the layer setting in the function tab of common Click button from the layer tool in tool bar Execute laymrg command Once the function of merge layer is accessed select object on layer to be merged if multiple objects in different layers are selected those layers will be layers to be merged simultaneously Click OK then select one object in the merge layer all objects in layer to be merged will be moved to the merge layer at that time the layer to be merged will be deleted Note In the course of selecting layer to be merged user should consider that the layer symbol is deletable The layer to be merged should meet following conditions it is customized layer instead of default layer it is non current layer 1 6 3 6 Select object delete layer Command laydel Icon Concept Step Click button from the layer tool under the main menu of Format Click button from the layer setting in the function tab of common Click butt
319. tretch array transit paste character Size modification etc In addition to that it also offers a set of powerful engineering notations in dimensions coordinates text dimensional tolerance roughness etc Open paper management and flexible printing tool The Mechanical version of CAXA Draft allows customizing the paper settings This system allows user to set paper size load paper frame title bar parametric bar and fill in the drawing attributes faster All kinds of part numbers and specifications that meet standards can be created quickly and the created part number will be associated with the specifications So editing and modification efficiency is improved CAXA Draft also supports mainstream Windows print and plot drivers and supplies specified plot scale picture mosaic and other output modes to save time and energy Parametric library settings and software design aids As per the requirement of mechanical design the Mechanical version of CAXA Draft provides a parametric library that meets international standards There are altogether 20 large categories over 1000 categories and 30000 pieces of dimensioned symbols You can customize the library by adding user defined symbols as required 0 2 2 System requirement Operating System requirement Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista Windows 7 Computer Hardware requirement P4 2 0G CPU or above 256M RAM or above 24 bit truecolor video card 64MB or above video memory
320. ts and 2D objects When exploding a polyline all related width information will be lost All straight line and arc will be placed along the center line of the original polyline If you explodes block that includes polylines then you should explode polylines individually For most objects the explode result is invisible Process You can execute the Explode command by clicking the Explode button in the main menu Modify click the button in the Modify panel from the tab click the button in the toolbar of Modify execute the command Explode Execute the Explode command then select object to be exploded and confirm 4 2 14 Drag while pressing left key and drag while pressing right key In CAXA Draft select object and press left key or right key to drag then release key If press left key to drag the objected will be located in the dragged position directly If press right key to drag once the dragging is finished right key menu will pop up shown in following figure Figure 4 44 Right key drag menu Move here Move object to current position by dragging Copy here Copy object to be dragged to current position the original one will be kept Paste as block The original object will keep the same the dragged object will be located at current position in form of block it will be named automatically Undo Undo right key dragging 4 3 Dimension edit 4 3 1 Dimension edit command Command dimedi
321. tso is activated select multiple points to create a polygon viewport The selected points are vertexes of polygon When all vertexes are selected press space bar enter key or click right key to confirm and create one polygon viewport 2 7 2 Edit viewport 2 7 2 1 Edit viewport Double click viewport to edit the internal graph can be dynamically moved and dynamically scaled Graph in viewport is content in model space When viewport edit is exited the status edit will be kept In addition when dimensioning object within viewport if dimension association is started up dimension within layout will be associated with the object in viewport 2 7 2 2 Exit viewport edit Double click at any position out of viewport to exit viewport edition then all edit operation will be resumed to layout space it doesn t affect the model space In addition user can use command pspace to exit viewport edit 3 Dimension As most information that a drawing is desired to convey is dependent on the dimensions and size of the figures in the drawing dimensioning is a very important function of drafting software CAXA Draft provides you a very rich and smart set of tools for dimensioning CAXA s dimension functions includes size dimension coordinate dimension text dimension engineering dimension etc These dimensions can be edited and parameters set to meet requirements under various conditions 3 1 Size dimension Command dim Icon De
322. tting method for creating part number in immediate is shown as follows 1 1 Part No Input value or prefix for part number 2 When the first symbol is for the prefix that means the part number will be rung The detail rules are shown as follows When the first symbol is part number and table will be hexagon When the first symbol is part number and table will be underlined When the first symbol is part number and table will be rung When the first symbol is part number and table will be rung and underlined When the first symbol is part number will be rung but it won t be rung in the table 3 The system will judge whether it needs the build or insert the part number according to current part number Generate Part No The system will build a sequence number for next marking according to current number If the input sequence number has only prefix and no numeric value the newly built sequence number would be the maximum of current prefix plus 1 Insert part number When marking the part number the input numeric value is less than the maximum numeric value of current prefix but equal to or more than the minimum numeric value then the system would hint and option for insert the number If insert sequence number option is selected the system will arrange sequence number of same prefix and corresponding item block Deal with repeat No If the inputted number is the same as th
323. tton in the options panel of the Tool tab or type the command ddptype Initialize command Ddptype the below shown dialog box will popup as shown in figure 8 33 Figure 8 33 Point style dialog box There are two parts in the above box 1 Point type 20 types of points that meets your requirement 2 Point size Point size Enter pixel size and absolute size Pixel size pixel value is related to screen size Absolute actual size in millimeter 9 Tool CAXA Draft has a perfect DWG data interface and provide multiple tools such as EXB file browser system query file retrieve component library template manager design center etc by which you can browse retrieve query modify drawing conveniently Moreover second develop module can be added on Following is the detailed explanation 9 1 DWG interface The content of DWG data interface includes open and save DWG file Convert DWG file by lot Convert drawing tool to handle DWG file Refer to section 9 8 1 for DWG interface setting The operation method for DWG is similar to that of DXF file 9 1 1 Open and save DWG file DWG file can be open and saved directly by command open and Save in CAXA Draft 9 1 1 1 Open DWG file Click command open following dialog box will pop up Figure 9 1 Open dialog box Select DWG file in the file type in the above dialog box then select one DWG to open it When opening DWG file if mongline font is used in the open file following dialog
324. u can enable the solid command by clicking the solid command in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the basic drawing panel from the common tab or type the command solid Initialize the solid command click on a point in a closed loop that is to be filled Right click to confirm the selection the selected area will be filled 2 1 9 Draw center line Command centerl Icon CAXA can generate center lines automatically for object s You can get center line for an arc circle rectangle or for two parallel or non parallel line etc Process You can enable the centerl command by clicking the centerl command in the drawing menu clicking button in the Drawing tool bar Clicking button in the basic drawing panel from the common tab or type the command centerl Initialize the centerl command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 48 Center line 1 Menu 1 Enter the distance you want to stretch the center line beyond the object If you do not enter a value the default value will be taken 2 Select an object or two curves as per the prompt If you select an arc circle rectangle two orthogonal center lines will appear in the object If you had selected two lines a single center line will appear in the middle of the lines 3 You can repeat the command as required and right click to terminate Example Draw center line a Arc b Circle c Parallel Li
325. u have to make a note that an arc drawn in clockwise direction will take the angle in negative value and that in counter clockwise direction will be taken as positive value After entering the value click to select the string point and specify the radius of arc or click to select the end point as per the prompt the arc will appear Example Arcs drawn in clockwise and anti clockwise directions Start point and end point of the above arcs are the same but if the positive or negative value for center angle is different then the arc direction will be different as shown in figure center angle for a is 60 degree center angle for b is 60 degree a b 2 36 start point end point center angle 2 1 4 6 Draw arc using the given start point radius start end angle Command asra Icon Definition You can draw an arc by specifying the starting point arc starting and end angle and radius of the angle Process You can enable the asra command by clicking asra button in the Arc sub menu or enable Arc command and then select start point radius start end angle in the immediate menu or type the command asra Initialize the asra command the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 37 start point radius start end angle arc 1 Menu 1 Enter radius of the arc 2 Menu 2 and 3 Enter the staring and ending angle of the arc in menu 3 and 4 respectively In CAXA the X axis is 0 when drawing an arc on the counter clock wise
326. uced But it is not possible to edit it with CAXA Draft editing functions Note When copy or paste is done between different Windows programs the selected content will exist in the form of OLE Process You can execute the command Pasteclip by clicking the Pasteclip button in the edit menu clicking the button in the common panel from the common tab click the button in the Standard toolbar typing pasteclip command through keyboard or by using the short cut keys Ctrl V 4 1 3 5 Paste special Command pasteclip Icon Concept use paste special to select different paste mode Click button XX in the main menu of edit Click button XX in the common panel Click button XX in the tool bar of standard Execute command pastespec directly The modes of Special paste Click Pastespec button in the edit menu click button in the common panel from the tab click the button in the Standard toolbar or type the Pastespec command 4 1 3 6 Paste as block Command pasteblock Icon Click button in the main menu of edit Click button in the common panel Execute command pasteblock directly Pasteblock is a splitting command of paste when pasting user can select whether hide the pasted block in the immediate menu When the paste is finished object in clipboard will be put in specified position in the form of block Note the created block can be named automatically by the system and
327. ure Figure 9 10 Import frame and title block Select Frame and title bar click OK to finish paper initialization 9 1 2 2 Extract title bar Icon Definition Identify and extract content in title bar Step Click button in Transfer drawing tool module the cursor will be selecting status select diagonal position of title bar in the drawing as shown in figure 9 15 red rectangle position when it is finished user can fill information in the pop up dialog box as shown in figure 9 16 Figure 9 11 Get title block Figure 9 12 Fill in title block When corresponding information is filled in Click OK content in title bar will be transferred to new title bar It should be noted that if the format and size of defined title bar is not in accordance with that of selected title bar the position of readin information will be changed probably 9 1 2 3 Extract BOM header Command formbomhdr Icon Definition Identify and extract title of specification Step Click button in Transfer drawing tool module the cursor will be selecting status select diagonal position of title bar in the drawing as shown in figure 9 17 red rectangle position when it is finished user can fill information in the pop up dialog box as shown in figure 9 18 Figure 9 13 Get BOM header Figure 9 14 Customize BOM header After transferring Title content can be edited the using method is the same as that of Cust
328. urrent line type scaling is used to cite special line type curve They are a part of style data But line type attribute is related to solid each solid has independent line type scale Line type scale can be edited in the panel of tool panel when solid is selected the line type scale attribute of currently selected object will be displayed user can edit the selected object attribute For deselected object current line type scale will be displayed the default Line type scale will be identical with current one Object line type scale factor global scale factor X object line type zoom scale X current object line type scale 1 9 Line width setting Line width setting includes Setting current line width and setting line width scale 1 9 1 Set current line width Definition Set a certain line width as current and this line width will be used for elements to be drawn Notes for setting current line width Set current line width as Bylayer then line width in current layer will be used to elements being drawn Set current line width as Byblock when element is defined as block the block line width will be used Set current line width as Remove Bylayer or Byblock then the selected line width will be used in drawing Thin line and thick line mid thick line You can set display scale and print parameters individually Method for setting current line width is as follows Click toolbar of Color layer or click pull do
329. urrent part in the table to the corresponding field of title bar 5 Merge Decompose Click the Merge button and decompose to merge the current table cell and decompose Click button Merge rule and the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 5 23 Merge User can set merge condition and sum field and then click Merge when the setup is finished 5 6 3 2 Delete BOM Item Command tbldel Icon Definition Delete a certain item from existing BOM While deleting the item table and its content are both deleted and the corresponding part number would also be deleted And the part number will be arranged again Process Delete BOM Item can be started by clicking Delete BOM Item from the Paper Size BOM main menu or click button on the BOM toolbar Click button on the BOM panel from the function tab or enter tbldel at the command prompt elect the BOM Item to delete the selected BOM item and all corresponding part numbers will be deleted Meanwhile the other part number after the deleted ones will be rearranged automatically Bom Items can continue to be deleted while the command is active If all items in BOM need to be deleted user can pick BOM header directly resulting in a dialog box for the user s final confirmation and all BOM items will be deleted 5 6 3 3 Break BOM Command tblbrk Icon Definition At the necessary position user can transfer the existing BOM table left or right splitting it
330. ust symbol direction of taper or gradient Menu 4 add down lead to control add down lead or not Menu 5 text without frame to set add frame or not for the dimension text Confirm all parameter in the immediate menu When axial line is selected it will hint select line after the line is selected default dimension value is shown in immediate menu it can also be inputted Then it will hint locating point Drag dimension line dynamically by moving cursor and input text locating point at proper position then taper mark is finished Figure 3 35 Gradient dimension example 3 1 11 Curvature radius dimension Command curvradiusdim Icon Definition Dimension curvature radius for spline Process You can execute curvradiusdim by clicking the Curvature radius button in the size dimension sub menu or click the Dimension command then select Curvature radius in the immediate menu or type the command curvradiusdim directly The immediate menu of curvradiusdim is shown as follows Figure 3 36 Curvature radius dimension Instance Menu Menu 2 to select text horizontal or text parallel Menu 3 to select text center align or text dragging Menu 4 to set dimension prefix Menu 5 to set basic dimension When all parameters in the immediate menu are confirmed select a spline to apply the dimension to and then specify dimension line position The following is a
331. ut angle b Rectangular array with Angle Figure 4 39 Rectangular Array 4 2 10 3 Curve array Definition It means producing series of identical objects on one or several connected curves The structure of each object is the same it s position is different because of the option Rotate irrotational Process Execute the Array command select curve array in menu 1 Figure 4 40 Immediate menu of curve array Menu 2 Select the mode of selection of the curve Select Single select line to select a single curve or select select line by chain to select a chain of curves Menu 3 If you want the arrayed objects to be rotated with respect to the angle of placement select rotate else select irrotational examples for Rotate and irrotational array are as shown in below figure Menu 4 Enter the number of arrayed elements required After entering required parameters in the immediate menu select the object base point of object and the curve as per the prompt Example the figure below is example of curve array among which figure a expresses single bus selection and rotate is selected the array number is 4 Figure 4 41 a Figure 4 41 b 4 2 11 Break Command Break Icon Definition Split one specified curve in to two parts at a specified breaking point Process You can execute the Break command by clicking the Break button in the main menu Modify clicking the button in the Mod
332. uture use A Parameter table is commonly composed of lines and text Additionally the drawing name drawing code company name or other information will be attached to parameter table All this information can be added to parameter table in the form of property definitions Process Define Paratable can be started by clicking the command Define in the Paper Size Para Table main menu or click button on the parameter table toolbar or Click button on the parameter table panel from the function tab or enter paradef at the command prompt Firstly prepare the line the character the property definition or other information and execute the command paradef select the element which forms the parameter bar as per prompt Specify the base point of parameter bar and input the name in the dialog box of paradef amp then click Ok 5 5 3 Save Paratable Command parasave Icon Definition Save an existing parameter table in the current drawing for future use Save Paratable can be started by clicking the command Save in the Paper Size Para Table main menu or click button on the parameter table toolbar or Click button in the parameter table panel from the function tab or enter parasave at the command prompt After executing the command parasave the dialog shown below will popup Figure 5 14 Save Paratable Existing parameter tables are listed in the dialog box The user can input the file name at the bottom of dialog box and c
333. view graph double click mouse mid key to display whole graph Or you can use corresponding button in Display panel to check the graph including display window display whole dynamic pan dynamic zoom display previous display next 3 Right click on the drawing in the preview area in the popup menu select display previous and display next to navigate 7 2 6 Plot Insert drawing and set corresponding parameter plot graph by printing equipment Following are the commands for printing 1 Print Select one unit in the print typeset task unit click Print in the file menu or in the panel of organize function area or click button in the quickstart tool bar below shown dialog box will popup Figure 7 24 Print prompt dialog box Click OK to print as per the set parameter or else click Cancel to cancel the print 2 Print preview Select one unit in the print typeset task list click Print preview in the file menu or in the Organization panel of function area or click button in the quickstart tool bar In the popup preview window you can check the drawing and print directly Select print unit then in the dialog box of print setting you can click print directly or click Preview 3 Print all Click Print all in the file menu or click button in the file panel of function area to start up Print all the system will print all tasks in the print task list directly 8 System setting In this chapter we will
334. w press the define symbol button in the sub menu Dute Dute Figure 6 10 Draw graph 1 Specify view Select all elements of the first view as per instructions with some related dimensions and press right key to confirm Then you are prompted specify view base point press the left mouse button to specify or input using keyboard Base point is the reference point for the symbol extraction positioning and the latter element is the definition with regard to the base point as reference Try to select the reference point at a key position or special position such as center end point etc Make full use of the snap point intellectual point navigating point and grid point to specify the base point If the base point selection is not correct the expression of the element definition will be more complicated and insertion of the positioning of symbol extraction will be more inconvenient Set a variable for each dimension as per instruction select all dimensions by left mouse button clicking The dimension will be highlighted when it is selected Name each of the dimension in editing box press the enter key to confirm variable name and then the dimension color will change to indicate it has been added to the definition You can continue to select other dimension or re select dimension with variable name Right Click to confirm when all dimension names of the view are inputted Then specify element base point dimension variable of view two view thr
335. witch interface reset save interface configuration add on interface configuration 8 1 2 1 Interface switch Command interface Icon Definition Switch between Typical interface and Fluent Interface CAXA Draft software includes typical interface and Fluent Interface use command interface to switch between them Process You can execute the command interface by Clicking button interface in the tool menu click button in the interface operation panel of View tab use interface command Press F9 key When interface function is activated it will toggle to another interface style 8 1 2 2 Interface reset Command interfacereset Icon Definition Return system interface to default status Process You can execute the command interfacereset by Clicking button interfacereset in the tool menu click button in the interface operation panel of View tab or type the interfacereset command Execute command interfacereset to activate the default interface 8 1 2 3 Add on interface configuration Command Interfacerload Icon Definition Add on already saved interface configuration and resume system interface status Process You can execute the command Interfacerload by Clicking button Interfacerload in the tool menu click button in the interface operation panel of View tab or type the Interfacerload command Initialize command Interfacerload t
336. with the other The lines shall be unparallel the end point a line coincides with the end point of other and the angle between these two lines is not 180 Degree Note The definition of the Bisector of two line segments and Angular bisector are different the angular bisector line is the line that divides the angle between the two lines Bisector of two line segments creates a line in between the two lines which will divide the distance between the open ends if the two lines Process You can enable the command by clicking button in the Line sub menu enable the Line command and then select divide equally in the immediate menu enable the command Bisector of two line segments by typing the command Initiate Bisector of two line segments the below shown immediate menu will appear Figure 2 15 Bisectrix Let the first menu remain with option Bisector Enter the number of bisections required in the second menu Select the first line and second lines and the bisecting will be created Example Select two parallel lines amp input the partition number as 5 The result will be shown as the below figure Initial Stage Final Stage Figure 2 16 Bisector 2 1 1 6 Ray Command ray Icon Concept Create a line beginning at a certain point and extending indefinitely Step Click ray button in the sub menu of Line
337. wn menu of Attribute panel in Common tab Line weight list will popup left click in the list to select desired line width As shown in figure 1 64 Figure 1 64 Line weight pull down menu 1 9 2 Set line width scale Name Line width setting Command lineweight Icon Definition Set line width scale In CAXA Draft You can set line weight by command Lineweight and line weight zoom can also be set Process You can execute command Lineweight by Clicking button in the format menu click button in the color layer click button in the attribute panel of Common tab use Lineweight command Execute command Lineweight the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 1 65 Line width dialog box Process for setting and using Line weight is as explained below Select thin line or Thick line and then specify line weight for thin line or thick line in the Actual value on the right Drag handle in Display scale to adjust line width scale increase scale when dragging rightward decrease scale when dragging leftward 1 10 Basic concept 1 10 1 Object type Object in CAXA Draft includes following types Basic curve dimension text block paper picture and OLE citing object Basic curve Dot line circle polyline spline lineament Dimension size dimension Linear dimension angle dimension three point dimension radius dimension diameter dimension arc length dimension radiation dime
338. ws you to make a selection first and then move 4 2 4 Trim Command trim Icon Definition Terminate a curve with respect to another There are three trim modes or trim operations Quick trim pick border and batch trim use the following immediate menu to execute trim in various modes as you like Figure 4 6 Immediate menu of copy You can execute the Trim command by clicking main menu gt Modify gt Trim button click the button in the commonly used Modify panel from the common tab click the button in the toolbar of Modify or by typing the command Modify The various modes of trim operation are explained as follows 4 2 4 1 Quick trim Definition Select the curve to be trimmed the system will judge the edges automatically and respond accordingly You can trim a portion of line that is between two other lines conveniently In this method you have to select line segment by mouse directly it will assume trim edges as per intersected curves automatically Step Call up the function of trim and select quick trim in the immediate menu then click to select object to be trimmed press ESC to exit the trim command Other trim mode in the immediate menu can be selected too Example Example one The following examples express different selected positions that will cause different trim result Curve to Trim Curve to Trim Before Trim after Trim before Trim after Trim a b Curve to T
339. y 16 numbers at most Each number denotes strokes or pixel value of interval length Odd numbers denotes strokes length even number denotes interval length Strokes and interval are separated by the symbol of the number of line type code must be even number Following figure shows the interval numbers Figure 1 61 Line type interval example 1 8 3 Line type import and export 1 8 3 1 Import line type Definition Load line types from an existing file Process 1 Use function of style management or line type setting 2 Click button Add on the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 1 62 Load a line type Click File and select a line type file then select line type file to be add on click OK The buttons of Select all and cancel all are used to select desired export line type 1 8 3 2 Export line type Definition Output existing line types to a line type file Process 1 Use function of style management or line type setting 2 Click button Output the below shown dialog box will popup Figure 1 63 Export line type Click File and select a line type file then select line type file to be output click OK The buttons of Select all and cancel all are used to select desired export line type 1 8 4 Line type scale Line type scale is similar to global scale factor and current line type scaling The difference is global scale factor is used to control all curves c
340. y mutual coordination between the modules 1 input density module This module is used to set current object density for calculating Under the sub menu of Material the commonly material density data is used for calculating when the material is selected the material density data will be filled in corresponding item directly Or user can input material density manually the unit is g cm3 use density pull down menu to resume the density value to current selected material density The filled valued will be used when calculating 2 Calculate volume module Select several basic object calculating formula get parametric by selection or manually input to calculate part volume This module is located at the lower side of the weight calculator dialog box there are two options of Common and non common each option includes several object volume calculate tool Click button XX or input manually in the drawing area to select Select two points in line directly when all desired data are filled the weight value will be shown in the weight option Click button Save to add the result to the final accumulate module Note In query weight all length unit is MM all input area unit is mm2 the output weight unit is kg 3 Calculate accuracy module This module is specially used for setting calculating accuracy i e keep the result with desired decimal points 4 Result accumulate module User can accumulate the output result of each weight calculate tool by
341. yer button from the layer tool in tool bar Execute laypart command Once Layer part is accessed corresponding dialog box will pop up Figure 1 52 Edit part layer 1 In the dialog box of edit part layer select target layer click OK 2 Then select object that needs to change layer partially it should be noted that object is basic curve 3 In the drawing area select two point and confirm the part that needs to change Note if the selected point is not in the curve the system will regard its projection point as splitting point if there are several normals passing by that point it will select one projection point as splitting point automatically Once it is finished the middle part of the two splitting points is located on the selected target layer 1 7 Color CAXA Draft supplies 24 bits RGB color in order to identify different attribute of objects 1 7 1 Color operation Click tool bar of color layer or click the pull down menu of Color in the attribute panel of common in the function tab when the pull down menu is listed click desired color to select If select other color selecting dialog box will pop up as shown in following figure Figure 1 53 Color pull down menu 1 7 2 Color setting Command color Icon Definition Set and manage system colors In CAXA Draft you can manage and set colors with the Color command such as using standard color using customized color etc Process You can
342. yles on the basis of default dimension style it is inconvenient to do so Figure 1 72 Draw small dimension Now user can use feature overwriting to edit dimension arrow form use the function of dimension edit select dimension of which the arrow needs to be edited and the immediate menu of linear dimension edit will pop up Figure 1 73 Linear dimension edit immediate menu Select arrow shape in the immediate menu then corresponding dialog box will pop up Figure 1 74 Arrow shape edit dialog box Use the pull down menu to set current arrow shape respectively the click OK to return to drawing interface then the arrow shape will be changed The above operation can be repeated if necessary Note once feature overwriting is used the covered feature of object won t be changed along with the citing style Feature overwriting can be proceeded in the Feature tool panel for detail refer to section 4 4 1 1 10 4 2 Delete replacement Icon Concept Cancel feature overwriting effect By the function of delete replacement user can cancel feature overwriting effect then the covered feature can be changed along with the new style Step Click button in the tool panel of feature to operate For detail refer to section 4 4 1 1 10 5 Content in EXB file EXB format is default format when saving file in CAXA Draft Content of EXB file includes Graph element and all the all paper Paper can include default model space
343. zoom graph or click corresponding button to pan dynamic pan display window display all display previous etc 9 3 Query Tools CAXA Draft provides function of query by which you can inquire about coordinates of point distance between two points angle element attribute area center of gravity perimeter inertia moment and calculate simple part weight etc 9 3 1 Query point coordinates Command id Icon Definition You can inquire point coordinates under each kind of tool point style and inquire several points simultaneously Process You can execute the command ID in various forms click button in Query from main menu of Tool Click in Query from tool tab click button in Query tool toolbar or type the command ID directly Execute command id Select the point to be inquired as per instruction it will be red when it is selected Continue to select other points once the selection is finished right click to confirm the dialogue box inquiry result will pop up immediately Figure 9 24 ID Query Result dialog All inquired point coordinates are listed as per selection order in the box Click button Save to save query result in text file 9 3 2 Query two points distance Command dist Icon Definition Inquire distance between any two points Process You can execute the command dist in various forms click button in Query from main menu of Tool Click in Query from tool tab click button in

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