Creating multiple-page print drawings

A multiple-page print presentation is created by adding new pages to an existing print drawing.

To add a print drawing

1. After you have created a print drawing, right-click the drawing's tab.

2. Consider your situation:

• To create a print drawing whose number follows that of the active one, click Insert page after. For example, if you want the new page to be numbered as 2. This means that when the print presentation is exported, in the sequence of print drawings the new drawing will be positioned after the active one.
• To create a print drawing whose number precedes that of the active one, click Insert page before. For example, if you want the new page to be numbered 1. This means that when the print presentation is exported, in the sequence of print drawings the new drawing will be positioned before the active one.

NOTE: You can see the number of the new print drawing when you select its design frame — see Step 3.

3. Click Insert page after.

The Print Frame Placement dialog box appears.

Selecting a design frame for the new print drawing. Note that in the lower left corner of the dialog box, the position of the new print drawing is displayed (dimmed) followed by the total number of pages in the print presentation. The total number of pages includes the page you are creating.

4. In Design Frame file, select the design frame that you need, and then click Next.

The Print Frame Placement dialog box appears.

Predefined name Lists the names of all predefined rectangular areas which have been incorporated in the selected design frame.

1up Lists the 1ups and/or layout drawings to be placed in the respective predefined rectangular areas. Each column field is a list. To assign a 1up or a layout to a predefined rectangular area, click in the respective field to open the list, and then select the 1up or layout that you want.

3D Snapshots (Available only if a 3D drawing is selected in the corresponding 1up column field.) Lists the names of the available 3D snapshots. To assign a snapshot, click in the respective field to open the list, and select the one you want.

Show dimensions Makes visible, in the printed document, the dimensions in the 1up and/or layout drawings.

Show annotation objects

Hide flute symbol Makes invisible, in the printed document, the symbol that indicates the direction of the flute or grain.

Show arrow annotations Makes visible, in the printed document, the arrow notes that have been added in the 1up drawing.

Show currently hidden layer objects Makes visible, in the printed document, layer objects that have been added to the 1up but were made invisible — for example, to unclutter the view.

Hide style symbols

Scale Group

Image Quality (DPI) (Available when the 3D drawing is selected in the table) Sets graphic quality value for the 3D image.

Transparent shot (3D drawings) In snapshots of 3D drawings, makes transparent the area surrounding the 3D model. This allows the area to appear in the color of the graphical area. The functionality is especially useful for white 3D models, when it is a good idea to change the color of the graphical area to make white 3D models stand out.

5. Edit the settings as you need them, and then click Finish.

The new print drawing opens with the selected design frame. Note that the drawing's tab has the default name — Print — and in brackets the print drawing's position in the print presentation is displayed.

6. (Optional) Change the name of the drawing as you need it.
7. After you have created the pages that you need, click Refresh . This ensures that the order of the pages is saved.

The Refresh Print Drawing dialog box appears.

8. Click Refresh All.