Open Drawing

See the guide video on YouTube: Open Drawing

If one or more drawings refer to the part or assembly, use the Open Drawing feature to open the desired drawing(s) referring to the active or selected model.

Reference data of the drawings must exist in the ATR CustomTools database to open the referring drawings using the Open Drawing command. Saving drawings when the ATR CustomTools Add-In is in use adds all necessary reference data automatically to the ATR CustomTools database so the drawings can be found by the Open Drawing command.

TIP: If the reference data is not migrated from the drawings to the new database, or the drawings are created without the ATR CustomTools Add-In, the reference data can be imported from the drawings to the ATR CustomTools database using the Import tool.

Once the Open Drawing command has been clicked, the Select Drawing dialog box appears if more than one drawing has been made from the selected model. If your model has only one referenced drawing, the Open Drawing command opens the drawing automatically and the Select Drawing dialog box does not appear.

The Select drawings list displays the drawings referring to the model.

Drawing

Shows the file name and path of the drawing document.

TIP: More than one drawing can be opened at once.
Referenced Model Shows the model where the drawing refers to.
Referenced Model Configuration Shows the configuration of the referring model for which the drawing belongs to.
Preview A preview of the selected drawing.
Select All Selects all the drawings on the Select drawings list.
Clear Selection Clears all the check boxes which are selected on the Select drawings list.
Delete Selected

Removes the reference data of the selected drawing from the ATR CustomTools database.

Deleting the reference data from the database does not delete the file from the hard drive.

NOTE: The Delete Design Data permission is required on the database level to remove any reference data from the ATR CustomTools database. You can manage the database level permissions using the ATR CustomTools Administration Tool.