Editing Sheet Properties

This task explains how to edit sheet properties. 
Define a new sheet.

  1. Right-click the sheet in the specification tree (press F3 to display it).

  2. Select Edit> Properties.

  3. The Sheet tab contains a number of properties:
 

General properties
 
  Name

Enter a meaningful name for the sheet.

Scale

Specify the scale (i.e. the scaling factor) which applies to all views in the sheet.

The scale does not determine the position of the views (or any other object) contained in the sheet. When the grid is displayed, the position of the view in the sheet is not determined by the grid, which only deals with what is drawn directly in the sheet. To see the real position of a given view in a sheet, you need to use the ruler. It is the only way to see the real coordinates in a sheet referential.
 

Format properties
 
  Format

This list contains the format names defined by the administrator in the Standards Editor. For more details, see Sheet Format Definition in the Administration Tasks chapter. 

You may also create your own user-defined formats, defined locally for a given drawing. To create your own format, proceed as follows:

  1. Type a name for the format in the Format field.
    The name of the newly created format must be different from those in the user-defined and in the standard lists of formats. If not, a warning message is displayed to inform you the format name you chose is not valid.
  2. Use the tab key to access the Width and Height fields and set their values.
  Display

Display the frame representing the format of the sheet.

Width

Width of the selected format. This field is available for user-defined formats only.

Height

Height of the selected format. This field is available for user-defined formats only.

Orientation

Orientation of the selected format. Available only if the selected format allows you to modify the orientation type. For more information, refer to Sheet Format Definition.

 
 

Projection Method
 
  Note that properties in this section apply to all generative views available in the sheet (i.e. in a Generative Drafting context).

First angle standard

Select this option if you want all views in the sheet to be created using the first angle standard.

The first angle standard is an orthographic representation comprising the arrangement, around the principal view of an object, of some of all of the other five views of that object. With reference to the principal view, the other views are arranged as follows:
- the view from above is placed underneath
- the view from below is placed above
- the view from the left is placed on the right
- the view from the rear is placed on the left or on the right, as convenient.
(Ref. No. ISO 10209-2:1993)

Third angle standard

Select this option if you want all views in the sheet to be created using the third angle standard.

The third angle standard is an orthographic representation comprising the arrangement, around the principal view of an object, of some of all of the other five views of that object. With reference to the principal view, the other views are arranged as follows:
- the view from above is placed above
- the view from below is placed underneath
- the view from the left is placed on the left
- the view from the rear is placed on the left or on the right, as convenient.
(Ref. No. ISO 10209-2:1993)
 

Generative Views Positioning Mode
 
  Note that properties in this section apply to all generative views available in the sheet (i.e. in a Generative Drafting context). The chosen property will be taken into account next time you update the sheet. This property is also defined in the Sheet Styles.

Part bounding box center

Select this option if you want generative views to be positioned according to the center of the 3D bounding box. This mode ensures that the center of the 3D bounding box remains at a fixed position on the sheet, when views are updated.

Part 3D axis

Select this option if you want generative views to be positioned according to the 3D axis system. This mode ensures that the projection of the 3D axis remains at a fixed position on the sheet, when views are updated (even if the center of gravity of the 3D geometry has changed).
 

Example
  Take this original view, for example:
 
  Now, imagine you modify the 3D geometry in such a way that the center of gravity of the 3D changes. You then update the view on the sheet.
  • If Part center of gravity is selected: the center of gravity of the 3D geometry remains at a fixed position on the sheet after the update.
 
 
  • If Part 3D axis is selected: the projection of the 3D axis remains at a fixed position on the sheet after the update.
 
 

Print area
 
  Activate

Check this box to specify that only a specific area of the sheet should be printed. Doing this will activate the associated fields so that you can define the print area.

Note that on top of checking this box, you must select Document area option as the Print area in the Print dialog box in order for the print area to be printed. If you do not select the Document area option, the whole document will be printed. Refer to Printing Sheets for more information.

X

Specify the X coordinate of the lower left-hand corner of the print area.

Y

Specify the Y coordinate of the lower left-hand corner of the print area.

Width

Specify the width of the print area.

Height

Specify the height of the print area.

apply a format

Select a format if you want to define the print area using the width and height specified for that format.
A specific contextual command lets you visualize the print area (providing it is activated), so as to re-position or re-dimension it for example. To do so, either right-click the sheet item in the specification tree and select Sheet.X object> Edit Print Area, or activate the sheet and select Edit> Sheet.X object> Edit Print Area.  This zooms onto the print area, which is outlined as a purple dashed box, with an X cross at its center.

Use the manipulators at the corners of the box to re-dimension the print area.

Drag the dashed box or the central X cross to re-position the print area.
 
  You can then exit the print area visualization mode by pressing the Escape key or by clicking elsewhere in the drawing. You can check the sheet properties to make sure that the coordinates, width or height have been updated.
 

  1. Change the sheet properties as wanted, and then click OK to validate.