Creating Drawings  A Drawing allows you to place 2D and 3D views of a part or assembly model on 2D drawing sheets for manufacturing purposes. You can rapidly create drawings by using a Drawing Template.  A Drawing Template has pre-configured view locations, and can contain a format with a title block. The template used in this exercise could be used on a variety of different assemblies with similar results.

1. Click File > Close Window .
2. Click New and select Drawing as the Type.
   • Type ENGINE_COMPONENTS as the Name and press ENTER.
   • Notice that the ENGINE_COMPLETE.ASM is used as the Default Model, and that drawing_template is the current template.
   • Click OK from the New Drawing dialog box.
3. Enter parameter information to create the drawing as shown in the following figure:

• Type YOUR NAME at the prompt and press ENTER.
• The new drawing is created, which uses the template to place 4 isometric views, an exploded view, a title block, and a bill of materials.
• Double-click the date cell in the title block to the right of your name and enter &todays_date.
• Click OK from the Note Properties dialog box.

	The '&todays_date' syntax uses a system parameter to display the date.

Drawing Created