Automate a Detail View?

[Khairin]

Hi Experts!

I need your opinions regarding this situation below.

I am making a piping elevation drawing and what i wanted to do is to automate a detail view on a specific part of the drawing. Just like detail sketch, add to a component and everytime you will extract a drawing it will automatically show and will be included on the drawing...

(1) Is it possible to automate detail views of a drawing?:confused:


Thanks in advance Experts!
-khairin

[danieljk]

Got below inputs from a frnd of mine. He said he got in SP3D Help..

Functionality to show static detail sketches is available. Depending on the part class of the object selected, a specified label is invoked, if the value returned by the label matches the value specified to check against, the symbol is shown on the isometric
in other words
To include detail sketches on your drawing, you must prepare symbols in a graphics package such as SmartSketch, AutoCAD, or MicroStation. Then, you can specify options that control various characteristics of the detail sketch, such as the text formatting and placement. You also must map the sketches to part class names of components. If a component belonging to a specified part class is in the drawing, the software prints a callout next to the component, and the sketch is included on the drawing.

[Khairin]

hello danieljk,

Thanks for your quick reply.
I have read it on the SP3D Help and the Drawings and Reports User Guide too. I think detail sketch is for isometric drawing.
How about if i will make a piping elevation drawing of a specific drawing area, is detail sketch applicable to those kinds of drawing?

-Khairin

[danieljk]

I dont know it myself, but I think it should work with other drawing types like plan/ elevation drawings.. i hope someone sp3d expert on the forum will surely answer this.

[Khairin]

Thanks Danieljk for the help.

Hopefully it will work but so far, embedding would fit on this situation. Embed the detail view on the drawing sheet that will be used during extraction.
Still hoping for other suggestions.

Thanks in advance.
-Khairin

[dave]

I wonder if tim will weigh in on this...

[tim]

Isometric drawing and other type of drawing is different. Isometric drawing generation engine is coming from Alias Isogen and other drawing engine is Intergraph original.

As far as I know, there's no way to embed detail sketch as part of configuration as excel report can be.
If the detail sketch to each drawing is same, you can embed it in drawing border template.

[tim]

Khairin

Are you talking about SmartSketch function? (Insert - Detail View)
Such automation can be possible as SmartSketch automation. But you have to specify type (Rectangular/Circle) and region, scale and destination insert point.
However run specified macro after update of drawing is not supported as Excel report has.

So full automation to create detail view is not possible within standard function of SP3D.

[Khairin]

Hi Experts,

Thanks for clearing up the situation!

Yes, i think embedding would be the solution for now. So far, i haven't seen in the guides also, in smart sketch and even in sp3d about the said automation.
Hopefully, intergraph will provide such functionality.

Hi Tim,
Yes sir, detail view function in Smartsketch. I would like to know how to automate sir. Is it by custom command?

Thanks for the help experts.
Khairin

[tim]

Detail view is a kind of SmartFrame which is linked within sheet (locally linked).

You can refer Shape2DServer Programming Reference (Shape2dAuto.chm) which is a part of programming resource.

[Khairin]

Hi tim,

Do you have a sample code or custom commands for SmartSketch?
Hopin to have an alternate solution about the automation.

Thanks in advance..