General arrangement drawing properties

On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties > GA drawing. You can modify the properties after creating the drawing by double-clicking the drawing background.

For more information about creating and modifying general arrangement drawings, click the links below:

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Create general arrangement drawings

Create general arrangement drawings using saved settings in Master drawing catalog

The settings and options in the general arrangement drawing properties are described below.


Setting	Description	For more information
Name	The name of the drawing. This name is shown in Document manager, and can be included in drawing and report templates. The maximum length of the drawing name is 32 characters.	Modify drawing names and titles
Title 1, Title 2, Title 3	Titles are shown in the Document manager, and can be included in drawing and report templates.	Modify drawing names and titles
Use detailed object level settings	Set to Yes to use the detailed object level settings created in the Object level settings for drawing dialog box. To manage detailed object level settings, click Edit.	Detailed object level settings
Layout...	Select the drawing layout and define drawing sizes. You can also select whether you want to list hidden objects in templates. To open Drawing layout editor, click Edit.	Define drawing layout Define drawing size and drawing view scale
View...	Define view properties, such as scale, neighbor part view extension, reflected view, opening and recess symbol, datum point elevation, part shortening, view label, and anchor bolt plan settings.	View properties in drawings
Detail view...	Define detail view properties, such as view label, detail boundary and detail mark settings.	Create drawing views
Section view	Define the start number or letter for the section view and symbol label for the section views that you will manually add to the GA drawing.	Create drawing views
Dimension...	Define dimension properties: dimension type, units, precision, format, placing, and appearance.	Dimension properties
Dimensioning...	Define grid dimensioning and part dimensioning settings.	General arrangement drawing dimensioning properties
Part mark... Bolt mark... Neighbor part mark... Surface treatment mark... Weld mark... Reinforcement marks... Neighbor reinforcement marks... Connection mark... Pour object mark...	Define mark properties, such as included elements and element settings, mark visibility, mark frame, mark leader line, and placing settings.	Mark properties in drawings Model weld mark properties in drawings Mark elements Show pours in drawings
Part...	Define part properties: part representation, hidden line, center line and reference line visibility, additional mark visibility, part appearance, and fill settings.	Part and neighbor part properties in drawings
Bolt...	Define bolt properties: bolt representation, bolt symbol content, bolt visibility, and bolt appearance settings.	Bolt properties in drawings
Neighbor part...	Define neighbor part properties: visibility, part representation, hidden line, center line and reference line visibility, additional mark visibility, and part appearance settings. You can also define bolt representation and bolt symbol content settings for neighbor parts.	Part and neighbor part properties in drawings
Surface treatment...	Define surface treatment properties: surface treatment visibility, pattern visibility, hidden lines visibility and surface treatment representation settings.	Surface treatment properties in drawings
Weld...	Define welding properties: weld visibility, weld size limit and weld appearance settings.	Model weld properties in drawings
Reinforcement...	Define reinforcement and mesh properties: bar and mesh representation and visibility, bar and mesh symbol, and bar and mesh appearance settings.	Reinforcement object properties in drawings
Neighbor reinforcement...	Define neighbor reinforcement and mesh properties: bar and mesh representation and visibility, bar and mesh symbol, and bar and mesh appearance settings.	Reinforcement object properties in drawings
Reference objects...	Define reference object visibility and appearance settings.	Show reference objects in drawings
Grid...	Define grid visibility and appearance settings.	Drawing grid and grid line properties Customize drawing grid labels
Pour breaks...	Define pour break visibility and appearance settings	Pour break properties
Pour object...	Define pour object visibility and appearance settings.	Pour object properties
Protection...	Define protected areas to prevent text, marks, or dimensions from being placed in these areas.	Protect areas in drawings
Filter... and Neighbor part filter...	Create and modify part filters or neighbor part filters on the drawing level.	Create new filters
User-defined attributes...	Add customized information to a drawing, such as information related to workflow, and comments. This information can be displayed in Document manager, and you can use it in report and drawing templates and marks, and as switches when customizing print file names. The user-defined attributes and tabs shown in this dialog box are defined in the objects.inp file. The availability of the various user-defined attributes depends on your environment, configuration, and role.	User-defined attributes in drawings Objects.inp Overview of environments, roles, and configurations