Pour object and pour break properties in drawings

Note: The options and functionality related to pours are only available if pours are enabled in the model. You can enable pours in a model by setting the XS_ENABLE_POUR_MANAGEMENT advanced option to TRUE. In the Default environment, pours are only enabled in the (Concrete) Contractor role.

Warning:

If the pours are enabled in the model, do not disable the pours using XS_ENABLE_POUR_MANAGEMENT, especially in the middle of the project. This may cause problems if you have drawings containing pours, and if you are sharing your model. The pours and pour breaks in the model and in the drawings may get invalid, and you may lose all pour-related modeling work.

Pour object properties

To open pour object properties in GA drawings:

On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties > GA drawing and then click Pour object...
In an open drawing, double-click the drawing background and click Pour object...
In an open drawing, double-click the drawing view frame, and select Pour object in the options tree.
Click a pour object in an open drawing. If the property pane is not open, double-click the pour object.
Select Pour object in the property pane object list.
In an open drawing, go to Quick Launch, start typing pour object properties, and select Drawing pour object properties in the list.

The following table lists all pour object properties on all property levels (drawing, view, object).


Option	Description
Save, load and search properties in property pane	To load existing properties, select the properties from the list. To save the modified properties, click . You can also save the properties with another name. To search for a property, start typing the property name.
Visibility	In the property pane, click the eye button to activate or deactivate the following options: Hidden lines: Define whether pour object hidden lines are shown. Own hidden lines: Define whether pour object own hidden lines are shown. Edge chamfers: Define whether edge chamfers are shown. Fillet edge: Define whether fillet edges are shown. The visibility options are available on the drawing and view level as check boxes.
Visible lines	Select the color and type of the visible pour object lines. You can use a standard color or a custom RGB color.
Hidden lines	Select the color and type of the hidden pour object lines. You can use a standard color or a custom RGB color.
Fill To add a hatch for outer pour faces, use the Part faces/Pour faces options, and to add a hatch for cross sections in section views, use the Sections options. Note that some option names are slightly different in the view and drawing level properties.
Type	Define the fill type. To open a preview to the hatch patterns, click the … button next to the pattern list. The Automatic option selects the fill type automatically from the hatch pattern schema files. The None option leaves hatching out.
Color	Define the color for the fill. You can use a standard color or a custom RGB color.
Background	Define the background color for the fill. You can use a standard color or a custom RGB color. The Background selection is disabled for hardware hatches, such as hardware_SOLID or hardware_LINES. The background color can be set for automatic hatches, but it has effect only if automatic hatch is not defined for the material in the hatch pattern schema file.
Scale	Select between automatic and custom scaling. Automatic scales and rotates the fill automatically. Custom allows you to select scaling and rotation manually.
Scaling in X direction, Scaling in Y direction	Define the scales in the X and Y direction.
Keep ratio of x and y	Retain the relative proportions in the fill.
Angle	The scaling angle rotates the fill. For example, Angle 0.0 is for horizontal rotation and Angle 90.0 for vertical rotation.

Pour break properties

To open pour break properties in GA drawings:

On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties > GA drawing and then click Pour breaks...
In an open drawing, double-click the drawing background and click Pour breaks...
In an open drawing, double-click the drawing view frame, and select Pour break in the options tree.
Click a pour break in an open drawing. If the property pane is not open, double-click the pour break.
Select Pour break in the property pane object list.
In an open drawing, go to Quick Launch, start typing pour break properties, and select Drawing pour break properties in the list.


Option	Description
Save, load and search properties in property pane	To load existing properties, select the properties from the list. To save the modified properties, click . You can also save the properties with another name. To search for a property, start typing the property name.
Visibility	In the property pane, click the eye button next Hidden lines to show or hide the pour break hidden lines. This option is available on the drawing and view level as a check box. The following settings are only available in the drawing and view level properties: Visible: Pour breaks are visible. Not visible: Pour breaks are not visible.
Visible lines	Select the color and type of the visible pour break lines. You can use a standard color or a custom RGB color.
Hidden lines	Select the color and type of the hidden pour break lines. You can use a standard color or a custom RGB color.