Drawing snapshots allow you to view the contents of drawings directly in model view without opening the actual drawing. You can also show drawing snapshots against the latest version of a drawing or against another drawing in the drawing mode. All drawing types can be overlaid with drawing snapshots.

You can view a snapshot of a drawing while you are editing a drawing. In the snapshot overlay, you can see the latest changes, and can align the drawing content, for example. You can see the changes in a drawing since the latest update, and switch between the snapshot and the actual drawing.

Finding the correct drawing by going through the snapshots is much faster than opening the actual drawings one by one.

Limitations

• Texts are one sided when viewed from the model, and DX graphics do not support text in snapshots.
• Overlay in the model was not designed to work for the 3D drawing views .
• Views that are outside the printing area are displayed in the model overlay.
• Reading large GA drawing snapshots may take a long time.
• Loading the snapshot takes longer for the first snapshot than for the rest.

Before you can see a snapshot overlay of a drawing, you need to create a snapshot by opening a drawing, selecting the Create snapshot check box and saving the drawing.

Below you can see the settings in the snapshot view:

1. Open the Drawing list and select a drawing.
2. Click Snapshots.
3. At the top of the displayed snapshot dialog box, under Overlay in model , select the Overlay check box. You can also select a color for the snapshot.

1. Click Drawing > Drawing list , and open a drawing that has changed after the latest snapshot.
2. Still in the Drawing list , select the same drawing and click Snapshots.
3. Select one of the options under Overlay in drawing :

   Overlay : Show the snapshot on the actual drawing so that both are visible.

   Show snapshot only : Show the snapshot only without the actual drawing.

   None : Quickly switch to the actual drawing.

4. Select a color for the snapshot.