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.

The options in the general arrangement drawing properties dialog box are described below.

Option	Description	For more information
Name	The name of the drawing. This name is shown in the Drawing List , and can be included in drawing and report templates. The maximum length of the drawing name is 32 characters.
Title 1 , Title 2 , Title 3	Titles are shown in the Drawing List and in drawing and report templates.	Give titles to drawings
Use detailed object level settings	Set to Yes to use the detailed object level settings created in the Object level settings for general arrangement drawings dialog box.	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.	Define drawing layout Define drawing size and drawing view scale
View	Define view properties: 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: view label, detail boundary and detail mark settings.	Modify detail properties in drawings
Dimension	Define dimension properties: dimension type, units, precision, format, placing, and appearance.	Dimension and dimensioning properties
Dimensioning	Define dimensioning properties: grid dimension and part dimension settings.	Dimension and dimensioning properties Dimensioning properties - Parts tab (GA drawings) Dimensioning properties - Grid tab (GA drawings)
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: included elements and element settings, and mark visibility, mark frame, mark leader line and placing settings.	Mark properties Part and neighbor part properties in drawings Drawing weld mark properties Mark properties - Content, General, Merging and Appearance tabs Model weld mark visibility and appearance properties in drawings Mark elements 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 content and appearance 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 visibility and content 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/Neighbor reinforcement and mesh 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/Neighbor reinforcement and mesh properties in drawings
Reference objects	Define reference object visibility and appearance settings.	Show reference models in drawings
Grid	Define grid visibility and appearance settings.	Drawing grid properties Customize drawing grid labels
Protection	Define protected areas to prevent text, marks or dimensions from being placed there.	Protect areas in a drawing
Filter and Neighbor part filter	Create and modify part filters/neighbor part filters on 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 the Drawing list , and you can use it in report and drawing templates, 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 GA drawing user-defined attributes dialog box in the default environment contains three tabs: Workflow , Parameters , and Title block. On the Title block tab you can define the information that is shown in the title block of the drawing.	User-defined attributes in drawings