Overview

2D Layout for 3D Design is a new generation product that lets you design 3D models in an advanced 2D drafting-like production environment.

The 2D Layout for 3D Design User's Guide is intended for users who need to become quickly familiar with the 2D Layout for 3D Design Version 6 product.

2D Layout for 3D Design in a Nutshell

2D Layout for 3D Design is a new generation product that lets you design 3D models in an advanced 2D drafting-like production environment, enabling you to create layout views based on 2D geometry, while getting the most of other key capabilities such as dress-up, dimensions, annotations, 2D components, use-edges, constraints, and outputs of profiles and planes, for example. Once your design is laid out in 2D sheets and views, you will be able to print it directly, to generate a drawing sheet from it, to add views that will illustrate it and so on.

Furthermore, 2D Layout for 3D Design is now integrated in the Requirement, Functional, Logical, Physical Navigator. You can now edit and create 2D layout data, at the Physical level, in the RFLP Navigator. Refer to the RFLP Navigator User's Guide for additional information on this product.

The 2D Layout for 3D Design User's Guide has been designed to show you how to create layout views of varying levels of complexity.

Before Reading this Guide

Before reading this guide, you should be familiar with basic concepts such as windows, standard and view toolbars. Therefore, we recommend that you read the Infrastructure User's Guide that describes generic capabilities common to all products. It also describes the general layout of the application and the interoperability between workbenches. You may also like to read the following complementary product guides, for which the appropriate license is required:


  • Interactive Drafting User's Guide: explains how to create drawings of varying levels of complexity.
  • Sketcher User's Guide: explains how to sketch 2D elements.

Getting the Most Out of this Guide

To get the most out of this guide, we suggest that you start reading and performing the step-by-step user tasks, which cover all product functionalities.

If you are an administrator, the Administration section is specifically aimed at you. You will see how to manage and customize standards.

The Interface Description section, which describes the 2D Layout for 3D Design workbench, and Accessing and Customizing Settings explains how to customize the 2D Layout for 3D Design workbench, will also certainly prove useful.