Generating Drawings Using Generative View Styles

Generative View Styles (GVS) are used to produce structural drawings. These view styles let you customize the appearance of drawings using a a set of parameters defined in an XML file. It is the administrator's job to provide suitable styles.
For more information on generative view styles and other drafting capabilities, see the Generative Drafting User's Guide.
This tasks shows you how to produce drawings using generative view styles.

The appearance of the 2-D drawings that you generate is controlled by settings in the following XML file:

Structure_GVS.xml
 
This file is located in ../OS/resources/standard/generativeparameters.

The reference planes that will be used for a given project are defined in an XML file pointed by a PRM resource:

ProjectReferencePlanes

For more information, see Project Reference Planes.
 

In the sample XML file Structure_GVS.xml, generative view style parameters are located towards the bottom of the file under Structure.

Under Structure:

  • StructureObjects consists of all generative view style parameters for Structure Functional Design and Structure Detail Design.
  • Equipment Support consists of all generative view style parameters for Structure Design.
An appropriate application license for Generative Drafting is required.
1. Before you start, specify your settings in your 3D document.

From the menu bar, select Tools - Options - Mechanical Design - Drafting, and select the Administration tab.
  2. In the Generative View Style section, uncheck the Prevent generative view style creation option.

This activates generative view style functionalities.