Project Setup for Mechanical Design

At the beginning of a mechanical design project, use the Drawing Setup command to quickly set relevant drawing units, layer scale and print area from a single dialog box. A sheet border and title block can also be inserted automatically. An alternate method of setting up a document is to open one of the pre-configured machine design template files and use it as a starting point.

The Machine Design (Imperial) template opens with File > Document Settings > Units set to inches on the General Display tab, decimal rounding set to three decimal places, and the design layer scale set at 1:1.

4. Specify the drawing units, layer scale, print area, and sheet border, and then click OK. For more information on Drawing Units, Layer Scale, and the Print Area, see Setting up the Drawing.

Parameter	Description
Drawing Units	The current drawing units value on the General Display tab of the Units dialog box displays; click Change to revise the current drawing units
Layer Scale	The current layer scale displays; click Change to set a different layer scale. If the active layer is a sheet layer, the layer scale cannot be changed.
Print Area	The current print area value displays; click Change to enter different print area parameters
Insert Sheet Border	Automatically inserts a sheet border
Insert Title Block	Select the title block to insert within the sheet border, or select None to leave out the title block; see Adding a Sheet Border
Insert Revision Block	Select to insert a revision history block within the sheet border; for more information, see Adding a Sheet Border
Insert Tolerance Block	Select to insert a tolerance specifications block within the sheet border (ASME title block required); for more information, see Editing a Tolerance Block
Insert Projection Block	Select to insert a projection block containing either a first angle or third angle projection symbol within the sheet border (ASME title block required)

The drawing setup parameters are saved with the file. Use the Object Info palette to make any changes to the sheet border once it has been placed in the drawing.

Project Setup for Mechanical Design

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