This chapter tells you how to set up Drawlist Libraries (DLLB), each containing a group of Drawlists (IDLI; also known as ID Lists) which allow users to create lists of design elements to be drawn or sectioned. You can allocate DLLBs and IDLIs to design items according to design disciples, project areas, or any other classifications appropriate to your company’s working practices.
Each IDLI comprises a list of Design elements, in the usual format of an Add List and a Remove List, which can all be displayed in an area view simply by reference to the IDLI name.
Note: The DEPT Project_Libraries, supplied as part of the standard product, contains a LIBY named DRA/PRJ/DRAWLISTS, which holds sample drawlist libraries.
12.1 Entering Drawlist Library Administration Mode
From one of the DRAFT Administration menus, select Draft>Drawlist Libraries. The main menu will change to the DRAFT Drawlist Library Administration menu. The menu hierarchy is illustrated in DRAFT Administrator Menus. All menu selections specified in the remainder of this chapter refer to the Drawlist Library menu unless otherwise stated.
12.2 Creating a Drawlist Library
To create a new DLLB, proceed as follows:
1. Navigate to the appropriate LIBY level in the existing hierarchy or, if necessary, use Create>Library to add a new LIBY.
2. Select Create>Drawlist Library. It is recommended that you give the new DLLB a name to make its use as a Drawlist Library obvious to users and indicate the IDLI classifications that it is to contain.
12.3 Creating Drawlists
To create the first IDLI in a new DLLB, select Create>Drawlist and give the new IDLI a meaningful name.
To add another Drawlist to a DLLB that already has member IDLIs, select Modify>Drawlist Library. (You can, of course, do this even if the DLLB is empty, as an alternative to the method given in the preceding paragraph.)
In either case, you will be presented with a Drawlist Management form. This form is the same as that used to define local Drawlists. For more information, see the online help. The only difference is that as DRAFT Administrator you are creating Drawlists at Library level
Drawlist Library Administration
rather than at local user level. Only the basic principles of using the form will be repeated here, as a reminder.
The Drawlist Management form will be considered in two stages:
• The upper part of the form is concerned with the creation and deletion of IDLI elements within a DLLB. This part of the form is explained in the remainder of this section.
• The lower part of the form allows you to select elements from the Design DB for inclusion in the Add and Remove lists (ADDE and REME) of a specified IDLI. This part of the form is explained in Creating and Setting Up Tag Rules. The upper part of the Drawlist Management form appears like this:
Selecting a Drawlist Library
To specify the Drawlist Library whose member IDLIs you wish to modify, use the Drawlist Library option button. The list that is presented to you includes both DLLBs you have defined and standard DLLBs that were supplied as part of the product (as determined by the Drawlists Library Reference on the Draft Defaults form; see Setting the System Defaults).
Creating a Drawlist
To create a new (empty) IDLI, click the Create button and give the IDLI a name.
Creating a Copy of an Existing Drawlist
To create a new IDLI that has the same Add and Remove lists as an existing IDLI, click the Create Copy button, give the new IDLI a name, and use the displayed Copy Drawlist form to select the IDLI to be copied.
Deleting a Drawlist
To delete an IDLI from the current DLLB, highlight it in the displayed list and click the Delete button.
12.4 Defining Drawlist Members
The lower part of the Drawlist Management form contains the gadgets that you use to build up the Add and Remove lists owned by each Drawlist.
Drawlist Library Administration
The usual principles apply; that is, you select items from the Reference List Members list and copy them into the Drawlist Members list by using the Add, Remove or Volume Defined buttons.
The Drawlist Members list shows all elements in both the Add List and the Remove list, the element names being qualified by ‘Add’ or ‘Remove’ to show their status.
Identifying Design Elements
The Reference List Members list can show either the Design DB elements or other existing Drawlists. The former allows you to pick design elements explicitly; the latter allows you to identify design elements by their presence in other Drawlists. Use the Design Members/
Drawlists drop-down list to choose which list is to be displayed.
Specifying Design Elements within a 3D Limits Box
To add elements within a given design volume to the Drawlist, click the Volume Defined button. All significant elements positioned partly or wholly within the current limits box will be added to the Drawlist. If no limits box is currently defined, you will be presented with a Drawlist Limits form on which you can enter coordinates of two opposing corners of the required volume.
Deleting an Entry from the Drawlist Members List
To delete an entry from the Drawlist, highlight the relevant line in the Drawlist Members list and click the Delete Entry button. The selected line may be either an Add entry or a Remove entry.