Overview

Because all geometry is placed at full-size in your design models, either of two methods may be used to compose drawings in a Sheet model. That is, you have two choices for “fitting” your geometry to the space allowed by your drawing sheet. You can:

• Scale up the border to fit around your full-size geometry.

• Draw the border at full-size, then scale down your design geometry to fit inside the border.

Both methods have their pros and cons, and either system may be used successfully.

No matter which method you employ, creating a Sheet model for printing as a drawing, typically involves working with the following components:

• Design model(s) — where the design geometry is created

• Saved views — Used to set up views required for the drawing.

• Border model — Contains the border and title block for plotted output.

• Sheet model — The electronic drawing sheet.

Another common usage of references is in the creation of design compositions, which are used by engineers and other technical professionals to communicate through the visual content of their designs. Whereas a drawing is composed in a sheet model, a design composition typically is contained in a design model. For more information about models, see Models. For more information about design compositions, see Using References.