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Go to the menu TDP and New Drawing Revision. Click to replace the drawing (warning, do not lock the characteristics as this disables renumbering). Click to view the changes and then replace. All the previously [...]

Go to the menu item TDP and Bill of Documents. If the drawing has characteristics, delete them first in the Bill of Characteristics (BoC). Then you can select the drawing and click the Trash can [...]

Press CTRL and W to perform a virtual white out which will display any missed characteristics. Then balloon all you missed and renumber via the Characteristics Properties, by entering the new balloon number in the [...]

Under Drawing and Snap Requirement Image Options, deselect the Fill Snap Requirement.

Under Settings and Balloon Properties, click the check box for indicating a Key and enter a value, such as CTQ. Then be sure to select Key for any applicable characteristic in the Bill of Characteristics.

Find your License information via Settings and License. This is helpful when needing DISCUS Support assistance.

Modify Net-inspect Export via Settings and Net-inspect Export and identify what added columns you want/need.

Modify your backup files via Settings and Backup/AutoSave. Indicate how often and how many backups you want.

Click the 4th icon on the left of the BoC, Configure Columns, to hide or show more fields in the BoC.

Under TDP and TDP Properties, select the UOM drop down to English or Metric. Do this before ballooning!

Select the items in the BoC and then right click and select Edit Multiple Characteristics. Click the checkbox next to the item you want to enter for these characteristics, such as a comment, no deburr [...]

Optimize Auto Ballooning Settings by Entering Character Width and Length as 120 and DPI as 400.