Want to undock DISCUS Bill of Characteristics (BOC) and place it on another screen?
At the bottom of the BoC, on the left, locate an icon to undock the BoC so that the drawing is on one screen and the BoC is on another screen.
Upload PDFs/Tiffs into the Document Queue for bulk auto ballooning processing
Click IDA® and Document Queue Manager, and then click the plus sign to upload documents. The drawings will be processed while you are on break, shipping a part, etc. Then you will have documents already [...]
Initiate the Document Queue for Intelligent Drawing Analysis (IDA®)
For bulk document processing, click Settings and Application Settings, then IDA Settings and then the sub menu, IDA® , Advanced Settings and click the checkboxes to enable the Queue!
Edit Multiple Bill of Characteristic (BoC) at once
Select items in the BoC that you would like to duplicate data, such as Designed Tooling, Comments, more. Right-click and select Edit Multiple Characteristics. The box that displays will allow you to assign items in [...]
Show Balloons While Ballooning.
Under Drawing and Snap Requirement Image Options, deselect the Hide Balloons which is the default.
Set up the Intelligent Drawing Analysis (IDA®) Queue.
To set up the IDA® processing of multiple drawings, click Settings and IDA Advanced and enable the queue. Then under IDA® and IDA® Document Queue Manager, click the plus sign to add documents for processing. [...]
Hide Columns in the Bill of Characteristics (BoC).
Click the 4th icon on the left in the BoC, Configure Columns to hide or show items to display in the BoC. You can do this for Requirements and/or Results tabs.
Need to update your Node Locked License to DISCUS 2024?
Download 2024 on the DISCUS website and after launch, access Free Trial Mode. Click Register and re enter your license key. Shut down and relaunch and you have DISCUS 2024!
Did you load you TDP and the drawing doesn’t display?
Click TDP and Bill of Document and then double-click the document name (it was only hidden) and it will refresh in the Drawing Panel.
Did you set your drawing to Period and not Comma?
Or to Comma and not Period and need to have it switched? No problem. Select all Characteristics in the Bill of Characteristics (BoC). Then right click on the drawing panel to access the Drawing Properties [...]
Need to remove the images from the FAI export?
Under BoC, click to Exclude Images and re-export the FAI. The images are removed and only the structured data retains.
Want to Add your FAIR to the TDP for export as a PDF?
Open the FAI as Excel and select all three tabs (Form 1, Form 2 and Form 3) and then click Save As PDF and the FAI will be a PDF. In DISCUS, navigate to this [...]
Want to Add a Cert to the Technical Data Package (TDP) for export?
After you have ballooned your print and ready for exporting this ballooned print, add the cert as a PDF or Tiff file but do not run IDA® on this document. Then click File and Export [...]
Need to assign a Bonus Tolerance?
No problem. On the results tab, double -click the characteristic number to display the Characteristics Properties. In this box, you will see a Bonus Tolerance field to enter the bonus tolerance value, and it is [...]
Need to modify a feature control frame in IDA®?
Mouse over the orange candidate box and reveal a GD&T Editor. Select, for example, true position, then reopen to select Diameter and enter the value, then enter A, B, C for the datums. All the [...]
Need to modify a characteristic candidate with IDA®?
If IDA® misrepresents a characteristic, simply mouse over the orange text box to reveal an edit box. You can enter, for example 1.24 R and click the check mark and the item will be a [...]
Want Training on the Latest Version?
Access www.discussoftware.com and click Resource Center and Training to view the classes. Click the link to the class you want, and you are registered, plus it’s FREE!
Want to View the Results in columns for Several Parts?
Enter the values as 1.24 1.25 with spaces, etc. Under File and Export to Excel, click the drop-down next to the first Browse and select Horizontal Results. When this opens, enable the macros and press [...]
Need to Enter Multiple Results?
Enter the value in DISCUS with a space, such as 1.24 1.22 etc.
Set Rev C in Part Accountability
After you download the latest version, click the Part Accountability tab in the BoC and you can click Rev B or Rev C to display the appropriate fields for that version.