View status of Intelligent Drawing Analysis (IDA™) processing
To check on the status of Intelligent Drawing Analysis (IDA™) processing on your drawings, click IDA on the menu at the top, then Show IDA Status to view the status.
Product Accountability
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AS9102 Quality Management System
The quality assurance process for manufacturing requires attention to detail. First Article Inspection (FAI) is a leading process involving the inspection and testing of products in the early stages of production. The AS9100 quality management [...]
Manually Ballooning GD&T
Faster Manually Ballooning GD&T. No time delays!
Manually Ballooning Notes
No need to press the Shift key when ballooning a note.
Manual Ballooning Improvements
Better Ability to Manually Balloon. Switch to Notes for Notes and GD&T for dimensions.
Have a hand written print?
When you load these poorly displayed drawings, choose to not run IDA™ and manually balloon them as you normally would.
Find a missed characteristic
After you balloon, press CTRL and W and anything characteristics not in orange blocks per the Intelligent Drawing Analysis (IDA™) that display, you can manually balloon and renumber.
Dock or undock the Characteristics Properties
Open the Characteristic Properties and select the dock icon and this page will populate the right side of the DISCUS panel. Un dock to remove this from the right panel
Set up IDA™ Settings
Under Settings and IDA Settings, find a list of ideal settings from which to choose. For example, ignore references or not. Set to have them record actuals or not. Same for Basic Dimensions. Set to [...]
Capture Surface Roughness
Select a body of characteristics and then locate the surface roughness. Right-click and select Surface Roughness from the list.
Select a Body of Characteristics
For a faster method, click your selection tool and drag it around a body of characteristics. Select any single characteristic that is highlighted and right click. Select Convert to Characteristics and all characteristics selected will [...]
Define Characteristics with IDA™
Select the Balloon Icon and then double click an item highlighted in orange. The characteristic populates the Bill of Characteristics (BoC).
Initiate the Intelligent Drawing Analysis (IDA™) process
Add a drawing but do not select to populate all characteristics at this time option.
Want to remove items in the BoC?
Click the 4th icon on the Bill of Characteristics to remove from view any item, such as Production Equipment etc. and this “cleans up” your BOC.
Need a new Revision?
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 [...]
Need to remove a drawing?
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 [...]
Want to see missed characteristics?
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 [...]
Want to turn off the shading of captured requirements?
Under Drawing and Snap Requirement Image Options, deselect the Fill Snap Requirement.
Want to indicate a Key Characteristic on the Drawing?
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.