DISCUS Software Tips

Right-click on the drawing and click Set Sheet Number. Enter the page you want such as 1 and that will be recorded as sheet 1 in your export.

If you have a multiple page drawing, load the drawing and indicate what pages you want processes, such as 3-6, 7 and only those pages will be processed for ballooning.

When you add the drawing, a new feature for DISCUS 2024 U1, you can click on the function to exclude areas that will not be processed. Simply drag the rectangle around any section not to [...]

Under Settings | Application Settings | IDA® Settings, click the middle radio button to create a Note for the Flag note.

Under Settings | Application Settings | IDA® Settings navigate to the bottom of the page for balloon sequencing options: click bottom to top or top to bottom, depending upon the sequence of the notes.

Under Settings, click Net-inspect validation and then when you edit the specification on the Process tab in the Bill of Characteristics , you can click on the drop-down to select either Material or Process. When [...]

Under Settings and IDA Settings and Advanced IDA Settings, select all options to enable the queue. The ability to load many documents to process is found under the IDA menu and IDA Document Queue Management.

Use these simple settings: Under TDP and Snap Requirements options, remove all check marks.

There are 4 criteria. 1. Save as CSV. 2 Data in columns 3. There is a column header (any order). 4. Columns are: Char number, Nominal, Upper Tolerance, Lower Tolerance and Measured. Out of Tolerance [...]

In Settings and Application settings and Balloon Properties, scroll down to the bottom and click to include auto leader lines. When you balloon the data the leader lines will be automatically applied.

Locate the item to copy for copying the data. Right-click and select copy. Navigate where you want this copy to be placed on the drawing as a new balloon number. Right-click and paste as new [...]

Locate the item to copy for duplicate balloons on the drawing. Right-click and select copy. Navigate where you want this same balloon number to be on the print. Right-click and paste as duplicate. In the [...]

Under Settings and Application Settings and IDA® Settings, select the middle option to create a flag note and a note. When you balloon that flag note with IDA®, a flag note shape will display on [...]

Under Settings and Balloon Properties, scroll to the bottom to check create auto leader lines.

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.

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 [...]

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!

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 [...]

Under Drawing and Snap Requirement Image Options, deselect the Hide Balloons which is the default.

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. [...]