Want to identify a flag note and have that flag information repeated at the location of the flat note?
Under Settings | Application Settings | IDA® Settings, click the middle radio button to create a Note for the Flag note.
Need to group Notes and have the proper balloon sequence?
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.
Need to separate the Material and Process Specs in Net-inspect?
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 [...]
Want to enable the IDA Document Queue?
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.
Balloons Disappear when ballooning and then return?
Use these simple settings: Under TDP and Snap Requirements options, remove all check marks.
What are the best output options from your CMM to load to DISCUS?
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 [...]
Want your balloons to have auto leader lines?
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.
Need copy balloon data to show in the Bill of Characteristics (BoC) as a new balloon number?
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 [...]
Need to have the same balloon number on the drawing?
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 [...]
Want to repeat the Flag note at the place where the flag note is indicated on the drawing?
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 [...]
Create Automatic Leader Lines?
Under Settings and Balloon Properties, scroll to the bottom to check create auto leader lines.
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.