Device Projection Style

THE Device Projection Style apply to projections of devices:

A projection is generated by making a cutting plane on the composite solid (when the device exposes more than one solid, they are merged, generating only one composite solid). This plan will be the one that represents the Section View or Profile View where the device is being designed

These styles have the following properties:

• Identification
  • Name - name of the style
    It is recommended to give names that associate with the type or subtype of the device, in case of using a different style for each type/subtype
    Avoid names that are too long, or that contain the following characters: '*', '>', '<', '/', '\', '"', ':', ';', '|', '=', '`', '#', ',', '?'
  • Description - description of the style
    Use in case you need to "explain" the use of the style in your template
• Hatching
  • Hatch Pattern - name of the hatch pattern
  • Scale - hatch drawing scale
  • Hatch Rotation - rotation about the X axis for the hatch pattern

The device projection style contains the following basic components, which appear in the Components frame:

• Solid - settings for drawing device solid
• Outer Contour - settings for drawing the outer contour
• Centerlines - settings for drawing the centerlines
• Inner Lines - settings for drawing the inner lines
• External Lines - settings for drawing external lines
• Hatch - settings for drawing section plane hatches

In the Components frame, configure the columns for each device component:

• Name - component name
• Layer - layer on which the component should be drawn in the model space
• Visible Object - indicates whether the component should be drawn or not
  Note: this is different from turning the layer on/off. The component will or will not be part of the device definition
• Color - color in which the component will be drawn
• Material - material to be applied to the component when it is rendered
• Description - description associated with the component
  Use to give context

To edit the color, line style, etc, click the right mouse button on the cell and to rename the layer, click the cell's name and edit your content. Observe the norms for naming AutoCAD layers, avoiding the use of invalid characters.