I-DEAS 9 2D Drawing Creation Problem
I-DEAS 9 2D Drawing Creation Problem
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We just upgraded from v7 to v9 and when I go to create a 2D drawing from my 3D assembly it creates a drawing of very poor quality. It breaks up a simple cylinder into a bunch of splines and just looks awful. Is there a setting for the 2D drawing creation? In v7, the 2D drawing was actually a 3D drawing to the effect that I was able to rotate the drawing and what not.
I also cannot open up a v7 drawing inside v9... Any suggestions?
Running this on an Octane 2.
Thanks
I also cannot open up a v7 drawing inside v9... Any suggestions?
Running this on an Octane 2.
Thanks





RE: I-DEAS 9 2D Drawing Creation Problem
After v8, drafting setup was dropped so you'd go straight to the 2D environment missing out the intermediary step.
If you've only created the drafting setups in v7 then I don't think you can open these in v9 but if you've created the detailing files then these should get migrated to Master Drafting files the first time they're opened in v9.
To get better quality lines in your views go to View Properties, go to HLP (Hidden Line Properties) in the centre bank of icons and change "Coarse Hidden" to "Precise Hidden". Then regenerate the view using the update icon.
RE: I-DEAS 9 2D Drawing Creation Problem
RE: I-DEAS 9 2D Drawing Creation Problem
For a new drawing set "precise hidden" as defoult.
RE: I-DEAS 9 2D Drawing Creation Problem
My regular practice is to convert ideas 2d drawings into ACAD readable *.dxf format.
But by using above mentioned options also many times i have found that i am getting some odd or corrupted geometry in Autocad drawings.
Why it is happening?
Is there any external translators avialble in market which are supporting to IDEAS? which will solve the problem.
regards,
jo'
RE: I-DEAS 9 2D Drawing Creation Problem
I'm not aware of any external translators that can translate Native I-DEAS data.