Program description

Summary

midas Drafter is a program that provides 2D CAD drawings linked with 3D models of midas CIM based on 2D CAD functions. In CIM Mode, you can create or edit 2D CAD linked to CIM. In CAD Mode, you can freely work on CAD drawings using general 2D CAD functions. In CAD Mode, you can work by referring to the section created in CIM Mode, and if you maintain the reference state, the update of the CIM model is reflected and updated in CAD Mode.

Basic Concept

Drafter sets the drawings in the CIM library in advance and saves the drawings together in the CIM Library file to manage them. Drawing settings saved in the CIM library file are updated together when the CIM library is updated. In the CIM model, users can draw anywhere they want. When the CIM model is completed and the section to be drawn is cut, Drafter is connected to the CIM and executed, and a 2D CAD section is created.

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Interworking relationship between CIM and Drafter

Drafter can execute CIM files independently, but it must work in conjunction to receive the latest CIM model data. The process of extracting drawings from CIM generally proceeds in the following order.

Step1. Create the section to be drawn in CIM.

[Refer to Creating CIM Cut Section]

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Step2. When creating a section, either turn on Run Drafter or click the Drafter Run icon in CIM to run Drafter.

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Step3. Check if Drafter is working in conjunction with CIM.

If the icon at the top left of Drafter moves in rainbow color as shown in the picture below, it is linked with CIM.

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If Drafter is opened independently (not through CIM), the icon changes to white as shown in the figure below. In this state, it is not possible to update the latest CIM model.

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Step4. Double-click the name of the view created in CIM in Drafter's CIM Mode Tree to check the relevant section.