drawing.dtl file

[breiter]

Sort of asking the same question on a previous post... I want to read a custom .dtl file everytime a new drawing is created. I cannot find a reference to any .dtl file in my config.pro file. How might this .dtl file be hidden inside my config file?

A simple question probably with a simple solution?

Thanks

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[davehaigh]

You need the config option:
drawing_setup_file P:\dtl\de_inch.dtl <-- this is the full path to the .dtl file

David Haigh
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[breiter]

All,

"drawing_setup_file" was the answer

Thanks again

[brianlynn]

I was under the impression that drawing_setup_file option only reads in
the .dtl file the first time the document is created not every time it is
opened.

Brian S. Lynn
Technical Coordinator, Product Engineering

[bnoll]

From the help within Pro/E...


About Drawing Setup File Options

While configuration file options control the design environment for
parts and assemblies, drawing setup file options add additional controls
to the detailing environment. The drawing setup file options determine
characteristics like the height of dimension and note text, text
orientation, geometric tolerance standards, font properties, drafting
standards, and arrow lengths.

Default values are provided for the drawing setup file options, but you
can customize and save various versions for use in other drawings. The
file that you specify in the drawing_setup_file configuration option
establishes the default drawing setup options for any drawing that you
create during a Pro/ENGINEER session. If you do not set this option,
Pro/ENGINEER uses the default drawing setup file option values. You can
retrieve the following sample drawing setup files from the
<loadpoint text="> directory with the following names:

*

iso.dtl ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

*

jis.dtl JIS (Japanese Institute of Standards)

*

din.dtl DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung / German Institute for
Standardization)

Pro/ENGINEER saves the drawing setup file options settings with each
individual drawing file. Pro/ENGINEER saves the values in a setup file
named <filename>.dtl. The location of this file is determined by the
pro_dtl_setup_dir configuration file option. You can specify the
complete path to the directory that contains your drawing setup files.
If you do not specify the pathname using this configuration file option,
Pro/ENGINEER brings you into the default setup directory.

*Note*:

*

If a drawing setup file option is set to default, and if a
configuration file option exists with the same name the drawing
setup file option refers to the configuration setting. If you set
the drawing setup option to something other than default, the
configuration option setting is overwritten within the drawing
environment only.

*

The environment settings supersede configuration file settings
(Tools > Environment). Therefore, if you seldom use a particular
command, such as the drawing grid, you could use the configuration
file option to keep it cleared and then set the environment as
needed.

*

The Detailed Drawings Help lists all the drawing setup file
options in alphabetical order. Each topic contains the following
information:

o

Drawing setup file option name.

o

Brief description and notes describing the drawing setup
file option.

o

Default and available variables or values. All default
values are followed by an asterisk (*).

See Also

To Customize the Drawing Setup File Options <dso_customize.htm>

To Retrieve an Existing Drawing Setup File <dso_retrieve_existing.htm>



Regards,

Brian S. Noll
Sr. Engineer/Technologist, Design Services, IT
Johnson Controls, Inc. <http:%5c%5cwww.johnsoncontrols.com%5c>
Tel: 717.771.7587
Fax: 717.771.7270
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Brian Lynn wrote:
>
> I was under the impression that drawing_setup_file option only reads
> in the .dtl file the first time the document is created _not_ every
> time it is opened.
>
> Brian S. Lynn
> Technical Coordinator, Product Engineering