CHAPTER-1 Introduction to Drafting

• Model based drafting Vs Stand alone drafting
• NX Drafting methods and the master model workflow
• Drafting user interface and preferences

CHAPTER-2 Setting up and creating drawings

• Setting Drafting and PMI standard
• Creating a new drawing
• The no drawing state
• Borders, Zones and Title block

CHAPTER -3 Basic View creation

• View Creation Wizard
• Standard views
• Projected views
• Detail views
• View Break
• Part Navigator shortcut menu options

CHAPTER-4 Controlling the appearance of your drafting view

• Setting and changing the style of your view
• Change a view’s scale
• Change a drafting view’s angle
• Automatic Anchor Points
• Make a reference/active view
• Display hidden edges of overlapping solid bodies
• Display a referenced edge
• Simplify and hide small features
• Wireframe color from face
• General usage notes for shaded drafting views
• Create a shaded view
• Add partial shading to a drafting view
• Displaying threads in a drafting view
• Transfer view-dependent annotation from a model view to a drawing

CHAPTER-5 Drafting view fundamentals

• Drafting view labels
• Layer visibility in views
• Updating a drafting view
• Positioning and orienting a drafting view
• Adding PMI to your drawing
• Managing a view boundary
• Managing view dependent edits

CHAPTER-6 Section views and section lines

• Simple Section views
• Stepped Section views
• Half Section views
• Revolved Section views
• Folded Section views
• Unfolded Section views
• Oriented Section views
• Pictorial Section views
• Break-out Section views
• Section Line symbol
• Setting the style of your section line
• Editing the components of a section line

CHAPTER-7 Drafting annotation

• Controlling the appearance of your annotation
• Annotation placement
• Leader lines for annotation and symbols
• Editing drawing annotation
• Edit Text

CHAPTER-8 Drafting dimensions

• Dimension user interface
• Creating and editing dimension

CHAPTER-9 Geometric Dimension and Tolerance in Drafting

• Feature control frame
• Datum target
• Datum Feature symbol

CHAPTER-10 Assembly drawings

• Working with assembly drawings
• View update performance and efficiency
• Section Components in View
• Section view preferences
• Exploded views in drawings
• Tables and Parts Lists
• Ballon creation
• Working with large assembly drawings

CHAPTER-11 Custom Symbols

• Custom Symbol
• Smash Custom Symbol
• Define Custom Symbol
• Edit Custom Symbol
• Replace Custom Symbol

CHAPTER-12 Tracking drawing changes

• Track Drawing Changes
• Create persistent drawing comparison data
• Identify the impact of modeling changes on an existing drawing
• Create a log of drawing changes made during your NX session

CHAPTER-13 Drawing automation

• Drawing templates
• Mark as Template
• Adding attributes to drawing templates
• Template Region
• Adding objects to a region
• Automation Rules
• Annotate Views
• Distribute Annotations

CHAPTER-14 Misc.

• Placing Images on drawings
• Creating 2D curves in Drafting
• Copy/Cut and Paste in Drafting
• Copying Drawing Views to 3D