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How to Add Example Pictures to the Quick Documents Menu FAQ

Question:

How are example or preview pictures added to User Customized Drawing Styles and BOM Templates in the Quick Documents Menu?

Answer :

The Quick Documents menu allows users to use Drawing Styles, Drawing Processes and BOM Templates from a filtered list. Drawing Styles and BOM Templates are also

accommodated by Example or Preview Pictures in the Quick Documents menu, making identifying them and differentiating them much easier.

Example Pictures can be assigned to User Drawing Styles and BOM Templates in the Quick Documents menu as seen below.

To add an Example or Preview Picture to the Quick Documents menu, an example drawing

needs to be generated in Advance Steel using the relevant Drawing Style as seen below.

Example Pictures then need to be exported to a “Windows Meta File” (*.wmf) format so

that they can be read by the Quick Documents menu. Click on the Graitec “Beach Ball” and hover over the “File” option. Click on “Export to a File” as seen below.

Change the “Save as Type” option to Windows Meta File (*.wmf) and assign a name to the

Windows Meta File that will allow you to differentiate and identify it from other Example Pictures as seen below. Save the Windows Meta File to the following location.

C:\ProgramData\Graitec\Advance Steel\2013\Shared\Support\QuickDocuments\Details

Once saved correctly, open the “Gratiec Advance Manager” from the “Manage” ribbon in

Advance Steel as seen below.

In the Advance Manager click on the “Settings” tab and click on the “Table Editor” option as seen below.

To access the database entries for User Defined Drawing Styles, external databases need

to be loaded into the Table Editor. Click on the “Open Database” command as seen below.

Browse to the following location and click on open the “AstorAddin.mdb” database as seen below.

In the Table Editor expand the AstorAddIn.mdb menu and click on the “DetailMasterTable”

table. Scroll down until the User Drawing Style is located and across until you find the corresponding “ExamplePicture” entry. Type in the exact name of the saved Windows Meta

File without the file extension (*.wmf) and press “Enter” to accept changes as seen below.

Back in the Advance Steel “Manage” ribbon click on the “Update Defaults” command to

reload the updated Databases as seen below.

Click on the “Quick Documents” command in the “Output” ribbon to review changes as

seen below.

When the configured User Defined Drawing Style is selected, the exported Example Picture file will now be previewed, giving a User an indication of what the Detail will look like once

generated.

The BOM Templates can also be assigned an Example Picture in the Quick Documents

menu, however the process, although similar, is slightly different. Generate a BOM using the relevant BOM Template and click on the “Save” button as seen below.

Save the BOM giving it a name that will allow a User to differentiate and identify it from

other BOM Example Pictures as seen below. Ensure that this file is saved in the native Advance Steel BOM (*.rdf) format.

C:\ProgramData\Graitec\Advance Steel\2013\Shared\Support\QuickDocuments\Bom

Once saved correctly, again open the “Gratiec Advance Manager” from the “Manage” ribbon in Advance Steel as seen below.

In the Advance Manager click on the “Settings” tab and click on the “Table Editor” option

as seen below.

To access the database entries for User Defined BOM, external databases need to be

loaded into the Table Editor. Click on the “Open Database” command as seen below.

Browse to the following location and click on open the “AstorAddin.mdb” database as seen

below.

In the Table Editor expand the AstorAddIn.mdb menu and click on the “ReportTemplates”

table. Scroll down until the User BOM Template is located and across until you find the corresponding “ExamplePicture” entry. Type in the exact name of the saved BOM without the file extension (*.rdf) and press “Enter” to accept changes as seen below.

Back in the Advance Steel “Manage” ribbon click on the “Update Defaults” command to

reload the updated Databases as seen below.

Click on the “Quick Documents” command in the “Output” ribbon to review changes as seen below.

When the configured User Defined BOM is selected, the save Example Picture (BOM) file

will now be previewed, giving a User an indication of what the BOM will look like once generated.

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