# Drawing

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<img src="./media/Drawings_image56.jpg" width="44" height="44">

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UDiTH can automatically create a technical **Drawing** from the 3D model.

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## Create Drawing

1. Select an object.

2. Go to the **Files** tab and select **Drawing** from the **Add** drop-down menu.

<img src="./media/FilesAddDrawing.png" width="250">

3. The name you define for the drawing, for example `DrawingXYZ`, is displayed within the drawing if a text field in the drawing border file (`.svg`) is marked as `###DRAWINGNAME###`.

4. After choosing the name, select the template you want to use. The list shows all templates defined in `drawingtemplates.json`.

<img src="./media/Drawing.png" width="255" height="">

* If the **volume clipping tool** is used, the drawing creation process takes the clipping into account and draws only the parts inside the specified volume.

* You can create a drawing of the selected 3D objects only by using the **Draw selected objects only** checkbox.

* The **Use colours** checkbox draws the objects using the same colours as in the 3D model instead of creating them in black and white.

The images below show an example of an isometric drawing created in the UDiTH Demoplant using **volume clipping** and the **Draw selected objects only** option.

<img src="./media/Drawings_image240.png" width="300" height="348">
<img src="./media/Drawings_image241.png" width="450" height="321">

## Viewing the Drawing

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<img src="./media/Drawings_image26.png" width="44" height="44">

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Drawings can be opened by clicking the **Open** button next to the drawing in the **Files** tab.

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## Saving the Drawing
**(licence for SimpleDrawingModule is needed)**

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<img src="./media/ButtonSave.png" width="44" height="44">

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To **save** any work on drawings, a licence is required. Drawings can be saved as **.svg**, **.pdf**, **.acad.pdf**, and **.png** files.

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> `*.acad.pdf` files are the recommended file type for AutoCAD imports if standard `*.pdf` files do not produce satisfactory results.