A4 layout: start a new drawing . select the format tab and check the specify format option and select ISO-A4 . select the scale tab and set the scale 1:1 . select the drawing standard tab and from the predefined standards drop down list select BS308 . the given BS308 standard has been superseded by BS8888 and needs some correction . select modify

note: some network settings do not access the predefined standards . the standard will need to be made . use modify to set the standards and then save the standard as BS8888

select the number tab and check decimal places are set to 2 and units to millimetres and select suppress trailing zeros . select the text tab and set the text height to 2 . select the terminators tab and set type to dimension arrow and style to filled and length to 3 and width to 1.5 . select the placement tab and check the above level and along line orientation are checked . and select OK

select the rectangle tool and sketch a rectangle from coordinates 10,10 to the top right corner . use toggle fix lines to fix the left and bottom line of the rectangle . drag the top line to X200 and fix . zoom in on the right line and set to Y287

to access zoom use the space bar to put the drawing into manipulate mode and the ctrl key with the mouse to zoom and the shift key with the mouse to pan (prodesktop 8 does not have this shortcut) or use shift+Z to zoom and shift+A to autoscale

use the line tool to draw a horizontal line from 10,35 to 287,35 . and fix . use the line tool to section the title block (do not fix these lines . they can be moved later if necessary)

select the text note tool and click and drag to set up a text note . double click on the text and enter the text (use single line or multi-line as necessary) . select the text tab and set the height

text should be in uppercase (apart from the unit in ALL DIMENSIONS IN mm) . text is set to 2mm and thin on an A4 layout . the exception is the EXAM BOARD . set this to 3.5mm and thick

drag the text into position using the select annotations tool and delete the leaders

right click on drawing in the drawings browser and select new sketch . zoom in on the title block and use the drawing tool to draw the finish and the orthographic symbols . the centre lines for the orthographic symbol are made from drawing a series of lines . save the drawing layout as A4layout

there are two ways of using the orthographic layout . open the layout and save copy as to make a copy . open the copy and use it for the orthographic drawing or...

in the new drawing dialogue box select use exisiting format and select browse and open the layout . using existing format has some constraints . it is not possible to save a drawing that uses existing format across drives . and lines and text on the layout cannot be edited

printing: the line thickness for printing A4 needs to be editied . select tools / options and make the standard line width 0.2mm . select file / print setup and select landscape and OK . select file / print and select the print truscale option and cancel (selecting OK will print . selecting cancel will save the setting without printing) and select file / print preview and check the drawing

note: a deskjet printer will not print the border line on Y287 . it will need to be moved to Y285 to fit the print . printing from print preview can be tricky . close print preview and print from the print command . prodesktop will revert to the default print contents of window if changes are made prior to printing

A3 layout: the border needs to be drawn from 10,10 with the right hand edge at Y410 and the top edge at X287