IronCAD Bulk drawing creation tool allows users to create many drawings from only a few clicks quickly.  This tool takes drawing templates that users have already created and attaches views, dimensions, BOM’s, and other settings to generate drawings automatically.

The user can choose exactly which parts will get their drawings and whether they want to include assembly drawings as well. This tool is customizable to meet any companies demands. Find an .icd file that you have completed, and that you would like to use to create future drawings as the basis for the template. Ensure that the view position, orientation, BOM location, logos, styles, and dimensions are all in the set correctly and in the right positions. You can then save the file into the Bulk drawing creation folder (C:\Program Files\IronCAD\2020\AppData\en-us\Template\Drawing) (Note: Starting in IronCAD 2020 PU1, the Bulk drawing template location has been changed to C:\Users\bstaff.IRONCAD\AppData\Roaming\IronCAD\IRONCAD\22.0\en-us\Template\Drawing\Bulk, ensure that you save withing one of the folders inside that location) which will allow you to select the file within the tool.

Use the Bulk drawing creation tool inside of IronCAD to select your template file after finishing modeling your part(s). Remember that you can choose a different file for each of the various configurations or parts/assemblies. You can also select a template and use it as a default if you would like to select multiple files with the same template as well. Upon creation, the Bulk drawing views are then free to customize, and you can switch sheets at the bottom of the screen. Below is a sample process of the Bulk View Creation.

CAXA Draft also offers this functionality, but the process to use it is slightly different. You will want to create a template file by creating a drawing of a part, then use the Save as function, Choose the drop-down option that says CAXA CAD 2018 Template. After saving the file, go ahead and close the template file.  You will be moving the location of that template file to C:\Program Files\IronCAD\2020\bin\CAXADraft\Template\en-US\
(You can create a custom bulk drawing folder in that location, or you can use an existing folder under en-US, you will need to save your file inside a folder under that path)

Now that you have saved a Bulk template, you can now use the Bulk Drawing creation tool with CAXA. Proceed to activate the Bulk drawing tool, and look for the checkbox that says: Use CAXA Draft. Select that option, and you should see that the templates have been replaced in the table above. You can then assign your templates to be used in your drawings the same way that we did before.