This section will guide you through connecting Drawing Navigator to the directories where your PDF drawings are located.
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Locate the directory where your drawings are located.
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Determine the naming structure of your drawings.
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In my example the drawings are named as <part number> _ <part revision>.pdf.
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Open Drawing Navigator.
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Click "Tools" in the menu bar.
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Click "Options".
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Click "File Locations".
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Paste or type the drawing directory into the "Drawing path:" text box.
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Alternately you can click the … button to the right of the Drawing Path box and select the directory.
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Add the template that describes how your PDF drawings are named.
- Use literal characters like underscore _ and also special tags <PN>.
- Make sure to include the file extension .pdf.
- Example: part number = 1234, revision = 0
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<PN> is the entire part number.
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Template: <PN>.pdf
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Matches: 1234.pdf
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<PN,start,length> is a portion of the part number.
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Template: <PN,0,2>.pdf
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Matches: 12.pdf
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<R> is the revision.
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Template: <PN>_<R>.pdf
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Matches: 1234_0.pdf
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<SKIP> will skip characters between other tags
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Template: <PN><SKIP>.pdf
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Matches: 1234P.pdf
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After your template is created click the Add button to insert it into the directory list.
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To delete a template location, select it in the directory list and then click the Delete button.
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To show the example part number below the drawing path box, select a template in the directory list and it will show up to help you check your template formatting.
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For an example I will use the example directory "C:\Users\Kyle\Desktop\drawings\".
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In this folder I have my test drawing named 1015_0.pdf.
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My template would be: C:\Users\Kyle\Desktop\drawings\<PN>_<R>.pdf
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Repeat the above steps for every directory where your drawings are located.
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Click the "OK" button at the bottom of the options screen.
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You have now successfully added your drawing directories.