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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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