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# Drawings
Vectorized CAD drawings can be generated from model views using reusable drawing generation presets.
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Drawings are available when your organization has the Drawings add-on.
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## Creating a drawing
Before creating a drawing, open a model and use the *Views* list in the [Pinned Panel](/documentation/qonic-application/querying-and-reporting/pinned-panel.md) to define one or more views of your model(s). Once the view is created and these model changes have been published, you can generate 2D vectorized drawings from these views. To generate the drawings, click *Generate drawings* in the Drawings tab. To generate drawings, you need at least the status of **Editor** in this project.
This opens the *Drawing Generation* dialog, with a list of all views you can generate drawings for. Use the search field to find a view, and group the views by label or model name. Select the views you want to generate drawings for.
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A view in the 3D model will only show up in this list if it contains a **section box**. This is required because the generator needs to know the direction and the depth of the view.
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At the top of the dialog, choose the *Drawing Generation Preset* to use. A preset defines what your drawings look like: which elements are drawn, how they are styled, and which dimensions, tags and other annotations are added. Every project has a *Default* preset, and you can create your own presets. Read more in the article on [Drawing Presets](/documentation/qonic-dashboard/drawings/drawing-presets.md).
Click *Generate drawing* in the bottom-right corner of the dialog to start the drawing generation process. One drawing is created for each selected view, named after the view.
## Managing drawings
Once you have created a set of drawings, they will appear in the drawings tab. To create more drawings, click *Generate drawings* (1). The top right-corner contains some options to sort or filter your drawings, or to switch to a list view (2).
With a drawing selected, you have the option to:
* Open the drawing (3),
* Update the drawing (4). This will always reference the **last public version** of the models used in the drawing, and uses the same settings the drawing was created with. A drawing whose source view was removed from the project can no longer be updated,
* Delete the drawing (5),
* Export the drawing to .dwg (6).
## Modifying a drawing
Open a drawing by double-clicking it. This opens the drawing in a new tab in the user interface as outlined below. You will find a drawing picker in the top-left corner to easily switch between drawings (1). In the top-right corner you will find undo and redo actions (2), as well as a button to display the [Inspect Panel](/documentation/qonic-application/querying-and-reporting/inspect-panel.md), showing the properties and attributes of your current selection (3).
The bottom right corner displays the help center with options to contact support or report a bug.
The bottom toolbar displays a basic set of functions to further annotate or alter your drawing:
* Pan mode (5)
* Zoom to Fit (6)
* Add dimensions (7)
* Add text (8)
* Delete objects (9)
* Enable/disable Ortho mode (10)
* Enable/disable snapping (11)
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Note that drawings in Qonic are always **output from the 3D model**. This means that modifying the drawing (e.g. deleting a wall) will **not** result in this wall being deleted from the 3D model.
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Changes made to the drawings are automatically saved and visible to other project members.
