Documentation automation
Details
Manage point details through one connected workflow instead of handling markers, detail views, sheet placement, and detail annotation as separate manual tasks.
Comparison video
From fragmented detail drafting to one connected production workflow
Show markers being placed, detail views and sheets being generated, linked details being annotated automatically, and the detail set staying coordinated through one managed workflow.
Manual workflow
Powertools workflow
Without Powertools, point details are usually produced through disconnected steps.
Powertools starts from detail markers in elevation views and keeps the workflow connected.
Sheets are created manually, and each detail view has to be placed onto the sheet by hand.
When the detail is first generated, Powertools automatically creates the sheet and places the view in the same position every time.
The crop region lands in an arbitrary position each time, depending on the grid and level inside the detail.
Powertools creates the crop region consistently from the grid and level logic.
In an elevation, details created from other elevations can also remain visible.
Powertools only shows the detail item marker family instances created in that active view.
Manual detail creation produces inconsistent crop-region width and height from detail to detail.
Powertools gives crop regions consistent width and height based on whether the detail is landscape or portrait.
Manual annotation has no consistent rule set, so the result changes depending on the person creating the detail.
Powertools applies automatic annotation with the same rule set every time.