The button bar area is a button bar that provides common options for Engineering Drawing Services.

These options are detailed in the following paragraphs:

· Home Page	· Print
· Restart Application	· Download
· |< (Go First)	· Full Screen
· < (Go Back)	· RFI
· > (Go Forward)	· Online Help
· >| (Go Last)

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button bar

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This option enables to exit the Engineering Drawings service and to return to home page.

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This option reloads the Engineering Service home page (selection of the drawing family).

You are prompted to confirm your decision.

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When displaying the graphic sheets, this option offers the possibility to display the first sheet of the currently selected drawing.

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When displaying the graphic sheets, this option offers the possibility to display the previous sheet of the currently selected drawing.

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When displaying the graphic sheets, this option offers the possibility to display the following sheet of the currently selected drawing.

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When displaying the graphic sheets, this option offers the possibility to display the last sheet of the currently selected drawing.

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This action allows to print the entire drawing set or a part of it.

A date stamp is added to Drawing Pictures when they are printed.

PDF files are produced to see Pictures, Parts List, Parts Usage or TEI.
From PDF document it is possible to select the desired printer.

This option is only available if you are viewing an element of the drawing set (Pictures, Parts List, Parts Usage or TEI).

The Mechanical drawing set is composed of the drawing pictures, the Parts List and the Parts Usage.

The Tool drawing set is composed of the drawing pictures and the TEI. The Parts Lists are included in the drawing pictures.

The Repair drawing set is composed of the drawing pictures. The Parts Lists are included in the drawing pictures.

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Mechanical Print

Print drawing set window

Tool Print

Print drawing set window

Repair Print

Print drawing set window

Once element(s) of the drawing set is generated on server, a new window appears to offer you the possibility to download the PDF documentation.

So you can get one document or the whole by clicking on button "Download all these documents".

Then you can print locally these documents, by using your windows environment and printers.

Document selection window

Download Drawing Set

When you access a drawing, you can download a data package concerning this drawing information.

The download action is made in two steps:

• Register the demand package by using the download option on the button bar.
• Download the data by using the download option on the query panel.

Register the download data package

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Button bar - Download option

When you access a drawing, you can download a data package concerning this drawing information (graphic sheets, Parts List and Parts Usage or TEI). This option is available when you are viewing a drawing or when a list of drawings is displayed.

For the Mechanical Family, the Documents that can be downloaded are : Pictures, Parts List and Parts Usage related to a selected aircraft family.

For the Tool Family, the Documents that can be downloaded are : Pictures, Parts List and TEI related to a selected aircraft family.

For the Repair Family, the Documents that can be downloaded are : Pictures and parts List related to the selected aircraft family.

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Mechanical drawing download

Mechanical Drawing download window

Tool drawing download

Tool Drawing download window

Repair drawing download

Repair Drawing download window

When the data package is registered, you can click on the "close " option to return to Engineering Drawings.

Note: a data package number is given to your demand.

When you validate your choice, the Engineering Drawings system begins to process your request in background (batch function).

Download the data package

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When you ask for the status of your data packages a list is displayed. For each data package a status is viewed (in progress, available or not available).

When the data package is available an option (Download) offers you the possibility to copy its content on your PC.

Mechanical data package:

Download control area

You can select the download option to transfer a data package extracted by Engineering Drawings on your computer.

You have to select the "delete option" to cancel a data package that you do not use anymore.
By default and after a certain amount of time, Engineering Drawings automatically cancels the oldest data packages.

Tool data package:

Repair data package:

Remarks:

• You need to have the "WINZIP" tool on your PC to locally display the PDF items of your data packages.
• A disk quota is reserved for each customer to store the requested data packages. If you reach your space quota, you should remove old data packages before asking for new ones. A message informs you that you have reached the limit of your quota space.
• Data packages are not automatically updated. If you want to get the last drawing information, you should request a new data package for that drawing (and to cancel previous one if you have any).

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This option allows to display the current data area in a full screen window.

To exit from this full screen mode and to display the previous standard size screen click on the "Back" button.

Request For Information

This option offers the possibility to send a request for information (RFI) to Airbus.

The is made into two steps:

• Send the RFI
• RFI Status

Send The RFI

Principle

In the generic button bar an option "RFI" offers you the possibility to send request for a specific issue.

The RFI option displays a ‘Request For Information’ popup window that offers the possibility to send requests or comments to Airbus.

 

	RFI window

•   Scope

By clicking on the RFI button, a window is displayed:

• Click on the option to define the type of RFI that you want to send:
• Drawing: This type should be used for a request that concerns a particular drawing
• Sheet: This type should be used for a request concerning a particular sheet of a drawing
• Others: This type concerns a request about general information concerning the Engineering Drawing on-line service.
• For Drawing type or for Sheet type:
• Enter the concerned drawing number or confirm it: By default this field is set to the current drawing number. For the Tool family, you can also enter the FSCM code.



• Enter or confirm the concerned sheet number and sheet issue: By default these fields are set to the current sheet number and issue displayed.
• Enter the text of your request in the input text area
• Click on the OK option to send your request.
• A status message informs you about the dispatching of your request.

Note: Please, try to be as precise as possible in your query or comments. If you have comments on two drawings or two sheets, please send two RFI, one for each drawing or one for each sheet.

RFI Status Option

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In the main Menu the ‘RFI Status’ option offers the possibility to display the list of your RFI as shown in the example below:
 

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Mechanical Query Main Area	Tool Query Main Area		Repair Query Main Area

	RFI List

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This action displays the Engineering Drawings Contextual On-line Help.

When you click on this button, the displayed help is related to the information viewed in the main area.

For example, if a parts list is displayed, you obtain help about the parts list.

Button bar - on-line help option

The online help window is composed of two parts:

• The index which is always visible
• The contextual help text

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