Drawing Settings

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Drawing settings define settings across the drawing. These settings allow user access to common properties for drawing.

 

Drawing settings consists of the following data:

Field Name

Data Type

Description

Active Layout

Menu

Allows user to select and activate a layout from a list.

Display Lineweight

Boolean

When checked (true) draws all lines with actual lineweights specified in their lineweight properties, otherwise it shows all lines as the default lineweight.

Background Color

Color

Background color for Layouts.

Save preview

Boolean

If checked (true), saves the preview along with drawing file. Saving preview allows user to see snap shot of file before actually opening it.

Units

Menu

Allows user to select the default type of units for this drawing. All measurements are derived from drawing's unit.

Active Unit Family

Menu

Allows user to select from available unit families for this drawing. When using unit conversion feature for all Scientific data, it uses active unit family to show next conversion. Also the Dynamic Grid draws its multiple levels of grid structure based on the units in this family.

Filename

File Selection

The filename and directory path for the current drawing.

Title

Text

Title name for this drawing.

Subject

Text

Subject for this drawing.

Comments

Text

Any comments or description for this drawing.

Author

Text

Name of author for this drawing.

Revision Number

Text

Revision number for this drawing.

Saved Via

Text

Name of application that last saved this drawing.

 

 

The above properties are shown in the Drawing Property Tree.

 

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