Drawing Settings define settings for overall drawing. These settings allow user access to common properties for drawing.
In , Drawing Settings consists of the following data:
Field Name
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Data Type
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Description
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Active Layout
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Multiple option combo box.
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Allows user to select from available Layout list and make it active.
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Display Lineweight
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Boolean
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When checked(true) draws all lines with actual lineweights specified as lineweight properties, otherwise it shows all lines with default lineweight.
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Background Color
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Color
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Background color for Layouts.
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Save preview
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Boolean
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If checked(true) saves the preview along with drawing file. Saving preview allows user to see snap shot of file before actually opening it.
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Units
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Multiple option combo box.
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Allows user to select from available units and make it default unit for this drawing. All measurements are derived from drawing's unit.
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Active Unit Family
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Multiple option combo box.
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Allows user to select from available unit families and make it active unit family for this drawing. When using unit conversion feature for all Scientific data, it uses active unit family to show next conversion.
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Filename
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File Selection
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Filename to save the current drawing file.
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Title
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Text
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Title name for this drawing
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Subject
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Text
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Subject for this drawing
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Comments
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Text
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Any comments or description for this drawing
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Author
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Text
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Name of author for this drawing
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Revision Number
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Text
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Revision number for this drawing
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Saved Via
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Text
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Name of application that last saved this drawing
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In the above properties are shown in the Drawing Property Tree.
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