Cad drawings option to set default drawing features
Use these to change basic features of the print layout.
● Select: File - Drawing properties
Drawing extents - extent of drawing and border
Example: - for millimetres the following drawing extent represents a rectangle of 1000mm x 800mm.
LEFT 0
RIGHT 1000
BOTTOM 0
TOP 800
Note - drawing is always automatically sized to fit the screen area or the printed area available. Printed area depends on page size and orientation.
Grid values - for grid spacing at different resolutions. Use the same units as the drawing extent.
Example: following values represent a grid spacing of 50mm, 25mm, and 10mm (for millimetres):_
50
25
10
Page setup - set the printer and page orientation. Select the printer type from the Combo box. The other options are:-
- Portrait
- Landscape
The initial values are set when a Drawing template is created in the Drawing library.
Drawings extents and Page setup - page orientation affects Right and Top drawing extents. The overall size of the layout is not changed.
Page setup options can also be changed on printing via the 'Print dialog'.
