Use the Automatic Border tool to control the zones and borders of a drawing sheet.
To display the Automatic Border PropertyManager:
- In a drawing, click Edit Sheet Format
(Sheet Format toolbar).
- Click Automatic Border
(Sheet Format toolbar).
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Use this page to delete sketch entities and annotations from the sheet format. For example, you can delete existing format entities before
creating a new smart border.
Delete List
On the drawing sheet, select sketch entities and annotations to delete. The items are deleted when you click 
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Use this page to define margins, borders, and zones.
Zone Size
| Distribution |
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50mm from center |
Sets zone size to 50mm and centers zones to margin or sheet, based on the Region selection.
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Evenly sized |
Evenly distributes zone size based on the Rows and Columns values, and centers zones to margin or sheet, based on the Region selection.
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Margins |
Centers zones to margin. |
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Sheet |
Centers zones to sheet. |
Margins
| Set values for Left, Right, Top, and Bottom. |
When you set Region to Margins, these specified values move the zone setting. This example shows increased values for Left and Top.
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| Line Width of Border |
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| Line Style of Border |
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| Double-line border |
Displays outer border lines.
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Independent Border
Breaks the relationship between the border and margins but still maintains a relationship to zone sizes.
| Border |
Sets values for Left, Right, Top, and Bottom. |
Zone Formatting
| Zone dividers |
Show Zone Dividers |
Displays zone dividers.
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 Line Style
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Sets the style. |
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 Line Thickness
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Sets the thickness or select Custom size and enter a thickness. |
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 Length |
Sets the length for the zone divider.
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| Center zone divider |
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Outer Length |
Sets the length for the outer center zone divider. In this example, the outer center zone divider is in the blue box. |
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 Inner Length |
Sets the length for the inner center zone divider. In this example, the inner center zone divider is in the red box. |
| Zone labels |
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Show columns |
Displays column labels. |
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Show rows |
Displays row labels. |
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Label Offset from Border |
Sets the offset between the label and the border. |
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Use document font |
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Layer
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Layer |
In drawings with named layers, select a layer.
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Use this page to define margin mask areas for zone labels and dividers that provide
a convenient location for notes.
Margin Mask
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Add Margin Mask |
Inserts a margin mask area that you can resize and drag over view labels and zone
dividers to hide them. |