Toolbox - Settings Dialog Box: Hardware

Use the Hardware category of the Toolbox - Settings dialog box to specify settings for bolts and screws, nuts, pins, and washers you add to DraftSight drawings.

To access annotation settings, do one of the following:

  • Click Mechanical Toolbox > Settings, then click Hardware.
  • Click Hardware Insert (Mechanical Toolbox toolbar) or Mechanical Toolbox > Hardware > Insert.

    Select a hardware category and click Settings.

    When you finish specifying settings, click OK to return to the Toolbox - Hardware dialog box to configure and insert hardware components.

General

The following settings are available for all categories of hardware:

Create as block Creates the hardware component in the drawing as a 1:1 block.

When cleared, the hardware component is created as an individual entity.

It is recommended that you select Create as block so that Toolbox recognizes the component when you edit the entity or create a bill of materials.
Verify BOM Opens the Toolbox -Verify Bill of Materials Data dialog box when you click OK.

Use this dialog box to verify or modify the part description and specify a part number.
Layer preferences Modifies the default layer, linecolor, linestyle, and lineweight settings for the hardware component.