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Accessing and Customizing (Default) Document Properties

With Composer, you can customize properties for the current document (Document Properties), or properties that will be used by default for all documents (Default Document Properties).

Notes:

  • Some Document Properties pages are available from publication dialog boxes, such as Save As Composer and Save As Package.
  • Application preferences and default document properties are shared by all versions of Composer applications (Composer, Sync, Composer Player) installed on a given computer. The registry settings created when you change application preferences or default document properties are not removed when you uninstall Composer.
  • Administrators can restrict which document properties and application preferences team members can modify. See Disabling Document Property and Application Preference Modifications.

See Also
Sharing (Default) Document Properties Across Teams

  1. Select File > Properties > Document Propertiesor Default Document Properties.

    The (Default) Document Properties dialog box appears.

  2. Select the appropriate category in the left-hand box.

    Options in this category... Allow you to...
    Security Manage Composer document passwords and reduce model accuracy for theft protection.
    Signature Specify a logo and text, such as a usage agreement, that is displayed when a recipient opens a Composer file in Composer Player.
    Viewport Manage viewport settings.
    Viewport Background Manage background settings.
    Selection Specify selection and highlight properties in both default and assembly selection modes, as well as selection and highlight properties for product manufacturing information (PMI) cross-highlight.
    Image Quality Presents options related to lighting, ground shadow, and annotations.
    Input Configure the importing of CAD files.

    Update

    		 Configure updates of your model geometry from CAD sources.
    Output Configure the Composer compression level and export options.
    Animation Configure animation speed and the maximum frames between two images.
    History Lists all modifications made to a Composer file and lets you edit version numbers and comments. The history is stored in the Composer file itself.
    Right Manager Enable Composer capabilities for Composer (SMG) files opened in Composer Player and Composer Player ActiveX Plug-in (Microsoft Office documents, 3D PDF, and so on).
    Project Configure the default preferences when loading a project.
    Paper Space Configure the margins and orientation of the paper space.
    Units Specify 3D measurement units.
    Advanced Properties Customize all the document settings available in the registry.

    The corresponding properties appear.

  3. Set these properties according to your needs.

  4. Click OK to save the preferences and exit the Application Preferences dialog box.



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