Drawing style settings

A Drawing style configuration allows you to affect each drawing of the electrical project, several parameters such as the layer definitions, the line types and the text styles. All these parameters are stored in a configuration file that you can edit.

Only one configuration file is associated with the electrical project. You can select it in the electrical project configuration, in the General tab.

By using this feature, the graphical parameters are automatically affected to all the drawings of the electrical project, unlike the individual features you can find in the Tools menu. These only affect the current drawing or current DWG file.

These parameters are automatically assigned to the drawing when you open it, when you print it or when you export it to a DWG file.

Layer definitions

This tab allows you to define the layers you want to use in the drawings.

Add layer: Creates a new layer. You can change its name in the Name column.

Delete selection: Deletes the selected layers. You cannot delete a layer containing entities.

Set selected layer as current: Select a layer in the list to assign it as the Current layer. The current layer is the one on which you draw. It is identified in the list by a specific icon.

Each layer is associated by default to a color, a line type, and a line weight. Basic entities (non-electrical) drawn on this layer have these parameters by default. You can select these items by clicking the cell corresponding to the layer.

You can hide layers for viewing and printing.

Active/Inactive: Entities placed in the layer are hidden and cannot be printed.

Freeze/Unfreeze: Graphically, this command is similar to the Active/Inactive command.

On large files, it is recommended to use the Active/Inactive command. The display of all entities will be faster.

Print: Defines if a layer can be printed or not (hidden layers are not printed).

Line types

This tab lists the currently available line types you can use in a drawing.

You can manage line types with the following options.

Load: This button opens the list of all line types you can use in a drawing. Line styles are stored in an XLIN file that you can select by clicking the Open button. In this list, select the line types you want to import in the configuration.

Delete selection: Deletes the selected line types. A line type used in a drawing cannot be deleted.

Set selection as current: Defines the selected line style as current in the drawing.

Text styles

This tab lists the currently available text styles you can use in the drawing. When you select a new current text style, all commands that add text (except the multilingual texts) to the active document, use the defined style.

Use the following options to select the current text style of the drawing, or to view, add, edit, or delete text styles from the list of available styles:

Add text style: Adds a new text style. A new line is added at the end of the list. You can change its name and parameters.

Delete selection: Deletes the selected text style. You cannot delete a text style used in the drawing.

Set selected style as current: Defines the selected text style as current in the drawing.

Leader styles

New: Allows you to create a new leader style in the opened file. The new leader style is created from a copy of the selected leader style. The properties dialog box opens allowing you to modify the parameters.

Rename: Allows you to rename the selected leader style. Its name can also be changed in the leader style properties.

Delete: Deletes the selected leader style.

Properties: Opens the dialog box of the leader style editor letting you modify the parameter of the selected leader style.

Set as current: Defines the selected leader style as current in the file (or scheme).