Adjusting the default values for new pictures

Specifies the prefix of the name. This prefix is used for generation of name for each new picture.

Defines the scale of the picture.

Specifies the size of the picture.

Specifies the size of the picture.

wired

Only the wired model is displayed.

standard

Similar to the above.

rendered

The picture is fully rendered.

hiddenb lines

The picture hides outline lines that cannot be seen from the adjusted view point.

hiddenb lines dashed

Similar to the above, but the hidden lines are drawn as dashed lines.

(available only from the main dialogue of the Picture gallery manager)

This option opens a dialogue where the view direction and zoom can be easily adjusted.

(available only from the main dialogue of the Picture gallery manager)

Opens a standard view parameters dialogue. View parameters control what components of the structure are displayed and how.

(available only from the main dialogue of the Picture gallery manager)

Opens a standard Palette settings dialogue where e.g. colours of individual components, line style, etc. can be adjusted.

(available only from the main dialogue of the Picture gallery manager)

If ON and the picture in the document is regenerated, the picture reads current colour settings from the project.

Explanation:

Let us assume that you insert a picture to document. You make no special colour adjustments as you want to have the same colours in your graphical screen and in the document. Later, you change the colours in your project, i.e. the colours in your graphical screen change. If option "Load colour setup in regen(eration)" is OFF, the picture in the document keeps its original colours. However, if option "Load colour setup in regen(eration)" is ON, the picture in the document – when regenerated - reads the current settings from the project and changes its own settings accordingly.

(available only from the main dialogue of the Picture gallery manager)

This option is analogous to the previous one. This time the units are either preserved or updated from current project settings.

(available only from the main dialogue of the Picture gallery manager)

This option is analogous to the previous one. This time activity is either preserved or updated from current project settings.

This item specifies the scale for text in the image.

This parameter may be useful when the picture is intended for large formats (e.g. A0). I such a case the text will be significantly small in comparison with the size of the drawing. It may however happen that the user needs to make a draft printing on smaller format. If this is made without any changes, the text becomes illegible. The same may be true for the preview on the screen. Therefore, it is possible to magnify the text size in order to make the text readable even on smaller formats.

This item defines the character set for the text – this option may be especially important for other than western European languages.

This parameter defines the length of "dashes" in dashed lines.

An icon indicating orientation of global coordinate axes may be placed on the image. Available options are: none, to coordinate system origin, to picture corner.

If ON, all tooltips are removed from the current scene in the graphical window, before it is saved to the image. As a result, when the picture is later edited in the Document or in the Picture gallery, no tooltips are available when selections are made.

This option significantly reduces the size of the image. For a common project, it may reduce the size by 20%.

Default = OFF.

If ON, information about layers is removed from the current scene in the graphical window, before it is saved to the image.

This option significantly reduces the size of the image. For a common project, it may reduce the size by 20%.

Default = ON.

If ON, information about geometry that is not drawn (i.e. surface lines that are not shown) is removed from the current scene in the graphical window, before it is saved to the image.

This option dramatically reduces the size of the image. For a common project, it may reduce the size by 50%.

Default = ON.

Specifies the style of end mark for dimension lines.

Specifies the size of end mark for dimension lines.

Specifies the text size for dimension lines.

If ON, the picture name is automatically added to the picture.

Specifies the size of the picture name.

Stores the current settings as the user’s default settings.

Read the saved user’s default settings.

Reads the default settings preset by the manufacturer of the program.