Adjusting the default values for new pictures

When a new empty picture is being created (i.e. added into the Picture gallery), it is created with the predefined default parameters.

Prefix of name	Specifies the prefix of the name. This prefix is used for generation of name for each new picture.
Scale	Defines the scale of the picture.
Picture width	Specifies the size of the picture.
Picture height	Specifies the size of the picture.
Display mode	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.
View point	(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.
View parameters	(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.
Colour + line settings	(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.
Load colour setup in regen(eration)	(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.
Load units in regen(eration)	(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.
Load activity in regen(eration)	(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.
Text scale factor	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.
Charset of text	This item defines the character set for the text – this option may be especially important for other than western European languages.
Line pattern length	This parameter defines the length of "dashes" in dashed lines.
Display GCS icon	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.

Performance settings

Exclude object tooltips

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.

Exclude layers

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.

Disable surface OSNAP

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.

Dimension lines

The dimension line settings are taken from palette settings when the picture is inserted from the 3D window.

End mark style	Specifies the style of end mark for dimension lines.
End mark size	Specifies the size of end mark for dimension lines.
Text size	Specifies the text size for dimension lines.

Picture name

The picture wizard contains the name settings.

Place name in the picture	If ON, the picture name is automatically added to the picture.
Picture name font size	Specifies the size of the picture name.

Save / Read buttons

Save user-default settins	Stores the current settings as the user’s default settings.
Load user-default settings	Read the saved user’s default settings.
Load program-default settings	Reads the default settings preset by the manufacturer of the program.

The procedure for the definition of default parameters

Open the Picture gallery manager.
Click button [Edit default new picture parameters] ( $image\Gro_Pict_gal_default_settings.gif$ ).
The dialogue for the adjustment of the parameters is opened.
Set the parameters as required.
Confirm with button [OK].