General Drafting Settings - Drawing Limits

Sets the General drawing properties such as the drawing limits. You can define the properties in a dialog box with multiple tabs.

Tab: Drawing Limits

Size

Sets the size of the drawing area in the drawing window. The borders of the area will be indicated by a continuous line in the drawing window.

You can redefine the size of the drawing area by entering new values in the fields and confirming the values.

Set the drawing limits

You can set the drawing area by clicking the button. Select the drawing area in the drawing window by selecting two corner points: the lower left corner and upper right corner.

Predefined Drawing Limits

Defines the drawing area in accordance with the sheet size. Select the appropriate sheet size in the menu and click the Locate Drawing Limits button.

Scale

Sets a new scale for a drawing. The scale affects all the drawing elements, including texts and lines if the properties text height and line distance have been defined as scalable. The elements are scaled according to the scale.

If you change the scale when there already is a drawing sheet in the drawing, the drawing sheet will also be scaled. If there is no drawing sheet, the borders of the drawing area are calculated using a 10% oversize.

Locate Drawing Limits

Define the location of the drawing limits in the working window by clicking the Locate Drawing Limits button. Select the location of the drawing limits in the drawing window.

Set 0.5 mm Oversize

Automatically sets the drawing area in the drawing. The program will set the borders so that all the elements are inside the borders of the drawing area, and add a 0.5 mm margin.

Set 10 % Oversize

Automatically sets the drawing area in the drawing. The program will set the borders so that all the elements are inside the borders of the drawing area, and add a 10 % margin.