Symbol Properties
You can define the properties of a drawing-specific symbol in the drawing, when you select a single symbol to edit.
- Select the symbol.
- Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
- Select Properties.
- Edit the symbol data in the dialog box.
- Click OK.
Dialog Box Options
- Layer
- Select the layer of the symbol. With the option Default layers, the basic geometric elements forming the symbol are positioned to their original layers.
- Angle
- Enter the angle of the symbol in the XY plane. The default value is 0.
- Skewness
- Define the slanting angle of the symbol by entering a slant-factor, which is a tangent of the slanting angle. Separate the decimal parts of the slant factor by using a period. The default value is 0.
- X Scale, Y Scale
- Define the scaling of the symbol with factors in the direction of the X and Y axes (default value 1). When Lock ratio is selected, the same scaling factor is set for both fields.
- Color
- Select the color of the symbol, and in addition select or clear the property Solid color.
- Z Coordinate
- The overlap of the symbols in the drawing can be accomplished by using the cover property. Overlapping symbols have a different Z coordinate value (Z>0), so that the symbol with the larger Z coordinate covers the symbol with the smaller Z coordinate.
- Mirror horizontally, Mirror vertically
- Select the horizontal or vertical mirroring of the symbol.
- Layer Shift
- This property is selected if you have selected to shift the layers of an element, for example, when adding or moving a symbol. In this case, layers of the symbol elements are determined so that the layer selected from the Layer list is added to the original layer.
- Lock Ratio
- When this feature is selected, the X and Y scaling will have the same value. When the check box is empty, you can enter different values in the fields.
- Code
- The code of the symbol can consist of numbers or letters. You can edit the code if you have selected one symbol only. If the selected symbols have different codes, the field contains question marks (?).