Create a Drawing-specific Symbol
General
- You can create a drawing-specific symbol of a group.
- A drawing-specific symbol is a "tighter" combination of elements than a group and is treated as a single element.
- The drawing-specific symbol can be exploded into a group.
- You can utilize a drawing-specific symbol when creating a cover symbol.
- A hatch with a Z coordinate has been added to the covering symbol.
- Removing hidden lines covers the elements and regular lines with a lower Z coordinate under the symbol.
- The drawing-specific symbol remains in the drawing when the drawing is saved and read.
Starting point
- The drawing contains elements or lines, texts, and hatches from which you want to form a drawing-specific symbol.
- You have made a group of these elements with the function Drawing | Group.
Create a drawing specific symbol of the group
- Select Drawing | Group > Store group as symbol to active drawing.
- Select the group.
- The program asks for the code of the symbol.
- If necessary, enter a code for the symbol.
- The code is not mandatory and generally has no use in Vertex G4 drawings.
- Confirm the code by clicking OK.
- Repeat steps 2 to 4 to continue creating drawing-specific symbols.
- Stop creating drawing-specific symbols
- Select another function or
- press the Esc key.
Create a drawing-specific symbol of the selected group
- Select a group or groups.
- Select the context-sensitive function Group > Store group as symbol to active drawing.
- The program asks for the code of the symbol.
- If necessary, enter a code for the symbol.
- The code is not mandatory and generally has no use in Vertex G4 drawings.
- Confirm the code by clicking OK.
- If you selected multiple groups, they all become separate drawing-specific symbols.