Graphics Programs Reference
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which a drawing can be constructed),
Grid Display
set to
10
,
Snap Mode
set to
5
and the drawing area
Zoomed
to
All
.
Throughout this topic most drawings will be based on an
A3
sheet, which
measures 420 units by 297 units (the same as
Limits
).
N o t e
As mentioned before if others are using the computer on which
drawings are being constructed, it is as well to save the template being
used to another fi le name, or if thought necessary to a memory stick
or other temporary type of disk. A fi le name
My_template.dwt
, as
suggested earlier, or a name such as
book_template
can be given.
Adding features to the template
Four other features will now be added to our template:
Text style
- set in the
Text Style
dialog.
Dimension style
- set in the
Dimension Style Manager
dialog.
Shortcutmenu variable
- set to
0
.
Layers
- set in the
Layer Properties Manager
dialog.
Setting text
1.
At the command line:
Command: enter st (Style) right-click
2.
The
Text style
dialog appears (Fig. 4.8). In the dialog,
enter
6
in the
Height
fi eld. Then
left-click
on
Arial
in the
Font name
popup list.
Arial
font letters appear in the
Preview
area of the dialog.
Fig. 4.8
The Text Style dialog
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