Construction Circle Edit window

Allows you to review and change the settings of one or more construction circles in Drawing Editor.

Pen: White or Red or Yellow or Green or Cyan or Blue or Magenta. Select the display color you want to apply to the construction circle(s).

Layer: The drawing layer the construction circle is drawn on.

Diameter or Radius: Select the option you want to use to define the size of the construction circle, then enter the desired distance.

  • The position of these form buttons on the screen tells you what settings they apply to. Click here for more information.
  • You can Copy the settings on this screen, then Paste those settings to a different screen of the same type.
  • You can Save the settings on this screen to a global folder that is used by your current version of SDS2. Give the file a name that will help other users identify its purpose. You can Load a saved file to replace the settings on this screen with the settings that are stored in the file you select.
  • When editing multiple screens at the same time, Paste and Load replace mixed entries to a single field with a single entry. Copy and Save ignore fields with mixed entries, treating them as if they have no entry or do not exist.

OK (or the Enter key) closes this screen and applies the settings.

Cancel (or the Esc key) closes this screen without saving any changes.

Reset undoes all changes made to this screen since you first opened it. The screen remains open.

  • If you want to preselect construction circles, you need to first set the selection filter to Construction Circles or All.
  • Grayed out fields indicate mixed entries or that the field is disabled.
  • You can use the edit window to move all construction circles that are visible in your current drawing to a drawing layer of your choice.
  • Construction circles on drawings are not plotted when those drawings are printed.