Construction Circle Edit window

Allows you to review and change the settings of one or more construction circles in Modeling.
  • General Overview
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Copy, Paste, Save, Load buttons:

  • The position of these "form" buttons on the window tells you what settings they apply to. Click here for more information.
  • You can Copy the settings on this window, then Paste those settings to a different edit window of the same type.
  • You can Save the settings on this window to a file stored in 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 window (except Piecemark) with the settings that are stored in the file you select.
  • When editing multiple windows 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.

Pen: 1-7. Select the printing pen number (and on-screen display color) of the arc circle.

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

Defaults: For an add operation, the default selection made here is the layer that was selected on the Layer Panel before you began the operation. For an edit operation, the default selection is the layer that the construction circle is currently on.

Diameter or Radius: Select the option you want to use to define the size of the construction circle, then enter the desired distance (in the primary dimension Units or other units).

Construction circles with three different diameters (mm):

  • 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.

Note: When you select the Load dropdown, it lists the forms stored in the corresponding settings folder.

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.
  • In multi-user Modeling environments, any construction circles that are in your current erection view can be seen by you only, and therefore any changes you make to them will be seen by you alone
  • Construction circles can be saved using Construction Line Save and loaded using Construction Line Load. The saved file can also be shared with another SDS2 user and loaded into that user's Modeling session.