The Cloud Edit window ( Drawing Editor )
Settings on this window are read-only if you are editing a cloud that is not on a comment layer and your current drawing is not a crane placement drawing . If your current drawing is a crane placement drawing, you can add or edit objects on non-comment layers as well as on comment layers. Instructions on this page assume you are NOT in a crane placement drawing.
Also see :
- Clouds (topic)
- Grayed out fields (indicate mixed entries, or that field is disabled)
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------ Settings ------
" Copy " " Paste " " Save " " Load " buttons
These buttons appear on this window only if the cloud (or clouds) you are editing are on a comment layer .
You'll find buttons like these at the top of this window. They apply to all user-editable settings that are on this window. Click here for more information.
You can " Copy " (
) the settings on this window, then change the " Cloud__of " number you are editing using the VCR buttons, then " Paste " (
) those settings to the newly selected cloud.
The " Save " (
) button saves a file to the
form/cloud folder that is used by your current version of this program. Give the file a name that will help users in other Jobs on your network identify its purpose. " Load " (
) changes all settings on this window to those settings that are stored in the file that you select.
" 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.
Line type: No button is pressed if you are editing multiple clouds that have different dash patterns.
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| The button that is pressed sets the line type (dash pattern) of the cloud(s) you are editing. |
Pen color: 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 . No button is pressed if you are editing multiple clouds that have different pen numbers.
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| The selected button sets the printing pen number (and on-screen display color) of the cloud. Line Weights sets the thickness of each " Pen color ." |
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If this box is checked (
) this cloud breaks (is made invisible) where it crosses a label (for which " Breaks lines " is checked) or a dimension label (for which " Breaks lines " is checked).
If the box is not checked (
), the cloud is continuous through any labels or dimension labels it crosses.
Attached to view: A number designating the view that this cloud is attached to. This applies mainly to member details , since member details are likely to show more views than submaterial details , the only other type of drawing on which you might find multiple views. For instance, a column detail may have a view of face A, face B and face C. It may also have various section views (Section A-A, Section B-B, Section C-C). All graphical objects that are in a particular view are assigned the same number.
Assigning the correct number to an object (line, weld symbol, label, etc.) provides maximum compatibility when the comment layer you add that object to is viewed or printed in a full-featured SDS2 program .
To show a view's number, you can add the X-Y-Z Display to your toolbar.
In the Drawing Editor , the X-Y-Z Display shows the view number that the point location target (
) is over.
Layer: The drawing layer (any layer given a " Name ") that the cloud you are editing will be drawn on after you press " OK " to close this window. If that layer happens to be hidden (not marked " Show "), the cloud will disappear after the first Redraw .
If the layer listed here is a non-comment layer and you are not on a crane placement drawing, options on this window are read-only.
If this window is editable, you can select a comment layer from the list box's selection menu (
). If your current drawing is a crane placement drawing, you can select any layer.
Cloud _ of __ (not applicable to multiple edit or clouds on non-comment layers) : The number of the one cloud you are editing and the total count of all clouds in your current drawing. You can use the VCR buttons to select a different cloud that is on a comment layer and edit it while still on this window. When a cloud on a shown layer is selected, it is displayed in green (cyan if its actual color is green). The selected cloud must be on a shown layer for it to be shown.
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| VCR buttons (first-previous-next-last) for selecting a cloud to edit. |
Note: If you change one cloud, then select a different cloud number, the first cloud remains changed even if you press " Cancel " on this window.
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Possibility #1 :
Press the " OK " button if this window is for review only
(if you are editing a cloud that is not on a comment layer ).
Possibility #2 :
If you are adding or editing a cloud on a comment layer ,
the bottom of this window will show the following buttons:
"OK" (or the Enter key) closes this window and completes the Cloud Edit operation.
Defaults: When you press " OK ," the settings on this window -- except mixed entries -- become the default settings for the next cloud you Add during this session of the Drawing Editor . Even if all you do is double-click a cloud that is on a comment layer and press " OK " without making any changes on this window, this window's settings become the defaults for the next-added cloud. The settings on this window do not become the defaults for new clouds if you press " Cancel " to close this window (unless you used the " Cloud _ of __ " widget).
"Cancel" (or the Esc key or the 
button) closes this window without saving any of the changes you have made. In the case of an Edit Cloud operation where you have changed more than one cloud, " Cancel " only cancels the changes made to the cloud whose number is currently selected in the " Cloud _ of __ " widget.
Tip 1: Although " Cancel " does not cancel all changes you have made on this window if you used " Cloud _ of __ " to edit more than one cloud, Undo does undo all those changes.
Tip 2: If you double-click a cloud that is on a comment layer just to review it and don't want to set the defaults for to-be-added clouds, the best way to close this window is to press " Cancel. "
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