The Construction Line Edit window ( Modeling & Drawing Editor )
In the Drawing Editor , options on this window are read-only if you are editing a construction line 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 :
- Plotting (construction lines on drawings are not plotted)
- Grayed out fields (indicate mixed entries or that field is disabled)
- Multi Items Edit (related window in Drawing Editor )
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" Copy " " Paste " " Save " " Load " buttons
These buttons appear only when you are editing a construction line that is 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 " Construction Line__of " number you are editing using the VCR buttons, then " Paste " (
) those settings to the newly selected construction line.
The " Save " (
) button saves a file to the
form/cons-line 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.
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Finite line: 
or 
. This option is for construction lines in Modeling only. Also, it only applies to construction lines that were placed by locating two points. A construction line that has been placed by locating one point and an angle (using ANGL or PERP ) will always be an infinite construction line and cannot be made finite.
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If this box is checked (
If the box is not checked (
Also see: Construction Line Add Finite (adds finite construction lines), Construction Line Add (adds infinite construction lines).
Pen color: White or red or Yellow or Green or Cyan or Blue or Magenta . Press the button for the display color that you want to apply to the construction line. No button is pressed if you are editing multiple construction lines that have different colors.
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| Since construction lines are not plotted, the choice you make here will not affect the appearance of drawings when they are plotted. |
Attached to view ( Drawing Editor only) : A number designating the view that this construction line 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 ( Drawing Editor only) :
Select the drawing layer (any layer given a " Name ") that you want the construction line you are adding or editing to be drawn on after you press " OK " to close this window. If that layer happens to be hidden (not marked " Show "), the construction line will disappear after the first Redraw .
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For Edit Construction Line on comment layers -- Drawing Editor only :
Construction Line _ of __ ( Drawing Editor only -- not applicable to Add or multiple edit) : The number of the construction lines you are editing and the total count of construction lines in your current drawing. You can use the VCR buttons to select a different construction line that is on a comment layer and edit that construction line while still on this window. When a construction line on a shown layer is selected, it is displayed in green (cyan if its actual color is green). The selected construction line must be on a shown layer for it to be shown.
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| VCR buttons (first-previous-next-last) for selecting a construction line to edit. |
Note: If you change one construction line, then select a different construction line, the first construction line remains changed even if you press " Cancel " on this window.
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To close this window :
Possibility #1 :
Press the " OK " button if this window is for review only
(if you are editing a construction line that is not on a comment layer ).
Possibility #2 :
If you are in Modeling or 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 Construction Line Add or Construction Line Edit operation.
Defaults: When you press " OK ," the settings on this window -- except mixed entries -- become the default settings for the next construction line you Add during this session of the Drawing Editor . Even if all you do is double-click a construction line 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 construction line. The settings on this window do not become the defaults for new construction lines if you press " Cancel " to close this window (unless you used the " Line _ of __ " widget).
"Cancel" (or the Esc key or the 
button) closes this window without saving any of the changes you have made. " Cancel " only cancels the changes made to the construction line whose number is currently selected in the " Line _ of __ " widget.
Tip 1: Although " Cancel " does not cancel changes made to construction lines previously edited on this window, Undo does undo all those changes.
Tip 2: If you Edit a construction line that is on a comment layer just to review it and don't want to set the defaults for to-be-added construction lines, the best way to close this window is to press " Cancel. "
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