The Circle Setup window ( Drawing Editor )
Options on this window are read-only if you are editing a circle 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.
- In versions of SDS2 software prior to v2018, you could rotate circles to make them into ellipses . Now circles and ellipses have different edit windows. The ellipse edit window is called Ellipse Setup .
- To open this window:
- Circle Add Radius (
) *** - Circle Add Diameter ***
- Circle Add 2 Point ***
- Circle Add Tan Tan Radius ( )
- Circle Edit or double-click a circle
- Circle Edit (multiple)
- Circle Edit All (options may be grayed out).
- For operations marked *** , User and Site Options > Drawings > "
: Always show Circle Edit window " must be checked for this window to open.
- Circle Add Radius (
Also see :
- Circles and ellipses (topic)
- Edit Palette (sets default line type & color for adding a circle)
- Grayed out fields (indicate mixed entries or that the field is disabled)
- Multi Items Edit (related window)
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------ Options on this window ------
" Copy " " Paste " " Save " " Load " buttons
These buttons appear on this window only if the circle (or circles) 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 " Circle__of " number you are editing using the VCR buttons, then " Paste " (
) those settings to the newly selected circle.
" Save " (
) saves a file to the
form/circle 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 " Open " 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.
Diameter or Radius: Select the option you want to use to define the size of the arc, then enter the desired distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or in other units ).
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Line type: No button is pressed if you are editing multiple circles that have different dash patterns.
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| The button that is pressed sets the line type (dash pattern) of the circle(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 circles that have different colors.
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| The button that is pressed sets the printing pen number (and on-screen display color) of the circle. Line Weights sets the thickness of each " Pen color ." |
Attached to view: A number designating the view that this circle 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: Any drawing layer (any layer given a " Name ") in your current drawing. This is the drawing layer that the circle you are adding or editing will be drawn on after you press " OK " to close this window. If that layer happens to be a hidden (not " Shown ") layer, the circle 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.
Defaults: For an add operation, the default selection (
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The blue circles in this example are on a "higher" drawing layer than are the yellow circles. The higher layer is also the higher layer on the list box menu for " Layer " (above). |
If this box is checked (
If the box is not checked (
), the circle is not filled.
Circle _ of __ (not applicable to Add Circle or multiple edit or circles on non-comment layers) : The number of the one circle you are editing and the total count of circles (including ellipses) in your current drawing. You can use the VCR buttons to select a different circle or ellipse that is on a comment layer and edit that object's settings while still on this window. When a circle on a shown layer is selected, it is displayed in green (cyan if its actual color is green). The selected circle must be on a shown layer for it to be shown.
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| VCR buttons (first-previous-next-last) for selecting a circle to edit. |
Note: If you change one circle, then select a different circle number, the first circle 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 circle that is not on a comment layer ).
Possibility #2 :
If you are adding or editing a circle on a comment layer ,
the bottom of this window will show the following buttons:
"OK" (or the Enter key) closes this window and, if this window is not read-only, applies the changes made on it to your current drawing.
Defaults: When you press " OK ," the settings on this window become the default settings for the next circle that is added during this session of the Drawing Editor . Even if all you do is double-click a circle 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 circle. To override this behavior, " Pen color " & " Line type " can be changed using the Edit Palette .
"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 Circle Edit operation where you have changed more than one circle, " Cancel " only cancels the changes made to the circle whose number is currently selected in the " Circle _ of __ " widget.
Defaults: The settings on this window do not become the defaults for new circles if you press " Cancel " to close this window (unless you used the " Circle _ of __ " widget).
Tip 1: Although " Cancel " does not cancel all changes you have made on this window if you have edited more than one circle, Undo does undo all those changes.
Tip 2: If you double-click a circle that is on a comment layer just to review it and don't want to set the defaults for to-be-added circles, the best way to close this window is to press " Cancel. "
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