The Line Edit window ( Drawing Editor )
Settings on this window are read-only if you are editing a 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 :
- Lines (topic)
- Edit Palette (sets default dash pattern & color (pen number) for Add Line )
- Grayed out fields (indicate mixed entries, or that field is disabled)
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------ Settings ------
" Copy " " Paste " " Save " " Open " buttons
These buttons appear on this window if the line (or lines) you are editing are on a comment layer or if you are on any layer in a crane placement drawing .
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 " Line__of " number you are editing using the VCR buttons, then " Paste " (
) those settings to the newly selected line.
" Save " (
) saves a file to the
form/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. " Open " (
) 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.
Line type: No button is pressed if you are editing multiple lines that have different dash patterns.
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| The button that is pressed sets the line type (dash pattern) of the line(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 lines that have different pen numbers.
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| The selected button sets the printing pen number (and on-screen display color) of the line. Line Weights sets the thickness of each " Pen color ." |
Breakable: 
or 
. The setup option " Break material lines at label interference " must be checked for this option to apply. If that setup option is turned off (not checked), then the lines are never broken, no matter what choice you make here.
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If this box is checked (
If the box is not checked (
Defaults: " Breakable " is checked by default, regardless of the choice in setup and regardless of how the line was created.
Attached to view: A number designating the view that this 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 your currrent drawing 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 line 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 line 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.
Line _ of __ (not applicable to multiple edit) : The number of the one line you are editing and the total number of lines in your current drawing. You can use the VCR buttons to select a different line that is on a comment layer and edit that line's settings using this window. When a line on a shown layer is selected, it is displayed in green (cyan if its actual color is green). The selected 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 line to edit. |
Note: If you change one line, then select a different line number, the first line remains changed even if you press " Cancel " on this window.
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To close the Line Edit window :
Possibility #1 :
Press the " OK " button if this window is for review only
(if you are editing an object that is not on a comment layer ).
Possibility #2 :
If you are adding or editing an object on a comment layer,
the bottom of this window will show the following buttons:
"OK" closes this window and completes the Line Edit or Line Edit All operation used to open the window.
Tip: To set the defaults for Add Line , double-click a line that is on a comment layer to open this window, then press " OK ." The default settings for the next new line that you add will be those of the line you double-clicked.
"Cancel" (or the Esc key or the 
button) closes this window without applying any of the changes that you have made to it. " Cancel " only applies to the line that is currently selected in the " Line _ of __ " widget.
Tip 1: If you do not want to set the defaults for Add Line , then press " Cancel ."
Tip 2: Although " Cancel " does not cancel changes made using the " Line _ of __ " widget, Undo (after you have closed this window) does undo all changes made using this window.
"Reset" undoes all changes made to this window since you first opened it. The window remains open.
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