Bevel Symbol Edit Window

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

Tip:Line Weights sets the printed thickness for each of the seven pen numbers.

Line type: Select the line type of the ellipse.

Layer: The drawing layer the bevel symbol 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 bevel symbol is currently on.

Breakable: or . This applies when the option Break bevel lines at label interference is checked. If that setup option is not checked, then the bevel lines are never broken.

Breakable Breakable

If this box is checked and Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Dimension Settings > the General tab > Break bevel lines at label interference is checked, the bevel line breaks where it crosses a label.

If the box is not checked, the line is continuous through any labels or dimension labels it crosses.

Angle: The positive or negative (-) number of degrees that defines the angle through the two exact points of the bevel symbol .

Note: Changing the Angle updates the Riseand Run of the bevel symbol.

A positive number moves the second point counterclockwise to the number of degrees from the imaginary horizontal line drawn through the first point.

A negative number positions the exact point on the triangle clockwise that number of degrees from the imaginary horizontal line drawn through the tail.

Show the angle: or .

If the box is checked, bevel angle degrees will be shown on the bevel symbol.

If the box is not checked, bevel angle degrees will not be shown on the bevel symbol.

Rise: may be entered to the rise position on the bevel symbol.

Run: may be entered here to appear in the run position of the bevel symbol .

Rotation: A positive or negative number of degrees. Rotation is around the tip of the bevel symbol's tail.

Font: Any font that is listed can be selected for the Rise and Run characters in the bevel symbol.

Font style: The style of the selected bevel symbol Font. Different fonts may have different styles available to them.

Tails shown: or .

If this box is checked, the tail (complete bevel line) is shown on the bevel symbol .

If the box is not checked, the tail is not shown on the bevel symbol.

Double sided: or .

If this box is checked, the bevel symbol is drawn on both sides of the bevel line.

If the box is not checked, the symbol is drawn on only one side of the bevel line, so that the "run" is horizontal.

Flip symbol: or .

If this box is checked, the bevel symbol flips to the opposite side of the bevel line.

If the box is not checked, the symbol is drawn on the side of the bevel line that it is usually drawn on.

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.

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.