You can select drawing preferences by selecting Set Up/Preferences from the Ribbon Toolbar.
The form presents two types of preferences:
Both types of preferences are per-user preferences that are applied to the current user only.
Pay particular attention to the CAD Application preference listed below. This determines the drawing environment you will use and is required for access your CAD drawing tool.
Note: This release does not support Layer template preferences. To set these preferences, use the AutoCAD layerstate command instead.
To set drawing preferences:
The Preferences dialog appears.
| Option Name | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| Drawing Preferences | ||
| Restriction Highlight Color |
Select the AutoCAD color to be used when fill-highlighting assets that meet the ARCHIBUS restriction. |
The default is Red (255, 0, 0). |
| Restriction Splotch Size |
Enter the size (in feet) of the “splotch” circle placed behind small assets to highlight them in cases where a “fill” type highlight would not be visible. The program uses splotches on any asset that is less than the “splotch” size. Note: The size is always given in feet. The program converts to meters when displaying the splotch on metric drawings. |
Default: 3 feet. |
| Restriction Highlight Layer | Enter the layer of the drawing to use to hold temporary restriction highlights. |
Default: HL-TMP |
| CAD Application | Select the CAD application to use if there is more than one on the workstation. (This is the equivalent of the Windows Client/Server Drawing Editor and AutoCAD Version preferences.) |
ARCHIBUS offers the following drawing environments for editing CAD drawings: The environment that you use depends upon the program that you purchased. |
| AutoCAD Profile |
The AutoCAD profile name that ARCHIBUS uses when starting AutoCAD from the Drawing List and the Find In Drawing command. If you use the Drawing List dialog from within AutoCAD, the program ignores this preference and drawings will open inside the open version of AutoCAD. |
Default: None |
| Publish Enterprise Graphics on Save |
Select Yes if the program should always publish all active enterprise graphics rules whenever the drawing is saved. |
Default: No |
| Document Management for Drawings | ||
| Local Drawings File Folder | If your site is using Document Management for Drawings, you can optionally set this preference to specify the location on your local drive to which the system will check out drawings for you to edit. To remind you of the location to which it will check out drawings, the Check Out dialog displays the path that you set with this option. | C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\ARCHIBUS\projects\my-drawings |