Pages

Due to the fact that the output of a CAD drawing is mostly more important than the display on the screen, it makes sense to arrange the drawing area in output sections. The arrangement are so-called pages, which format and orientation can be adjusted by user. All objects inside the page are output by the print process. By using Manage > Pages > Edit the page can be adjusted.

Edit Page

It is possible to use more than one page, so that the drawing can be managed page-oriented right from the beginning. Pages have the advantages that the user has an imagination of the position of the objects while drawing.

The following example shows a typical application for a drawing with several pages. The run of a street are printed using for pinning on a board. The expense of paper should be as little as possible. Due to the fact that the orientation and position of a page can be adjusted, it is easy to arrange the pages.

Sample for working with several pages

User-Defined Templates

Drawing depended settings are saved with the drawing data. In order to save or open specific settings the file options can be adjusted. Find the options in the "Save Dialog" or "Open Dialog". All settings are considered by default. To avoid data leakage only experienced user should change the default settings.

File Options

A new drawing is based on a template file, i.e. all settings such as layer definitions and line pattern definition are taken on.

A template file is included in delivery of CAD6. This file based on customer preferences. Should this template file not answer the customer purpose, it is possible to create an user-defined template file. By using Manage > Template > Save as all current settings of a drawing can be saved as a template file. Both objects and instances can be added as well.

By using Manage > Template > Save As Default a user-defined template can be saved as default. Otherwise each creation of a new file provides an opportunity to specify a template, therefore it is possible to manage more than one template.