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DraftSight

Configuration & Basic Customization

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DraftSight - Configuration & Basic Customization

Table of contents

Configuration ........................................................................................................................ 8 Setting User Preferences and System Options .................................................................. 8

1. DraftSight Customization ............................................................................................... 9 2. Customizing the User Interface .................................................................................... 10 2.1. Managing Customization Files.................................................................................. 10 2.1.1. To manage customization files:............................................................................. 11 2.2. Managing Commands .............................................................................................. 12 2.2.1. To manage commands for use in User Interface elements: .................................. 12 2.2.2. To edit command entries....................................................................................... 12 3. Managing the User Interface ........................................................................................ 13 3.1. Managing the User Interface: Menus and Toolbars .................................................. 13 3.2. Quick Access Toolbar............................................................................................... 14 3.2.1. To manage quick access toolbars ......................................................................... 14 3.2.2. To create a new quick access toolbar ................................................................... 15 3.2.3. To add commands to a quick access toolbar: ....................................................... 15 3.2.4. To rename an entry in a quick access toolbar: ...................................................... 15 3.2.5. To delete an entry from a quick access toolbar: .................................................... 15 3.2.6. Tool Matrix ............................................................................................................ 15 3.3. Ribbon Tabs and Panels .......................................................................................... 17 3.3.1. To Manage Ribbon Tabs....................................................................................... 17 3.3.2. To Create New Ribbon Tabs................................................................................. 18 3.3.3. To add panels to ribbon tabs:................................................................................ 18 3.3.4. To Manage Ribbon Panels.................................................................................... 18 3.3.5. To create new ribbon panels ................................................................................. 19 3.3.6. To add new items to a new ribbon panel ............................................................... 19 3.4. Ribbon Panel Elements ............................................................................................ 19 3.5. Placing Panel Elements............................................................................................ 20 3.6. Setting the Appearance of Drop-down Menu Buttons and Command Buttons .......... 20 3.6.1. Drop-down Behavior ............................................................................................. 20 3.6.2. Split Button List Styles .......................................................................................... 20 3.6.3. Button Styles......................................................................................................... 20 3.7. Menus and Toolbars................................................................................................. 21 3.7.1. To Manage Menus and Toolbars .......................................................................... 21 3.7.2. To Create a New Menu or New Toolbar ................................................................ 22

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3.7.3. To Insert an Entry into a Menu or Toolbar ............................................................. 22 3.7.4. To Rename an Entry in a Menu or Toolbar ........................................................... 22 3.7.5. To Delete an Entry in a Menu or Toolbar .............................................................. 22 4. Setting Mouse Actions ................................................................................................. 23 4.1. To Define Actions for Right-Clicks ............................................................................ 23 4.2. To Define Actions for Double-Clicks ......................................................................... 24 4.3. To Manage Shortcut Menus ..................................................................................... 24 4.4. Mouse Gestures ....................................................................................................... 25 5. Managing Keyboard Shortcuts ..................................................................................... 27 5.1. Default Shortcuts...................................................................................................... 27 5.2. Managing Keyboard Shortcuts ................................................................................. 29 5.2.1. To Manage Keyboard Shortcuts............................................................................ 29 6. Managing User Interface Profiles ................................................................................. 29 6.1. To Manage User Interface Profiles ........................................................................... 30 6.2. To Assign a Quick Access Toolbar to a Workspace ................................................. 30 6.3. To Assign a Ribbon Tab to a Workspace.................................................................. 30 6.4. To Assign Menus to a Workspace ............................................................................ 31 6.5. To Assign Toolbars to Display to a Workspace......................................................... 31 6.6. To Set the UI Elements to Display When the Workspace Changes .......................... 31 6.7. Displaying and Hiding Toolbars ................................................................................ 31 6.7.1. To Display or Hide Toolbars.................................................................................. 32 7. Setting User Preferences and System Options ............................................................ 32 7.1. Setting File Location Options .................................................................................... 32 7.1.1. Drawing Support ................................................................................................... 33 ........................................................................................................................................... 33 7.1.2. Interface................................................................................................................ 34 ........................................................................................................................................... 34 7.1.3. System.................................................................................................................. 35 ........................................................................................................................................... 35 7.2. System Options ........................................................................................................ 36 7.2.1. General................................................................................................................. 36 7.2.2. Display Options..................................................................................................... 38 - Expand Display. .......................................................................................................... 39 - Expand Screen options to set: ................................................................................... 39 - Expand Command window text to set: ...................................................................... 39 7.2.3. Graphics Area Options.......................................................................................... 40

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7.2.4. Open and Save As Options................................................................................... 41 Expand Open / Save As to set : .................................................................................. 41 7.2.5. Printing Options .................................................................................................... 41 Expand Printing to set :............................................................................................... 41 Expand Print style file location to set : ...................................................................... 41 Expand Default settings to set : ................................................................................. 41 Expand General Options to set : ................................................................................ 42 7.2.6. Auto-save & Backup Options ................................................................................ 42 7.2.7. Drawing File Defaults............................................................................................ 43 7.2.8. Customizing the Default Scale List........................................................................ 43 7.2.9. Macro Recording .................................................................................................. 44 7.3. User Preferences ..................................................................................................... 44 7.3.1. Drafting Options .................................................................................................... 44 7.3.2. Pointer Control...................................................................................................... 45 7.3.3. Display.................................................................................................................. 46 7.3.4. Entity Selection ..................................................................................................... 47 7.3.5. Dimension Palette (DraftSight Professional & Enterprise versions only) ............... 49 7.3.6. Heads-Up Display (DraftSight Professional & Enterprise versions only)................ 50 7.3.7. OLE Editor ............................................................................................................ 50 7.3.8. Mouse Options...................................................................................................... 50 7.3.9. Fast Enter Behavior .............................................................................................. 51 7.3.10. Currently processing other command ................................................................ 51 7.3.11. Selected entities ................................................................................................ 51 7.3.12. Unselected entities ............................................................................................ 51 7.3.13. Aliases .............................................................................................................. 51 7.4. Drawing Settings ...................................................................................................... 52 7.4.1. Behavior ............................................................................................................... 52 7.4.2. LineStyle Parameters............................................................................................ 53 7.4.3. Drawing Boundary ................................................................................................ 53 7.4.4. Entity frame control ............................................................................................... 53 7.4.5. Display options ..................................................................................................... 53 7.4.6. Coordinate System Icon........................................................................................ 54 7.4.7. Thumbnail ............................................................................................................. 54 7.4.8. Points ? Point format............................................................................................. 54 7.4.9. Unit System .......................................................................................................... 55

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7.4.10. Coordinate System ............................................................................................ 56 7.4.11. Drawing Scale List:............................................................................................ 58 7.4.12. Standards configuration..................................................................................... 59 Verifying Drawing Standards............................................................................................... 60 7.4.13. Dimension Snap Offset Distances (Professional & Enterprise versions only): ... 61 7.4.14. Centerlines Settings (Professional & Enterprise versions only).......................... 61 7.4.15. Arrow Key Movement (Professional & Enterprise versions only) ....................... 62 To set preferences for Arrow Key Movement ............................................................... 62 7.5. Drafting Styles .......................................................................................................... 62 7.5.1. Setting Active Drafting Styles ................................................................................ 63 7.5.2. To Manage TextStyles .......................................................................................... 63 7.5.3. Dimension Styles .................................................................................................. 66 7.5.4. DimensionStyle Settings ....................................................................................... 68

Angular Dimension settings ............................................................................................. 68 Arc length symbols .......................................................................................................... 68 Arrows ................................................................................................................................ 68 Dual Dimension................................................................................................................... 69 Dual dimension settings .................................................................................................. 69 Zeroes display ................................................................................................................. 69 Insertion .......................................................................................................................... 69 Fit........................................................................................................................................ 69 Geometry ........................................................................................................................ 69 Dimansion text................................................................................................................. 69 Dimension scale .............................................................................................................. 70

Additional options......................................................................................................... 70 Linear Dimension ............................................................................................................ 70

Measurement scale...................................................................................................... 70 Zeroes display ............................................................................................................. 70 Line..................................................................................................................................... 71 Dimension line settings.................................................................................................... 71 Extension line settings ..................................................................................................... 71 Dimension split (Professional & Enterprise versions only) ............................................... 71 Radial/Diameter Dimension................................................................................................. 71 Center mark display......................................................................................................... 71 Radius dimension jog ...................................................................................................... 72 Text..................................................................................................................................... 72

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