With the drawing file status, you define the drawing file on which you draw and which drawing files are visible and/or can be modified. The following illustration shows the different drawing file statuses. An explanation is provided in the table below.
Number |
Drawing file status |
Comment |
1 |
Active |
The active drawing file is the one on which you draw. There must always be one active drawing file. |
2 |
Open in edit mode |
Elements in drawing files open in edit mode are visible and can be modified. Up to 128 drawing files can be open simultaneously (regardless of whether they are current, in edit and/or reference mode). |
3 |
Open in reference mode |
Elements in drawing files open in reference mode are visible, but cannot be modified. You can configure the program to use the same color for all elements in reference drawing files. To do this, select the Options, click Desktop environment and open the Display page. Empty drawing files cannot be opened in reference mode. |
4 |
Inactive |
Elements on inactive drawing files are not visible. |
5 |
Empty |
Empty drawing files have no data type icon. |
6 |
Assigned temporarily |
The drawing file is assigned temporarily to the fileset; this assignment is removed when you switch to a different fileset. |
7 |
Open in reference mode |
The drawing file has been opened by another user in the workgroup environment. |
8 |
Open in reference mode |
The drawing file has been opened by another user in the workgroup environment; the color red indicates that the drawing file has changed. You can apply the changes by selecting Update drawing file on the shortcut menu. Using the Options, Desktop environment page, you can configure the program to inform you of changes in reference drawing files. |
To change the drawing file status
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