Modifying line styles

Using line styles

• When you are working with Workgroup Manager in a network environment, you must be logged in as administrator.
  

  Workgroup Manager handles the organization of CAD workstations in local networks. The Workgroup Manager module enables users to access all projects on all computers from every workstation. It ensures data consistency even if several users are simultaneously working on the same project.

Several predefined line styles that are based on DIN 1356-1 are shipped with the program.

To modify line styles

1. Open the Define, manage line styles, area styles, drawing types dialog box.

   How to access the dialog box

   • On the Tools menu, click Defaults and then Line styles, area styles, drawing types.

     Or:

     Click Select, Set Layers(How), select the Format Definition tab and click Manage line styles, area styles, drawing types.

     

     Activate Select, Set Layers in one of the following ways

     • Menu bar: Format

     • Keyboard: Ctrl+4

     • Toolbar: Format

   Note: The You are modifying the line styles in the office folder message indicates that you are about to change the settings of the office standard.

2. Specify whether the line styles are to depend on the scale or drawing type.
   

   The drawing type defines how elements are displayed on screen and in the printout. The display of the elements varies depending on the selected drawing type. Requirements: the format properties are taken from the layer (in a fixed manner) and the use of line styles is selected. In document mode, drawing types can be selected in the status bar, and in the Layout module, you can make a selection when you place layout elements.

   

   The status bar is the bottom line in the Allplan application window. Different types of information are displayed in the status bar.

3. Select the line style you want to modify in the Line style settings list box.
4. Click in the Scale 1:x or Drawing type column and enter the scale or drawing type for which these settings are to apply.
5. Click an entry in the Pen, Line and Color columns and select a setting in each column.

   Note: You can also use the As construction lines setting for scale ranges and drawing types. Elements drawn on this layer are then displayed using the line and color of construction lines. However, these elements are not ‘real’ construction lines and they are not selected when you apply the construction lines filter.

   

   Elements in construction line format are drawing aids. They are not included in printouts you create using the Layout module. When printing straight from the print preview, you can specify whether construction lines are to appear in printouts. The line type and color of construction lines can be changed in the Options. You can use Construction Line on/off on the Format toolbar to specify whether elements are drawn as construction lines. Use Show/Hide to globally show or hide elements drawn as construction lines.