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'Options' dialog box

Options

You can select a page in the area on the left in the Options dialog box. The options of the selected page are then displayed in the area on the right.

The pages displayed in the area on the left in the Options dialog box are arranged in the following groups.

This structure reflects the natural logic of working.

Preparation: customize the desktop for your needs

Preparation: make settings for content and interfaces

Design: create the model for the construction project

Design: derive objects from the model

Design: design the surroundings of the construction project

Output: create and output layouts

The option groups in detail

Desktop environment

Here you can make personal settings to customize the desktop for your needs: for example, you can specify which colors represent which pens, and you can make settings for point snap, track tracing, selection, crosshairs, mouse, animation window and the new graphics engine. You can also specify which paths and catalogs you want to use.

Content

You can uses these options to define how the program is to behave in conjunction with smart symbols, symbols and content in the broadest sense.

Model

This group combines all the elements that belong to the model. Options that are not focused on specific elements such as default reference planes and roof planes are listed separately.

Objects derived

Floor plans, sections, views etc. are derived from the model. These objects are directly connected with the model. Here, you can define all options for any object derived from the model.

Everything surrounding the building

Depending on the modules you have purchased, you can use these options to define everything that is related with the surroundings of the construction project and with facility management.

Layout

The layout completes the design process. This option group provides all the settings you need to create layout data (labeling, dimensioning, printing layouts, reports).



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