Create drawing symbol
Module(s): Urban Planning
You can use the Create Drawing Symbol tool to add your own drawing symbols to the catalog.
To create new drawing symbols
- The elements you draw and add to the drawing symbols are displayed in the selection dialog box for Drawing Symbol Regulations and in the Drawing Symbol Legend dialog box. The settings in the Properties dialog box define the type, representation and labeling in the document.
Tip: To make sure that the dimensions and fonts go with the selection dialog box and the legend, you can place a suitable, existing drawing symbol in the workspace. Create a legend. Make sure that the Associative legend of active document option is not selected. Then modify the properties and label of the symbol displayed in the legend and add the modified display of the symbol to the drawing symbols.
- Create a 2D drawing including all the elements of the symbol (with fill or pattern, if necessary). Do not forget the label.
- Set the reference scale RS to 1000.
- Click Create Drawing Symbol (How).
- Select the elements which are to form the new symbol.
- Define the symbol’s base point.
- Select a and click an empty field.
(Attention! Fields that are already in use are overwritten!) - In the Properties dialog box, set the , display mode and .
- Click OK to confirm.
Modifying/deleting drawing symbols from catalog