Defining Drawing Settings

The Drawing Settings page of the Options dialog box lets you set the behavior of certain drawing commands, the appearance of certain drawing entities, the unit system of the current drawing, and manage Custom Coordinate Systems (CCSs).

To set the behavior of certain drawing commands and set line scale options:

1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).
2. In the Options dialog box, click Drawing Settings .
   
   - or -
   
   Type DrawingSettings.
2. Expand Behavior and select or clear Enable relative dimensions. This specifies that dimensions you create are associated to the measured entities.
3. Expand LineStyle Parameters and set:
• Global line scale: Sets a scale factor for displaying LineStyles. This is helpful when zooming in and out.
• Line scale for new entities: Sets the entity line scale for new entities. All entity line scales are displayed based on multiplying the Global line scale by the entity line scale.
• Scale based on sheet's units: Multiplies the Viewport's custom scale by the evaluated value for Line scale for new entities.
4. Expand Drawing Boundary and set:
• Enable drawing boundary: Restricts you to drawing entities within the boundary set in Position.
• Position: Sets the drawing boundary borders. Click Select in graphics area to set the boundaries in the graphics area.
5. Click OK.

To set display options:

1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).
2. In the Options dialog box, click Drawing Settings .
   
   - or -
   
   Type DrawingSettings.
2. Expand Display and set:
• Show Model and Sheet tabs: Turns on and off the display of the Model and Sheet tabs.
• Show block attributes:
• Normal: Uses the setting defined in the BlockAttribute.
• On: Shows BlockAttributes regardless of the setting defined in the BlockAttribute and regardless if they are hidden.
• Off: Hides BlockAttributes.
3. Expand Coordinate System Icon and set:
• Display icons: Displays coordinate system icons in the Model and Sheet tabs.
• Display icons at origin: Always displays coordinate system icons at the origin location in the graphics area.
• Apply changes to all actively displayed views: Applies the settings for Display icons and Display icons at origin to all views.
4. Click OK.

To set the format and size of Point entities:

• See the PointFormat command which opens the corresponding section of the Options dialog box.

To set up the UnitSystem used in the drawing:

• See the UnitSystem command which opens the corresponding section of the Options dialog box.

To manage CCSs:

• See the CSStyle command which opens the corresponding section of the Options dialog box.
  

Access

Command: DrawingSettings, or Options

Menu: Tools > Options

Menu: Tools > Options

Menu: Application menu > Preferences