The Modify Settings Command
Description:
The Modify Settings menu command
allows users to customize thier CAMCAD environment.
Default settings that are defined here can be written to an
ascii file called DEFAULT.SET, by performing menu command
SETTINGS | SAVE SETTINGS. Each time CAMCAD is
launched, these settings are read and applied to the current
CAMCAD session.
Menu Location: Settings | Modify
Settings
Hot Key: N/A
Toolbar Location: N/A
Toolbar Button: N/A
Details
PAGE TAB - Here is a screen capture
and description of the Page Tab settings:
Page Units: The Page Units settings tells CAMCAD
which unit of measurement to work in. Acceptable settings
include Inches, MM, Mils, HP Plotter, and 10 nm.
Decimal Places: The Decimal Places settings tells
CAMCAD the level of coordinate accuracy to display.
E.G. 6 decimal places would show as "0.000000".
Page Coordinate Range: This setting defines the page
size of the CAMCAD project window. Settings include
Min X & Y, and Max X & Y.
Fit Page to Image: This option will re-size the CAMCAD
project window to fit around all design elements.
APERTURE TAB - Here is a screen
capture and description of the Aperture Tab settings:
Show Undefined Aperture: This option tells CAMCAD
to place undefined aperture markers in the places where apertures
that do not have size and shape definition exsist.
Show Undefined Aperture Number: This option tells
CAMCAD to show the undefined apertures number.
Size of Undefined Apertures/Tools: This option tells
CAMCAD what size (In Pixels) to display undefined apertures/tools.
GRID TAB - Here is a screen capture
and description of the Grid Tab settings:
Grid Section: Within this section of this tab, lies
the definition of how CAMCAD will display the CAMCAD
Project window background grid. Definition options include
Show - Yes/No, Grid Style - Dots/Lines, X & Y Spacing,
X & Y offsets.
Snap Section: Within this section of this tab, lies
the definition of how CAMCAD will snap when the Snap
function is activated and the Grid is the snap to option selected.
For more information on Snap to Grid Functionality of CAMCAD
Click Here.
VIEW TAB - Here is a screen capture
and description of the View Tab settings:
Translucent: This option toggles the Translucent mode
in CAMCAD. Translucent mode will (Depending on the
Fill Mode) combine or not combine colors of graphical elements
of the design.
Translaucent Fill Mode: This option determines how
the Translucent mode acts in CAMCAD. For example, if
the Translucent Mode is set to "Merge Pen", then
where graphics overlap, the two colors would be combined.
Hide Detail: This option allows the hiding of graphical
elements that are smaller then the Detail Ratio Setting, by
placing graphical markers rather then drawing each fine detail.
This option helps make re-draw times faster.
Hide Detail Ratio: This option is the size setting
for the Hide Detail option in CAMCAD. Anything that
is smaller then this setting will be drawn with the Hide Detail
Marker.
Show Origin: This option toggles the Origin in the
CAMCAD Project Window. Checked = ON, UnChecked = OFF.
This can also be toggled from the Snap Toolbar.
Show Hidden Attributes: This option toggles the hidden
internal CAMCAD attributes on and off. Checked = ON,
UnChecked = OFF.
Use Classic User Interface: The Classic interface
is the interface that doesn't allow users to resize their
dialog boxes.
Extents Margin: This option defines an area that is
added in the CAMCAD project window when the Zoom
Extents function is used. So, rather then zooming tightly
around the extents of the design, this percentage of project
area is added around the design.
Zoom Extents of Component Margin: Very similar to
the Extents Margin, this option adds the percentage defined
around components when users use the Zoom/Pan
to REFDES function.
COLORS TAB - Here is a screen
capture and description of the Colors Tab:
The options on this tab define the colors in which CAMCAD
will display graphical elements.
REDLINING TAB - Here is a screen
capture and description of the Redlining Tab:
Default Text Height: When Redlining is added into
the CAMCAD Project window, this is the default text
height setting.
Arrow Head Length: This setting defines the Redlining
Arrow head size.
SYSTEM TAB - Here is a screen
capture and description of the System Tab:
Search Range: The Search Range in CAMCAD defines the
circular area of the CAMCAD cross hairs. The default value
is 300 mils. If users click on an item and something else
gets highlighted, using the F3 button (Keyboard) will toggle
graphical elements within the Search Range.
Test Access Marker Size: This option defines the size
of a CAMCAD Test Access Marker. 300 mils is the default
size.
Join Lines Section: This option defines the specifics
of the CAMCAD AutoJoin Lines function.
Auto Join Snap Size sets the limitation for the distance
between two lines to be joined.
Chamfer Size sets the size of Chamfer during line
joining.
Radius Size sets the allowable Radius Size for the
join lines function.
PIN LABEL SETTINGS TAB - Here
is a screen capture and description of the Pin Label Setting
Tab:
Font Face - This option allows users to select the
font of font they wish to use for the pin labels.
Nominal Text Height - This option allows users to
input the nominal text height.
Minimum Text Height - This option allows users to
input the minimum text height.
Maximum Text Height - This option allows users to
input the maximum text height.
Text Box Height - This option allows users to input
the text box height.
Text Angle - This option allows users to input the
rotation angle for the text.
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