Settings for generation of 2D sheets

This dialog box can be opened by clicking on in sheets manager .

If you select an item in the list on the left then you can see to the right the settings that belong to that item.

We look at a part if the items in the list. The items are repeated for plates members, assemblies an General Arrangement views. That is why we look at only the items of assemblies.

• General. Here you can change the learn groups, Dstv, Dxf and the accuracy of bills of materials.
• Bill of materials. Activate and change the bills of materials here.

• Assemblies. Change here the sheet properties, the layers, title, bill and the priorty of the formats.
• Part. Change here the shortening of the sideviews and activate the extra section views and endplate views.
• View. Here you can change the sorting of the sideviews. Click the button of to sort the sideviews automatically according to EU or US projection.
• Views Front, Top, Behind and bottom. Activate/deactivate and change here all the settings of the sideviews.
• 3D View. Activate/deactivate and change here all the settings of the optional 3D view.
• View for endplate. When one or more endplate views are drawn, the settings under this view item will be used for the endplate view.
• Overview from front. Change here all the settings of the front overview.
• Overview from back. Change here all the settings of the back overview.
• Section of the part. When one or more section of the part are drawn, the settings under this view item will be used for the endplate view.
• Default dimensions. Change here the settings for default dimensions that are drawn without the learning library.

The buttons at the bottom of the dialog box need some more explanation :

Will add a new group with it's own settings, useful for for example stair, bannister, truss.

Removes a group that you added manually.

Restore all settings to the 'Out of the box' defaults of Parabuild.

Allows you to read all the settings from file, except for the bills of materials.

Allows you to save all the settings to file, except for the bills of materials.

Allows you to draw an example sheet of a 3D object that you select in 3D. If a plate item is active then the sheet of a plate will be generated, if a member item is active then a member sheet will be generated, ...

Shows an example sheet of the last selected 3D object.

Click here to save the current settings so that these settings will be loaded each time you open Parabuild.

Click here to load the settings that Parabuild loads at startup.