Symbol

The Symbol part of the MDS Support Defaults window allows you to select and modify the symbol used at support locations.

Select the Draw Symbol check box to create a symbol at each support location, then set the Symbolic Template to be used.

Input the required name in the Template field or click the magnifying glass adjacent to the Template field to display the Browse window.

The Browse window is populated with the available registries by database. From the Look in drop-down menu, select the required database.

From the list that displays, select the registry that is used to hold the drawing.

Click Use to select the new registry or click Cancel to discard any changes and close the Browse window.

Select a colour, line thickness and line style from the Frame Pen and leader-line drop-down lists.

The label attributes are set to LLCOLOUR, LFCOLOUR, LLSTYLE and LFSTYLE from the Frame Pen style and line thickness drop-down menus.

Set a scale in the Scale field, the label attribute is set to XYSC.