Toolbar Options for Enhanced Cable Block Drawings

Save Layout

Saves changes to the drawing.

Refresh

Manually refreshes the drawing with changes to the layout and to item details that were not automatically implemented in the drawing.

In the case of Key One Line diagrams, interconnected equipment may also be added by refreshing the diagram. See Refresh the Diagram.

Show Grid

Used to toggle the display of the drawing grid on and off (it is on by default).

Snap to Grid

Used to toggle the snapping of drawing elements to the grid on and off (it is on by default).

Layout

Accesses a drop-down menu with two options:

Align Horizontally (Top)

Used to align all selected equipment horizontally. All selected items are aligned with the first item selected.

Align Vertically (Left)

Used to align all selected equipment vertically. All selected items are aligned with the first item selected.

Enable Panning

Toggles panning on and off (it is off by default). When toggling is on the diagram can be navigated around by left-clicking and dragging the mouse in the required direction.

Print Preview

Toggles the print preview of the diagram. When print preview mode is on, previews of the pages as they would be printed are displayed as part of the diagram (over the grid, if this is being displayed), so that the user can see which items will appear on which pages. For example:

Print

Used to print the diagram. Opens a standard Print window.

Export

Accesses a drop-down menu with two options:

Export to PDF

Used to export the diagram to a PDF file. Opens a standard Save file as window.

Export to AutoCAD

Used to export the diagram to a DWG file. Opens a standard Save file as window

Add Existing Equipment

Used to select existing equipment to add to the diagram. Refer to Select Existing Equipment from a List for details.

Close

Closes the diagram window.