SAVE

Purpose:

To save a subpicture in the current drawing in the Subpicture data bank, or any other data bank.

Instructions:

In the Tools menu, click Subpicture, then Save.

1. Identifying the subpicture

   The subpicture to save can be identified in two ways:

   • By indicating the subpicture. To identify by name instead, click Cancel.

   • By keying in the name of the subpicture. If the drawing contains more than one subpicture with the given name, you have to confirm which one to save. To identify by cursor instead, just type an empty Return.

2. Establishing the external name

   Before saving the subpicture, you are prompted to supply the external name (as saved in the data bank) in a dialog box (if the subpicture has a name, this one will be proposed by the system). If a subpicture with the same name already exists in the data bank, you have to confirm the overwriting before the subpicture is saved.

3. Saving the subpicture

   If the subpicture contains drawing components (like dimensions, notes ), you are informed about this and decide if these also should be saved.

   For obvious reasons, the subpicture must be saved in a neutral format (that means, not transformed) in the data bank. Now, the system has accumulated every transformation that has been applied on the subpicture during its lifetime. To achieve neutral format, the inverse of this transformation history will be applied to the subpicture before saving it. Note that the transformation history of a subpicture can be viewed and optionally redefined in the function Redefine Transformation.

Options:

To save in a registry, other than the default one, select a registry in the Draft Explorer and click CE to add to the Registry field (optional). If the field is left blank, the subpicture will be placed automatically, that means, according to project setup that defines the drawing location based on the drawing type. If the environment variable SBD_OWNING_REGI is set to MANUAL, then this option is allowed, if set to AUTO, the option will be greyed out.

Result:

The user-given subpicture is saved in the data bank, in a neutral format with any transformations that may have been made to it during its lifetime effectively reversed.