Customizing the Drawing Sheet
- Last UpdatedJan 08, 2026
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This chapter describes how you can customize the layout and content of an Isodraft drawing sheet. The default layout is shown in Isometric Output Format.
Summary of Commands
The following commands are described in this chapter:
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ATEXT |
Allows you to change the standard text on isometric drawings. |
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CUTMARKS |
Draws cut marks at each corner of the overall drawing sheet. |
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DATE |
Allows you to specify the format for showing the date in the drawing’s title block. |
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DISTANCES |
Allows you to specify the units to be used for input of lengths and distances. |
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FRAME |
Specifies whether or not drawing frame lines and text are drawn. |
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ISO |
Defines the view direction to be used for generating the isometric plot. |
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ISOTYPE |
Defines whether the isometric will show fabrication information, erection information or both. |
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MARGIN |
Specifies the width of the margin on each side of the drawing. |
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MARK |
Allows you to define whether the pipe revision attribute (REV) should be incremented and the Branch detail attribute should be set to true after successful detailing. |
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PLOTDETAILDATA |
Allows you to define whether and how to display parameterized attribute data in the detail plot files. |
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PLOTTINGSCALE |
Defines the scale of the plot independently of the drawing sheet size. |
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PROJECTNUMBER |
Writes the project number into the title block area. |
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RESERVE |
Allows you to specify a blank area at the bottom of either the drawing or material list areas, or at the top of the drawing area. |
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SIZE |
Specifies the overall dimensions of the drawing sheet. |
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STACKINGARRANGE-MENTS |
Allows you to define how to position multiple plots on a single sheet. |
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TITLEBLOCK |
Allows you to add extra text to the title block. |
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UNDERLAYPLOT-NAME |
Allows you to define a background plot file; letting you plot directly on top of this background plot. |