Drawings Dialogs

Manage drawing properties using the corresponding dialogs.

The New Drawing Dialog

Using this dialog, you can select the prototype for the detail drawings.

Access the command

In the Output tab Document Manager panel, click (Document manger). In the Document MAanger dialog, click the Click Change prototype button.

Prototype (template) Preview Settings button
Displays the list of prototypes available in the ..\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2022\[INSTALLATION LANGUAGE EXTENSION]\Shared\Support\Prototypes\ folder Displays the preview of the selected prototype, including the page header and the outside border. Displays the Overwrite page settings dialog box where you can specify if the current prototype settings should be overwritten by the new prototype settings.

The Overwrite Page Settings Dialog

This dialog box allows you to select the current prototype settings that should be overwritten by the new prototype settings.

Option Description
Page settings check box If checked, it overwrites the page format, page orientation, plot distance of the current prototype.
Layout name check box If checked, it overwrites the layout name of the current prototype.
Drawing units check box If checked, it overwrites the drawing units of the current prototype