Drawing Settings Tab (Drawing Properties Dialog Box)

Sets default values for a drawing.

Sets the values you enter for drawing description, project, installation, location, sheet, and drawing code. Sets the format for component tags, wire numbers, cross-references, PLC modules, signal arrows, ladders, and layers.

Any drawing

Find

 Command entry:  AEPROJECT

In the Project Manager, right-click the drawing name, and select Properties Drawing Properties. Select the Drawing Settings tab.

Active drawing

Find

 Command entry:  AEPROPERTIES

Select the Drawing Settings tab.

Drawing File

Project	Specifies the project that the drawing is found in. Note: If the drawing is not in any of the currently open projects, "Drawing not in open project" displays instead of the project name. If the drawing is in an open project but it cannot be edited, "Project not available for edit" displays instead of the project name. This alert displays when a project file is read only, locked by someone else, not checked out in Vault, or the folder where the project is located is read only. When the project is not open or available for edit, you are unable to assign a description for the drawing.
Description 1-3	Specifies up to three lines of description text for the drawing file. The description displays in title block updates and custom drawing properties. The values are saved in the project .wdp file. Select from a list of predefined descriptions from the active project by clicking the arrow or select a description from the drawing by clicking Pick.
For Reference Only	Indicates that the drawing is not included in tagging, cross-referencing, and reporting functions. If selected, the drawing is included in project-wide plotting and title block operations. This setting is saved in the project .wdp file.

IEC-Style Designators

Specifies IEC default values for the drawing, such as Project (%P), Installation (%I), and Location (%L) fields. When you insert a component, the %I and %L default values are used if the Installation and/or Location values would normally be blank.

Project Code	Specifies a project code for the WD_M block definition. This value can be used as the replaceable parameter %P.
Installation Code	Specifies the installation code for the WD_M block definition. This value can be used as the replaceable parameter %I.
Location Code	Specifies the location code for the WD_M block definition. This value can be used as the replaceable parameter %L.
Drawing	Displays a list of Installation or Location codes from the active drawing.
Project	Displays a list of previously defined Installation or Location codes in the active project or from the Default.INST or Default.LOC file.

Note: Avoid using a mixture of drawings in the project when using the Combine Installation/Location Tag mode. For example, do not include some drawings with drawing-wide Installation or Location values and some without drawing-wide values. It can result in a disruption of the child and parent component relationship under certain circumstances.

Sheet Values

Component, wire, and cross-reference tagging use replaceable parameters in their format. If you reference the sheet number or drawing number in any of your tagging formats, then specify a default drawing-wide value to use.

Sheet	Specifies the sheet number value for the drawing settings. This value can be used as the replaceable parameter %S.
Drawing	Specifies the drawing number value for the drawing settings. This value can be used as the replaceable parameter %D.
Section	Specifies the section value for the drawing file saved in the project definition file (.wdp). This value can be used as the replaceable parameter %A.
Sub-Section	Specifies the subsection value for the drawing file saved in the project definition file (.wdp). This value can be used as the replaceable parameter %B.