The following topics provide information about the Drawing Settings dialog box.
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Drawing Settings Dialog Box
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- Units and Zone Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box)
Use this tab to select linear and angular units, intended plot scale, and coordinate zone for the current drawing. - Transformation Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box)
Use this tab to transform the coordinate system specified on the Units And Zone tab to local specifications. - Object Layers Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box)
Use this tab to specify layers for various objects in Autodesk Civil 3D. For example, you can specify that you want all alignments on layer C-ROAD, all parcels on C-PROP, and so on. You can also specify prefixes and suffixes for the layer names. - Abbreviations Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box)
Use this tab to control various default abbreviations used in drawing labels and reports. - Ambient Settings Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box)
Use this tab to specify default ambient (background) settings for a variety of settings, including units of measurement. These units and settings are used throughout Autodesk Civil 3D, unless they are overridden at the feature or command level.
Parent topic: Dialog Box Reference