Drawing Settings are the most generic settings. All commands use the drawing settings unless there is a specific override at the feature or command level.
Topics in this section
- Specifying Units and Zone Settings
Using the Units and Zone tab of the Drawing Settings dialog box, you can select linear and angular units, a coordinate system, and scale for the drawing.
- Specifying Transformation Settings
Using the Transformation tab of the Drawing Settings dialog box, you can relate the local northing and local easting coordinates of your drawing to the grid northing and grid easting coordinates for the current zone.
- Specifying Object Layer Settings
Use the Object Layers tab of the Drawing Settings dialog box to preset default object layers.
- Specifying Abbreviation Settings
Use the Abbreviations tab of the Drawing Settings dialog box to change the abbreviations used for the labels.
- Specifying Ambient Settings
Using the Ambient Settings tab of the Drawing Settings dialog box, you can specify default ambient (background) settings for a variety of features, including some that affect units of measurement.