Dialog call:- You have opened a project containing layout spaces and busbars (bending) placed therein, and are viewing a page in the graphical editor. You have inserted a copper unfold (Insert > Graphic > Copper unfold) and placed it. In the Unfold dialog, select the View tab.
- You have opened a project containing layout spaces and busbars (bending) placed therein, and are viewing a page in the graphical editor. You have double-clicked an unfold. In the Unfold dialog, select the View tab.
On this tab, you can edit the properties of unfolds.
Overview of the main dialog elements:
Every unfold is identified by a unique name that is stored in the set language. You cannot have multiple unfolds with the same name.
The description is any multilingual text that describes the view in detail.
An unfold can always be created for only one layout space. This drop-down list displays all the layout space created in the project. When you open the dialog for the first time, the name of the first main layout space in the project is displayed.
Here you can specify which copper item is to be displayed in the unfold. You can also further restrict the content of the layout space that is displayed. Click [...] to open the 3D object selection dialog and select the copper bundle or busbar to be displayed in the unfold.
In the case of 2D drilling views and model views, the basic items can also be components of lower item hierarchy levels, e.g. mounting surfaces. In the case of copper unfolds, this is not possible.
You can use the following methods to calculate the scale:
- Automatic: The scale is calculated so that the unfold always fits in the highlighted area.
- Fit: Here, the scale is calculated so that the unfold fills out the highlighted area as wide as possible.
- Manually defined: If you select this setting, the Scale field is enabled and you can specify any scale.
This field is active if you select the "Manually defined" option in the Scale setting field. Enter the scale in the format "1:x", or select a value from the drop-down list.
The following properties are, among others, available for copper unfolds:
- Item labeling: Here you can specify which scheme is to be applied for labeling the items in the copper unfold. Click [...], to open the Settings: Labeling dialog and to select or create a new scheme.
- Rotation: By selecting a value from this drop-down list, the content of the copper unfold is rotated by 90°, 180° or 270° counterclockwise. This can be useful in order to make optimum use of highly-formatted copper unfolds on pages in landscape orientation. The border of the copper unfold is not rotated. Texts of a copper unfold that is rotated by 90° are rotated by the same angle. The exception are property texts to be read from the right. For them to remain legible, they are rotated by -90°.
- Automatic dimensioning: Here you can specify which scheme is to be applied for automatically dimensioning the items in the copper unfold. Click [...], to open the dialog Settings: Automatic dimensioning and to select or create a new scheme.
- Show drilling pattern: If this check box is activated, the drill holes on the copper item will be displayed in the unfold.
- Show bending lines: If this check box is activated, the bending lines of the individual bending positions will be displayed as solid lines in the unfold.
- Show bending extents: If this check box is activated, the bending extents of the individual bending positions will be displayed as dotted lines in the unfold.
- Show bending note: If this check box is activated, the information regarding bending direction, bending angle and bending radius will be displayed as texts on the bending lines.
- Model view: Edge width: With this property you can set the width of the edge lines in a model view, 2D drilling view and copper unfold to a fixed value, for example 0.5 mm. During zooming and at scale changes the line width is adapted correspondingly. During PDF export the edge lines are output with the specified width.
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