Symbol - Specifies a symbol file. You can click More to open the Choose Symbol dialog box.
Symbols are saved in the Symbols share in the \Drawings\Catalog\Symbols folder. For more information, see Choose Symbol Dialog Box (on page 97).
Drawings and Reports Reference Data Guide 95 Widget Position (% along object) - Sets the positioning of the widget as a percentage of the total length from the start of the line.
Layer - Indicates the drawing layer (or level, if saving to a MicroStation file) on which the graphic is placed. For example, you would type LinesAndSymbols in the value field to place your symbol graphics on the LinesAndSymbols layer of your drawing. If the layer does not already exist in the template you are using to create drawings, the software creates the layer automatically.
For graphic rules used in the conversion to MicroStation files, the software only recognizes whole numbers between 1 and 63, inclusive, in the Layer field. Other values are ignored and the object is placed on level 1 in the DGN file.
Show Centerline - Specifies whether the centerline appears in addition to the 3D graphics. If you reset this property to No, the Centerline Visible Line Style boxes display <Not Drawn>.
Centerline Visible Line Style - Specifies the line style for a visible centerline.
Centerline Hidden Line Style - Specifies the line style for a hidden centerline.
All of the line styles in the pull down lists are found in the Styles.sha file, located in the Symbols share in the \Drawings\Catalog\Templates folder. You can add new line styles to this file.
Drawing view styles work in a top-to-bottom priority order. If an object finds its match in several different filters, the last graphic rule applied (bottom most row) wins.
See Also
View Style Properties Dialog Box (on page 38)
Graphic Rule - Line with Widget Dialog Box (on page 92) Graphic Rules (on page 83)
Select Graphic Rule Dialog Box (on page 84)
Graphics Tab (Graphic Rule - Line with Widget Dialog Box) (on page 93) Widget Tab (Graphic Rule - Line with Widget Dialog Box) (on page 94)
Graphic Rule - Symbol Dialog Box
Specifies a symbol for a graphic rule. The symbol graphic rule replaces objects in the graphic view with a symbol. The graphic below shows an object replaced by a symbol .
The symbol files are saved in the Symbols share in the \Drawings\Catalog\Symbols folder.
Rule Name - Names of the graphic rule. The rule name can be up to 128 characters long.
Description - Describes the rule.
96 Drawings and Reports Reference Data Guide Graphic Module - Specifies a module (.dll file) that allows you to customize the graphics included in your graphic rule.
This module affects only those items that meet the criteria of the filter on the selected row of the table in the View Style Properties dialog box. To apply a module to all items in the view style, choose a Graphic Preparation Rule on the View Style Properties dialog box.
Symbol - Specifies a symbol for objects that are visible. You can click More to open the Choose Symbol dialog box. For more information, see Choose Symbol Dialog Box (on page 97).
When selecting a symbol to replace an object, you can set the symbol as scalable. To achieve this, open the symbol in SmartSketch Drawing Editor and define the variable in the symbol and map the name of a label to the symbol so that the symbol received the scale variable from the 3D model. For example, the symbol FrontClipPipe1.sym specifies the OPD variable, which calls the label OPD.rtp from the Symbols share in the
\Symbols\Reports\Templates\DrawingsReports\SymbolParameters) folder.
When the software replaces the objects with the FrontClipPipe1 symbol, it evaluates the OPD label for the object being replaced, then takes the value returned and uses it to scale the 2D symbol in the drawing view.
Hidden Object Symbol - Specifies a symbol for objects that are hidden.
Layer - Indicates the drawing layer (or level, if saving to a MicroStation file) on which the graphic is placed. For example, you would type LinesAndSymbols in the value field to place your symbol graphics on the LinesAndSymbols layer of your drawing. If the layer does not already exist in the template you are using to create drawings, the software creates the layer automatically.
Drawings and Reports Reference Data Guide 97 For graphic rules used in the conversion to MicroStation files, the software only recognizes whole numbers between 1 and 63, inclusive, in the Layer field. Other values are ignored and the object is placed on level 1 in the DGN file.
Orientation - Sets the orientation behavior for the symbol. Set the value to Fixed Orientation - Upwards to always have the symbol orientation in the upward direction on the drawing. Set the value to Orients as Replaced Object Did to set the symbol orientation to match the replaced graphic object orientation.
Drawing view styles work in a top-to-bottom priority order. If an object finds its match in several different filters, the last graphic rule applied (bottom most row) wins.
See Also
View Style Properties Dialog Box (on page 38)
Graphic Rule - Line with Widget Dialog Box (on page 92) Graphic Rules (on page 83)
Select Graphic Rule Dialog Box (on page 84)
Graphics Tab (Graphic Rule - Line with Widget Dialog Box) (on page 93) Widget Tab (Graphic Rule - Line with Widget Dialog Box) (on page 94)
Choose Symbol Dialog Box
Specifies a symbol for the replace with symbol and replace with line and widget graphic rule types. You can open this dialog box in two ways:
Select More in the Symbol or Hidden Object Symbol fields on the Graphic Rules - Symbols dialog box. For more information, see Graphic Rule - Symbol Dialog Box (on page 95).
Select More in the Symbol field on the Widget tab of the Line with Widget dialog box. For more information, see Widget Tab (Graphic Rule - Line with Widget Dialog Box) (on page 94).
98 Drawings and Reports Reference Data Guide Symbol - Shows a hierarchical list of available symbols from the Symbols share in the
\Drawings\Catalog\Symbols folder. Select a symbol from the list and click OK to return to the previous dialog box.
See Also
View Style Properties Dialog Box (on page 38)
Graphic Rule - Line with Widget Dialog Box (on page 92) Graphic Rules (on page 83)
Select Graphic Rule Dialog Box (on page 84)
Graphics Tab (Graphic Rule - Line with Widget Dialog Box) (on page 93) Widget Tab (Graphic Rule - Line with Widget Dialog Box) (on page 94)
La b e l Ru le s
Label rules control the appearance of annotation labels as well as their automatic placement on drawings. For example, you can create label rules that place labels with or without borders and leader lines. You can even specify that the labels find "clear space" on the drawing, as shown in the graphic.
You can use these rules for many purposes. The delivered sample rules include several types of rules, such as control point labels, grid line labels, name labels, name and part labels, and piping labels.
The label rules are saved in the Symbols share in the \Drawings\Catalog\Rules\LabelRules folder.
The rules have corresponding templates and symbols under \Drawings\Catalog\Labels\Templates.
For more information on the delivered label rules, see Label Rules (on page 549).
If you choose to relocate or reorganize the labels folder structure, you need to edit each associated Label Rule XML file. The label rules are located in the Symbols share in the
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\Drawings\Catalog\Rules\LabelRules folder. After each <name> tag of the XML file, enter the correct relative path and name for the template files, as in the example below.
Delivered path
Modified path
Select Label Rule Dialog Box (on page 44)
Layering Labels
You can define the layer on which your annotation labels appear in the drawing by editing the label rule template XML file. After the <posSettings> section of the XML file, add a
<labelLayerSettings> definition using the <labelLayer> tag, like the one shown in the example below, that defines the layer on which you want the annotations placed:
If the layer does not already exist in the template you are using to create drawings, the software creates the layer automatically.