Save symbols to icon menus and insert them

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Home tab > Symbol group > User symbols menu

With this function, you can save symbols to the symbol directory and place them in an icon menu. You can save a total of 64 symbols to one icon menu, and you can use up to five icon menus.

Do the following:

  1. Select Save menu > Save to user symbol menu.

  2. Select the menu that you want to save the symbol to.

  3. Select the objects that you want to save to the symbol.

  4. Confirm the selection by pressing Enter.

  5. Indicate the basepoint of the symbol. The User symbol dialog opens.

  6. Enter a name for the symbol. The name can have a maximum of 15 characters.

  7. Select whether you want to use the default scale factor or define the scale whenever you insert the symbol.

  8. Select whether you want to use the default angle or define the angle whenever you insert the symbol.

  9. Enter a desctiption text for the symbol. The description text can have a maximum of 40 characters, and you can view it when you hover your cursor over the icon in the icon menu.

  10. Click OK.

  11. Indicate the area of the symbol that you want to see in the icon menu.

The program saves the icon to the icon menu.

Insert symbols from an icon menu

Do the following:

  1. Select User symbols menu > [The menu that has the symbol that you want to insert].

  2. Select the symbol that you want to insert on the drawing.

  3. Indicate the location of the symbol.

  4. If necessary, indicate the scale factor and the angle of the symbol.

The program places the symbol on the drawing.

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