Several things must be checked and set before beginning to draw a layout to facilitate drawing, editing, and printing. These checks and settings are mainly associated with differences of architectural drawings; architectural drawings can be created with different applications. Considering these facts and user-specific styles, creating an electrical layout drawing may be complicated.
The following things should always be checked/set before creating a layout drawing:
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The drawing should be created with "correct measures", i.e. one drawing unit should be equal to 1 mm (scale 1:1). This can be checked in different ways. Find a measure whose correct length is known (e.g. measure line) in the drawing, then:
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Use Draw's measuring functions.
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Use the Distance command.
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Monitor the change of the status bar coordinates when moving the mouse.
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Set scale in drawing. The scale should always be defined in an Electrical drawing.
"Scale" setting is the data saved in the drawing about the scale which is used when printing the drawing. Purpose of the scale is to facilitate drawing. This setting affects several functions associated with drawing; e.g. outfit of the line types and texts. Also several functions in the application takes the scale into consideration and makes decisions concerning, e.g. size of the element to be drawn.
Things that should also be considered:
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Should reference drawing technique be used?
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Should layout technique (print mode technique) be used?
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Are there any elements in the drawing that you want to hide?
Show/hide details
You can hide elements by turning off layers: Select Home tab > Layers group >
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Are there any definitions for the use of layers, e.g. which layers should be used when positioning electrical symbols and wiring (select setting file for use)?
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Do you want to print the architectural drawing with "thin lines" (conversion files)?