Selecting Mechanical Toolbox Settings¶
The Toolbox - Settings dialog box lets you specify basic settings for Mechanical Toolbox entities.
You can modify these settings for before you start drawing or at creation time. The settings are saved in profiles.
The dialog box groups the settings according to the type of entities:
Annotations
Hardware
Holes
Tables
Layers
Snaps
In the Toolbox - Settings dialog box, expand the category of settings and the type of settings to modify.
To access the Toolbox - Settings dialog box:
Do one of the following:
On the ribbon, select Mechanical Content > Settings.
On the menu, click Mechanical Content > Settings.
On the Mechanical toolbar, click Settings
.
Additionally, you can access the dialog box contextually, when you create components:
by clicking Settings button in the corresponding dialog box
using the Settings option of the corresponding command (if available).
Contents
Toolbox - Settings Dialog Box: Annotations
Use the Annotations category of the Toolbox - Settings dialog box to specify settings for hole callouts, balloons, surface finish symbols, and welding symbols that you use to annotate drawings.
Toolbox - Settings Dialog Box: Hardware
Use the Hardware category of the Toolbox - Settings dialog box to specify settings for bolts and screws, nuts, pins, and washers you add to drawings.
Toolbox - Settings Dialog Box: Holes
Use the Holes category of the Toolbox - Settings dialog box to access and configure holes provided by Toolbox and insert them into drawings.
Toolbox - Settings Dialog Box: Tables
Use the Tables category of the Toolbox - Settings dialog box to specify settings for revision, hole, and BOM tables.
Toolbox - Settings Dialog Box: Layers
Use the Layers category of the Toolbox - Settings dialog box to map and manage predefined layers to basic entity types or to Mechanical Toolbox parts, symbols, and tables.
Toolbox - Settings Dialog Box: Snaps
Use the Snaps category of the Settings dialog box to manage and control Mechanical Snap Configurations.
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