![]() In this same tab select the Change layer of selected objects button. Open the Select tab and select the objects you wish to move to a different layer. A layer selected to OFF will print.Ĥ 4 The Sundial Primer created by If you accidentally place objects on the wrong layer you can move them to any layer you want. Layers can be selected to be non-printing layers using the Set Print Region function and will not be printed. Another useful feature of using layers appears when printing a drawing. An OFF layer cannot be made the Current layer. All objects drawn on layers selected to OFF will not appear on the screen until the layer is turned back ON. The highlighted layer can be turned OFF or back ON by selecting the appropriate button. ![]() Figure 3: DeltaCad Layers There are two button labelled ON and OFF. A drop-down list will appear with all the layers that were created and selecting a new layer changes it to be the Current layer. You can access this window to change the Current layer or select the arrow to the right of the box that displays the Current layer. The Make Current button will make the selected layer the one you will be drawing in. Up to 256 layers can be used in a drawing. In a new drawing there is one layer to start with, the default layer. Figure 3 shows the Layer window that is accessed from the View tab. When you stack the transparencies on top of each other you can see the complete drawing. Each transparency can contain a specific part of the complete drawing such as different components, text, dimensions, etc. A drawing can consist of a number of these transparencies. It is easy to forget about layers until you need them so use them all the time and the effort will pay off.ģ 3 The Sundial Primer created by Think of a layer as a transparent sheet of paper. Layer Figure 2: DeltaCad Line Weight Layers are very important organizational tool for your drawing. Return to the list and select Default Line Weight. You can still select a heavier line weight during the drawing process. You must repeat this process for each of the listed items but it only has to be done once. A drop-down list will open where you can change the line weight to Thin. Select Options, then Options again and finally the item of interest. ![]() I prefer Thin and if you follow the procedure in Figure 2 the line weights for Line, Circle, Shapes and Spline can be set so they are Thin every time DeltaCad is started. When DeltaCad starts up all the line weights set to Normal. Yellow will work well for solid fill as long as there is dark boundary around the object. ![]() Thin yellow lines are very hard to see on a white background and although quite visible on the black background, it will disappear on white paper when printed. DO NOT use the colour yellow for lines unless theĢ 2 The Sundial Primer created by printer allows black and white printing. If you would like to try select Options, then Options and Background Color. I personally like to draw on a black background. Toolbar Status Bar Figure 1: DeltaCad Start-up Page The colour of the background defaults to white. If not select the ones that are not checked. If either or both is missing select View and check that Toolbar and Statusbar, located at the bottom of the drop-down list both have a check mark to the left of them. There should be a Toolbar at the top and a Status Bar at the bottom as shown. Start up DeltaCad and you should see the screen shown in Figure 1. You may find it a useful alternative to selecting many of the functions. Print a copy of the DeltaCad Shortcut Keys. You should also have the DeltaCad manual available and review what is written there. You can then access the windows discussed a try hem out. It is a good idea for you to have DeltaCad running as you read through this document. These topics will assist you in organizing and preparing for any drawing you plan to work on. I suggest that before your read this document you should read the DeltaCad manual. 1 1 The Sundial Primer created by In this instruction set certain DeltaCad topics will be discussed.
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