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The autosorting mode for the current graphic document is and set in the Autosorting section of the setup dialog box.

To access the section, call the Settings Parameters... command and in the dialog box that appears select Current document — Symbols for mechanical engineering — Auto-sorting.

Control elements of the Auto-sorting settings section


Element

Setting description

№ subgroup


Auto-sorting

The field defines which letters and in what order will be assigned to design objects. Only letters (both uppercase and lowercase) can be entered in this field. Repetition of letters is not allowed.

After all letters of the list are used, the objects are assigned the same letters in the same order, but with the addition of the lower numeric index A1, B1, ... ; then A2, B2, ... and so on till A9, B9.

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Sorting order

The group of controls allows you to define the order of automatic assignment of letter designations

to objects of different types.

The list displays names of types of design objects, which designations can be automatically sorted.

The priority of objects of a particular type is determined by the position of the type name in the list. To increase the priority of objects of the required type, select its name in the list and click the Move up button, and to decrease it — click the Move down button. The selected name will be moved by one position in the specified direction.

When customizing the document-model, the list contains only one type of objects — base designation.

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By default, enable sorting for

The group of options allows you to specify the types of objects to which the letter designations will be automatically assigned.

Enable the options corresponding to the required types of objects. The options are valid only for newly created objects.

If the Auto-sorting option is enabled/disabled during object creation in the Parameters panel, the option with the name of objects of the same type is automatically enabled/disabled in the group By default enable sorting for:.

When the Auto-sorting settings are complete, click Apply and close. To exit the dialog box without changing the settings, click Cancel.

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