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You can customize the view arrow settings for the current graphic document in the View arrow section of setting dialog box.

To access the section, call the  command Settings — Parameters... and in the dialog box that appears, select Current document — Designations for mechanical engineering — View arrow.

The dialog allows you to configure the parameters of fonts, choose the option to draw the view arrows. With the arrow filter, you can specify which arrows will be available when you create an object, set their sequence in the list, and select the default.

Controls in the view arrow parameter setting section


Element

Setting description

№ subgroup


View arrows

The drop-down list allows you to select a rendering option for the view arrows . The following options are available:

To fill with black,

Don't black out.

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Object length, mm

The field allows you to enter the length of the segment included in the view arrow.

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Font parameters


Font

The drop-down list allows you to select the desired font. The list contains all fonts connected to the OS.

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Different from default font

The option allows you to set the font to match or differ from the document's default font.

If the option is disabled, the font always matches the default.

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Style

The element group allows you to specify straight, italic, or thickened characters.

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Color

A field that displays the current color of the symbol. To change the color, click in the field.

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Height, mm

The field allows you to enter a character height value (in millimeters) or select this value from the drop-down list. The manually entered value is added to the list and saved for the duration of the session KOMPAS-3D.

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Width, %

The field allows you to enter a character width value or select the value from the drop-down list. A manually entered value is added to the list and saved for the duration of the session KOMPAS-3D.

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Preview

The preview window shows the appearance of the text. This allows you to visually evaluate the changes made.

Arrow filter

 

Arrow filter

The list contains names and samples of view arrow types.

To the left of the arrow names are options that allow you to enable/disable the display of the corresponding arrow types in the Arrow list in the Options panel when working with a gaze arrow. Those arrows, next to whose names the options are enabled, are available in the document: they are included in the list from which the arrow view is selected when creating an object.

The No arrow option does not have an option. It cannot be disabled, it is always available when creating dimensions in documents.

The option in the list header allows you to enable or disable the display of all arrow types in the list at once. The option can be in one of three states:

enabled  — all options in the list are enabled (all types of arrows present in the list are available in the Parameter panel),

undefined  — the list contains both enabled and disabled options (arrow views with enabled options are shown in the Options panel, and with disabled options — no),

disabled  — all options in the list are disabled (only the No arrow view is available in the Parameter panel, other arrows from the list are unavailable).

If the state of an option is undefined, clicking on the option will disable it, the next click will enable it.

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Move up

Move down

The buttons allow you to set the order of arrows in the list.

To change the position of an arrow, select it and press the desired button. The selected arrow will move one position in the specified direction.

The arrow order set in this dialog box is passed to the list from which the arrow type is selected when creating the object.

If the first arrow or the first arrows in the list are disabled, the first enabled arrow is the default one.

To speed up the creation of objects in the document, it is recommended to put the arrow type that is used most often on the first position, followed by the other arrow types in descending order of their frequency of use.

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After completing the settings, click the dialog box Apply and close. To exit the dialog box without changing the settings, click Cancel.

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