Chapter 10
Using Mechanical CAD
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Controlling Workspace Elements for Mechanical
CAD
The
General
tab allows you to control whether or not invisible attributes
or cross hairs are shown in normal view, and options for full screen view.
This tab also allows you to have Ultiboard load your last project
automatically, and to have Ultiboard automatically save your project at
specified intervals.
Complete the following steps to view or change workspace options:
1.
Choose
Options»Global Preferences
. The
Preferences
dialog box
appears.
2.
Click the
General
tab.
3.
Adjust the
View
box settings as desired:
•
Show invisible attributes
—These are set up in the
Attributes
tab
(
Visibility
column) of the element’s properties dialog.
•
Show crosshair
—Displays a large crosshair that is attached to
your mouse’s pointer.
4.
Adjust the
Crosshair
box settings as desired:
•
Keep always on grid
—Makes sure that the crosshair will always
snap to grid points even when you are not placing any parts or
traces (normally when you are not placing parts or traces the
crosshair moves gridless.
•
Drop on left mouse button
—Changes the way moving of objects
works. Normally when you start a move, the object will be
dropped when you release the left mouse button. When this option
is enabled, releasing the mouse button will not drop the part - only
pressing the left mouse button will.
5.
Adjust the
Fullscreen mode
box settings as desired:
•
Show scrollbars
—Places vertical and horizontal scrollbars in the
fullscreen view. Use these to move to the desired area on the
workspace.
•
Autopan
—Automatically moves the view of the workspace as
you move the cursor offscreen.
6.
Increase or decrease the
Undo buffer size
as desired. The number here
is the number of undo actions allowed.
7.
In the
File
box, enable
Load last file on startup
if you would like to
continue working on the last file you had open in your previous
Ultiboard session.
8.
Select the desired settings in the
Mouse Wheel Behavior
box.
