Page Setup Wizard

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Last updated: Apr 29, 2011Version comment
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A step-by-step guide to setting page size and drawing scale.

Note: This is not exactly the same as the Page Setup used for printing, but any relevant parameters you set in this wizard will appear in the Page Setup. See Page Setup.

If you selected Page Setup Wizard in the New TurboCAD Drawing window, the wizard opens automatically. You can also access it via File / Page Setup Wizard.
In the first page you can choose between Engl ish and Metric units.

On the second page you can set the type of unit you want to use - architectural (1'-3"), decimal (3.75 ft.), scientific, etc. You can also specify the main unit (inches, feet, yards) and the precision of the units.

The th ird page contains options for paper size and orientation - these are used when printing. You can also enter drawing information such as title, author, and comments.

The fourth page enables you to set the pri nting scale. This is the size of the objects when printed, relative to their actual size specified in the drawing.

The fifth page enables you to create a de fault viewport for mapping the Model Space drawings onto the paper sheet as defined in Paper Space. When printing the default viewport from Paper Space, you get a hard copy of the Plan view of the current drawing because the Plan view is the default view for Model Space.

The sixth and final page enables you to save the sett ings for future drawing or to restore the initial settings. Settings can be edited in the TC Explorer Palette (see TC Explorer Palette0.).