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Editing program and drawing options

Editing program and drawing options

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Editing program and drawing options

- In this video, I'll discuss some program options and their scope. To understand what I mean, let's just dive right in. Open the mechanical sample file in the Chapter 02 folder and type o + p + Enter for options. Go to the display tab here. Let's change an option that has global scope. That is an option that affects the program as a whole. I'll change the color scheme from dark to light and click OK. This option remains active no matter which drawing you're in. Go ahead and open the plumbing sample file in the Chapter 02 folder. Sure enough, the interface remains light. I can go back into options and change that back to dark. I actually prefer dark because it gives you less eye strain. I'll click apply. Now, some of the options have this symbol next to them and it means the current drawing. So, if I change this option for example, apply solid fill, I'll uncheck it and that's going to be specific to the drawing. It means it has drawing scope. I'll click OK and in this case, this…

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