To Define Drawing Standards

Open the Options dialog from any of the following sources:

Project Manager > Workspace Toolbar
Project Manager > Workspace popup menu
New Project dialog
Modify Project dialog
Backpage menu

Select Standards (from the Project Options) to display a set of tabs allowing the user to define drawing standards.

Select the General tab.

In the Profile field, select a pre-defined profile or Edit the elements of these profiles.

In the Electrical Standard area, select whether the drawings will follow the ANSI-IEEE or IEC standard.

Select the Default Units of Measure (Inches or Metric) for your drawings. These units will also be used for report templates.

(Optional): In the Device Appending Setting area, select whether to Allow Devices To Be Appended To Families to allow additional symbols to be assigned to a device ID after the available spots have been filled. This will enable the following additional options that can be selected:

Allow Parent Symbol Appending.

Allow Child Symbol Appending.

Note: If you do not select the Allow Devices To Be Appended To Families check box, the append option will not be available when you attempt to assign too many items to a family.

Select a Primary Mode from the drop down list.

When finished defining the drawing standards, click OK to save the changes.