DWG Viewer

User GuideVersion 2.0

Table of Contents1.0 Introduction

1.1 Welcome to Microspot DWG Viewer 1.2 Harware & Sofware Requirements 1.3 Installing Microspot DWG Viewer 1.4StartingMicrospotDWGViewer 1.5 The Help Menu 1.6 DWG Viewer Manual 1.7RegistrationInformation 1.8UpgradeInformation 1.9DWGViewerApplicationOverview

2.0 How to Use DWG Viewer

2.1OpeningaDWGFile 2.2SettingthePaperSize 2.3 Rulers & Cursors 2.4TheToolPalette 2.5TheAttributesPalette 2.6TheLayersPalette 2.7 Text 2.8 Zooming 2.9 The Measure Tool 2.10Saving/ExportingFiles 2.11SharingyourFiles

3.0 Menus & Shortcuts

3.1 Menus 3.2KeyboardShortcuts

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Chapter 1 Introduction1

1.1 Welcome to Microspot DWG Viewer

ThisUserGuidehasinformationaboutthefeaturesandcapabilitiesofMicrospotDWGView-er2.0.Itislaidouttoletyoureferdirectlytoaparticularfeatureandobtaindetailedinstruc-tionsaboutitsuse.

ThisUserGuidehasbeenwrittenpresumingyouarecomfortablewithtermssuchasclick,drag,selectandchoose.YoushouldalsobefamiliarwiththegeneralmethodsusedinmostMacintosh®applicationssuchasmoving, resizingandscrollingawindow. Ifyouarenot,please refer to your Macintosh owner’s guide.

1.2 Hardware & Software Requirements

-MacintoshSystemMacOSX(10.10.5(Yosemite)orHigher))

- 2 GB RAM

- 120 GB of HDD

1.3 Installing Microspot DWG Viewer

ToinstallDWGViewer,firstyouneedtoeitherdownloadtheinstallerfilefromyourpurchaselinkandrunitorruntheCDversion.NowdoubleclicktheMicrospotDWGViewerinstallerfileandfollowtheonscreeninstructionstoselectthedesiredlocationandinstalltheappli-cation.WhentheinstallationiscompleteyouwillfindtheappinyourFinder>Applicationsfolder.

1.4 Starting Microspot DWG Viewer

ThefirsttimeyoulaunchDWGVieweryoumustenteranameandvalidserialnumbertoenablethesoftware.

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To enable Microspot DWG Viewer

1)Double-clicktheDWGViewerapplicationicontolaunchthesoftware.

2)Enteranameandvalidserialnumber(theorganizationnameisoptional) intothedialogthat appears.

3)Theserialnumbermustbevalidfortheversionyouareusing.Thiswillbesuppliedwiththeprogram or upgrade when purchased.

4)Onlywhenyouhavetypedinyourserialnumber,theOKbuttonbecomesavailable.ClickOKtoruntheapplication.

IfyouclicktheCancelbutton,theapplicationwillrunindemomodeandsomeofthefeaturesandmenuoptionswillbeunavailable.PleasenotethatthisdoesnotregisteryourproductwithMicrospotLtd.Todothatpleasereadontosection1.7Registration Information.

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1.5 The Help menu

TheHelpmenu is locatedontheMacMenuBarand isusedtoopenthePDFMicrospotDWGViewermanual,UpgradeInformationandOnlineSupportwhichincludesbothEmailandLiveChat.

1.6 DWG Viewer Manual

TheDWGViewerManualinPDFformatisincludedwithintheproduct.Themanualwillbeinstalledonyourharddriveduringtheinstallationprocess.

ChooseDWGViewerManualfromtheHelpmenuandAcrobatReader(oryourdefaultPDFreader)willlaunchandopenthemanual.Youcanthennavigatethroughandreadthemanualonscreenorprintsectionsforyourownreference.

1.7 Registration Information

YoucanregisterDWGViewerproductviatheInternet.Registeringyourproducthelpsuslinkaserialnumbertoaparticularuserandmakestheupgradeprocessinthefuture.ItalsomakesitmucheasiertorecoveryourexistingversionshouldyouMacorHardDrivefail.

Thiscanbedoneonlineatwww.microspot.com/register

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1.8 Upgrade information

WhennewversionsofDWGVieweraremadeavailabletheycanbefoundontheMicrospotwebsiteviathelinkbelow.WhenupgradingyourApplicationsitisalwaysusefultohaveyourexistingserialnumbertohand.

http://www.microspot.com/products/upgrade/index.htm

1.9 DWG Viewer Application Overview

Menu BarLayersPaletteDocument Title

Tool Bar

ToolPalette

AttributesPalette

Rulers

Drawing

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2.1 Opening a DWG File WhenyourunDWGVieweryouaremetbytheOpendialog.FromhereyoucanopenanycompatiblefilesuchasDWGorMD60.BydefaultDWGViewerwillopenyourfilesusinganautomaticopeningmethod:

To open a DWG File Automatically:

1)FromtheOpendialog,locateandclickthenameofthefilethatyouwanttoopen.

2)ClicktheOpenbutton.

YourDWGfilewillopenautomaticallybydefault.

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DWGVieweralsoofferstheabilitytoopenaDWGfileWith Options.Thisgivesyoufarmorecustomizationovertheopeningofafile;youcanadjustthescale&units,selectaparticularLayout and set the amount of DWG units.

To open a DWG File With Options:

1)SelectFile>OpenDWG/DXFWithOptions.

2)LocatethefileyouwishtoopenWithOptions.

The DWG Layout dialog will appear.

3)ChoosewhichlayoutyouwishtoopenandclickOK.

The Document Scale & Units dialog appears.

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4)ChooseyourpreferredUnittypeandScale.

The DWG Units dialog appears.

5)SelecttheamountofDWGUnitsperfoot(ormetre)andclickOK.

YourDWGfilewillnowopenwithyourchosensettings.

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Opening a Particular DWG/DXF Layout

DWGVieweralsooffersthechancetoopenaparticularLayoutfromoneofyourDWGorDXFfiles.

To open a DWG/DXF Layout:

1)OpenyourDWGfileautomaticallyorviaFile>OpenWithOptions.

2)OncethefileisopengoLayout>DWG/DXFLayouts...

The DWG Layout dialog will appear.

3)SelectyourdesiredLayoutandclickOK.

4)AnewwindowwillopenwithyourchosenLayout.

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Youcannowviewbothofyourlayoutsatthesametime.

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2.2 Setting the Paper Size

Youcansetadrawing’spagesize,pageorientationandtotalsizedependingonwhatyouneed. If necessary, you can create a drawing thatwill print over several sheets of paper.Themaximumdrawingsizeisapproximately178”x178”,dependingonwhichpagesizeandorientationyouchoose.Thechoiceofpagesizeissubjecttothepagesizesavailablewiththecurrentlyactiveprinterorprintingdevice.Forexample, iftheprinteryou’veselectedsupportsonly letter-sizeandlegal-sizepaper,youcannotprinttolargerorsmallersheets.Youcanalsousecustomsizesifitissupportedbyyourprinter.

To set the drawing page size and orientation:

1) SelectFile>PageSetup.

The Page Setup dialog appears.

1)SelectthePaperSizeyouwouldlike.

2)SelectthePageorientation(HorizontalorVertical)

3)ClicktheOKbuttonandyourdocumentwillnowhavethedesiredpagesizeandorientation.

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Checking the Drawing Size

OpentheLayout menu and choose Drawing Size. A dialog appears displaying the current totaldrawingsizeintheformofhowmanypagesarecurrentlybeingused.ThedrawingsizeisalsorepresentedbysizeintermsorInchesandCentimeterstotheleft.PressingOK will closetheDrawingSizedialog.

Note: Ifyourdrawinghasopenedatthewrongsizethenconsiderclosingitandreopeningitviathe‘OpenwithOptions’toselectadifferentscale.

2.3 Rulers & Cursors

DWGViewer’son-screenrulerscanhelpyoucheckthepositionofobjectsonyourdrawing.They appear along the top and left sides of thedrawingwindow, and reflect the currentpositionofthewindowduringscrolling.Atmagnifiedviews(zoomedinorout),theychangesizeaccordingly,theyalsoscaleaccordinglysowhetheryouopenadocumentat1:1or1/4”:1’youcanrestassuredthattherulerswillbeupdatedtoreflectthat.

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Rulers

To display Microspot DWG Viewer’s rulers

• Choose Show Rulers from the Layout menu TherulerswillbedisplayedandacheckmarkappearsbytheShowRulerscommandin the Layout menu.

• YoucanalsoShoworHidetherulersbyclickingtheRulerstoolbariconatthetopofyourscreen(Imageabove)

Cursors

ThedefaultcursoristheArrowcursor.Thisallowsyoutoclickandhighlightannotationsorellipsesonthedocument.

Selectingdifferenttoolswillchangethedisplayedcursoricontotheselectedtool.ForexampletheHandtoolwillchangethecursortotheHandtoolicon,theTexttoolwillchangethecursoricontoaTextcursor,theZoomtoolwilldisplayamagnifyingglasstointerpretzoomandsoon.

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TheToolPaletteholdsallofthekeytoolsfornavigatingyourdocument,creatingannotationsandeditingexistingannotations.TheToolPalettewillopenbydefaultbutcanbeshownorhiddenbyclickingtheToolbarIconorbygoing

2.4 The Tool Palette

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The Ellipse Tool - Keyboard Shortcut E

TheEllipseToolisusedtoaddfocalpointsonyourdocumentforyourannotations.Clickanddragtodrawanellipse,bydefaulttheellipsewillhaveaRedstrokeandNoFill.Theattributesofthenewlycreatedellipsecanbechangedintheattributespalette.

Asyouclickanddraganellipsewillappearbutitwillbeghostedtoshowyouthesizeandshapeitwillbeonceitisplaced.Onceyoureleasethemousetheellipsewillbeplacedanditshandles will appear should you need to edit it.

Arrow Tool

Hand Tool

EllipseTool

Text Tool

Measure Tool

Zoom Tool

1:1Tool

The Arrow Tool - Keyboard Shortcut V

TheArrowToolisusedtoselect,moveandchangeannotationtextandellipses.Youcanclickanddragoutawindowtoselectmultipleobjectsoryoucansimplyclickasingleobject.HoldingtheShiftKeywhilstclickingtoselectwillallowyoutoselectmultipleobjects.YoucanalsoholdtheShiftKeytoDeselect individualselectedobjects.

The Hand Tool - Keyboard Shortcut H

TheHandToolisusedtomove/panthedrawing.Todo this simplyclick andhold in thedocumentandyouwillnoticetheHandToolgrab the drawing andallowyoutomovearoundthescreen.

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The Text Tool - Keyboard Shortcut T

TheTextToolallowsyoutoplacetextforyouannotations.Textcanbeaddedintwodifferentforms,eitheraslabel text or paragraphtext.Textiscoveredinmoredetailinsection2.7 Text.

The Measure Tool - Keyboard Shortcut M

TheMeasureTool is a click and drag tool used tomeasure between two points onyourdrawing. This toolwillworkwith the scale of your drawing to give you precise and livemeasurements of your document.

SelecttheMeasureToolandclickthefirstpartofthedrawingyouwouldliketomeasure,nowwhilecontinuouslyholdingdownthemousedragthecursortoyoursecondpoint.Asyoudragyouwillseelivefeedbackofthelengthofthelineyouarecreating.

The Zoom Tool - Keyboard Shortcut Z

TheZoomToolisusedtozoominandoutofyourdrawing.SelectthetoolandbydefaultitwillbesettoZoomIn.ClickonthepointyouwanttozoominonandDWGViewerwillzoominonthatspecificpoint.ToZoom Out,selecttheZoomtoolandwithitselected,holddownthealt/optionkey.Youwillnoticethecursoriconchangefromamagnifyingglasswitha+ symboltoamagnifyingglasswitha-symbol.Nowclickinthedocumenttozoomout.

Marquee Zoom allowsyoutoZoomIntoaparticularareaofyourdrawingbyselectingtheZoomToolandthenclickingandholdingdownthemousetodragoutawindow.ThisallowsyoutoZoomInsothatallobjectswithinthatwindowyou’vedrawnnowfitthedocumentwindow.

1:1 Tool

The1:1Toolallowsyoutoquicklyreturntoanunmagnifiedviewofthedocument.Tousethe1:1ToolsimplyclickitonceintheToolPalette.Ifyouareatanyzoomlevelotherthan100%youwillberevertedbacktotheunmagnifiedzoomlevelofthedocument.

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2.5 The Attributes Palette

Theattributespaletteisusedtochangethelookandstyleofyourtextboxesandellipses.Thingsyoucanchangeincludefillcolor,linecolor,fillopacity,lineopacity,lineweightandlinestyle.Touseanyofthetoolsintheattributespaletteyouneedtofirstselectanobjectyoucanapplyattributesto.InDWGViewerthisincludesTextandEllipses.ToShowtheAttributesPaletteclicktheMenuBarIconorgoWindow>Attributes.

Fill Color

Thisisusedtoapplyafillcolortoatextboxorellipse.BydefaultinDWGViewer,bothatextboxandellipsewillhaveNoFillapplieduntilchanged.

Fill Opacity

Belowfillcolorisfillopacity.Bydefaultthisissetto0%sothatthetextboxorellipseisclearorseethrough.Ifyouchangethisto100%theobjectwillhaveasolidcolorfill.

FillColor

Line Weight

Line Color

FillOpacity

Line Style

LineOpacity

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Line Color

Thisisusedtoapplyalinecolortoatextboxorellipse.BydefaultinDWGViewer,bothatextboxandellipsewillhaveaNo Fillapplieduntilchanged.

Applying Fill Color & Opacity

1)SelectyourobjectandclicktheFillColorbuttonontheattributespalette.TheAppleColorWheel Dialog will appear.

2)SelectacolorfromthecolorwheelandthenclosethewheelorpresstheEsckey.

3)Iftheellipseisstilltransparentthenkeepitselectedandchangetheopacityintheattributespaletteto100%.

4)TheEllipseisnowfilledwithasolidbluecolor.

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Line Opacity

Belowlinecolorislineopacity.Bydefaultthisissetto0%sothatthetextboxorellipseisclearorseethrough.Ifyouchangethisto100%theobjectwillhaveasolidlinecolor

Applying Line Color & Opacity

1)SelectyourobjectandclicktheLineColorbuttonontheattributespalette.TheAppleColorWheel Dialog will appear.

2)SelectacolorfromthecolorwheelandthenclosethewheelorpresstheEsckey.

3)Iftheellipselineisstilltransparentthenkeepitselectedandchangetheopacityintheattributespaletteto100%.

4)TheEllipsenowhasasolidblueline.

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Line Weight

LineWeightisusedtochangethethicknessofthelineoftheellipse.LineWeightismeasuredinPixelsandthereare11differentweightstochoosefrom,fromHairline(-H-)to13pixels.Thenumberbesidethelineweightinthepopupmenudepictthethickness.

Line Style

Line Style refers to whether or not the Line of the ellipse is solid or made up of dashed lines. Thereare16differentlinestylestochoosefrom,fromthepopupmenu.

Applying a different Line Weight or Line Style

1)SelectyourEllipse.Bydefaultitwillhavea1pixelweightandwillbeasolidlinestyle.

2)Selectthelineweightbuttonfromtheattributespaletteandchooseanewlineweight.Yourellipsewillnowhaveathickerorthinnerlinedependingonwhichyouchose.

3)SelectyourEllipse.ClickontheLineStylepopupandchooseadashed linestyle.Theellipsewillnowhaveadashedlinestyle.

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2.6 The Layers Palette

TheLayersPalettedisplaysallof theavailableLayerswithin thedocument.Theywill alsokeeptheirsavedvisiblestatefromtheoriginaldrawing.TheLayerspalettecanbeopenedviaWindow>LayersorviatheLayersbuttonintheMenuBar.

TheLayerspalettelistsalloftheLayersinthedocument. It is made up of three columns,firstly the visible state of the layer depictedby a green, ghosted or grey eye symbol. Thesecond column is the name of the layer and the finalcolumnistheobjectcountforthat layer.Selectingalayer(clickingit)willhighlightitanddisplay that Layer as purple.

Visible

Ghosted

Hidden

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The Annotation Layer

TheAnnotationLayerisaspeciallayerwhichisaddedtoanyfileopenedinDWGViewer.Anyannotations,beittextorellipses,willbeaddedtotheannotationlayer.ThislayerisfoundatthebottomoftheLayerspalette.

The Layers Palette Pop Up

AtthebottomoftheLayersPaletteisapopupmenudisplayedbyagearsymbol.Thispopupmenuallowsyoutochangethehighlightedlayerfromvisible(ShowLayer)tohidden(HideLayer)toghosted(GreyLayer).

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2.7 Text

Introduction

Textconsistsofletters,punctuationandnumbers.Oncetextiscreated,itisrecognizedasasingleobjectintheformofatextboxandyoucanthenedit,moveorduplicatethetextboxwithin the document.

ThetextfeaturesinDWGVieweraredrawnfromthesystem,whichallowsyoutochangethefont,typeface,size,linespacing,evenapplyadropshadow.

Applying Text

TheTextToolallowsyoutoplacetextforyouannotations.Textcanbeaddedintwodifferentforms,eitheraslabel text or paragraph text.

Applying Label Text:

1)SelecttheTextToolfromtheToolsPalette(KeyboardShortcutT)thecursorwillchangetothetextcursoror‘i-beampointer’.

2)Clickwhereyouwouldliketostartyourtext.

3)Starttyping,whenyouarefinishedpresstheReturnKeyortheEscKey.

4)YourLabeltextiscompleteandwillbedisplayedwithinitstextbox.

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Applying Paragraph Text:

1)SelecttheTextToolfromtheToolsPalette(KeyboardShortcutT)thecursorwillchangetothetextcursoror‘i-beampointer’.

2)Clickanddragoutarectangle,releasetomousetoconfirmitssize.

3)Starttyping,ifyourtextreachestheendofthetextboxitwillwraptoitandautomaticallyshiftontothenextline.ThisisthebenefitofParagraphText.

4)YourParagraphtextiscompleteandwillbedisplayedwithinitstextbox.

Selecting & Editing Text

Selecting Text

Toselecttext,whetheritisLabelorParagraph,firstclickthetextboxandthentheTexttool.Nowclickanddragthroughthetexttohighlightit.HighlightedtextwillappearBlue.

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YoucanalsoselectalltextwithinatextboxbyplacingthecursorwithinthetextboxandgoingEdit>SelectAll(keyboardshortcutcmd+A).

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Editing Text

EditingTextreferstochangingthefont,size,linespacing,typefaceorcolortoyourtext.TherearetwowaystoedittextinDWGViewer,firstlyyoucaneditallofthetextinthedrawingandsecondlyyoucaneditparticularsectionsoftextwithinthedrawing.Letslookatthefirstoption.

Editing Selected Text

1)Selectthetextbyclickingthedesiredtextboxorhighlightingthedesiredstringoftextwithin it.

2)ViathemenubargoText>Fonts>ShowFonts.TheFontsdialogappears:

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3)WiththetextboxselectedortextwithinithighlightedyoucanchangeanyoftheoptionswithintheFontsdialogandwatchitupdateliveinfrontofyou.Belowyoucanseethesametextboxasusedintheselectalltextsectionofthismanualexceptthefont,typefaceandsizehaveallbeenchanged.

TherearealsomenubaroptionsunderTextwhichallowyoutoquicklyalignyourtextorapplybold,underlineoritalictypefaces.

To Align Selected Text:

1)Selectyourdesiredtextbox.

2)GoText>AlignLeft/AlignCenter/AlignRight

3)Noticethatyourtexthasnowrealignedtomeetyourchosenalignment.

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To Apply Bold, Italic or Underline to Text:

1)Selectyourdesiredtextboxorhighlightedtextwithinit.

2)GoText>Font>Bold/Italic/Underline.

3)NoticethatyourtexthasnowbecomeBold,ItalicorUnderlined.

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To Make Selected Text Bigger or Smaller:

1)Selectyourdesiredtextboxorhighlightedtextwithinit.

2)GoText>Font>Bigger/Smaller.

3)Noticethatyourtexthasnowbecome1fontsizebiggerorsmaller.

4)ToincreaseordecreasetheFontsizequickerusethekeyboardshortcutscmd+orcmd-respectively.

Note:Increasingthefontsizemaycausetexttoflowacrossmorelines.

Editing All Text:

Youcanalsoeditalltextwithinadocument.TodothisusetheToolBarIcon‘SelectAllText’.Clickingthiswillselectallofthetextboxesyouhaveplacedinthedocument.Nowmaketheeditsyouwantsuchasfontstyleorsizeanditwillapplythosechangestoalltextwithinthedocument.

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Onceallofthetextisselectedyoucanseethateachtextbox’shandlesarevisible,thismeansit is indeedselected.Nowapplyanychangesyou likeandallofthetextwithinthosetextboxeswillchangeaccordingly.

2.8 Zooming

Introduction

AsyouwouldexpectwithanymodernapplicationyoucanzoominandoutofyourdocumentsinDWGViewerandthereareafewdifferentwaystodoso.

To Zoom in with the Zoom Tool

1)OpentheToolPaletteviaWindow>Tools(Ifnotopenalready).

2)SelecttheZoomTool.

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3)ThecursorwillchangetorepresentaMagnifyingGlassandwilldisplaya+torepresentzoomingIN.

4)ClickwhereinthedocumentyouwouldliketoZoomin.

5)YouwillZoomin2xintoyourdrawing.

To Zoom Out with the Zoom Tool

1)OpentheToolPaletteviaWindow>Tools(Ifnotopenalready)

2)SelecttheZoomTool

3)Thecursorwillchangetorepresentamagnifyingglassandwilldisplaya+torepresentzoomingIN.

4)Holdthealt/optionkeyonyourkeyboard.Thecursoriconwillnowdisplayamagnifyingglasswitha-torepresentzoomingOUT.

5)ClickwhereinthedocumentyouwouldliketoZoomoutfrom.

6)YouwillZoomout2xoutofyourdrawing.

Using the Zoom % Tool bar Icon

IntheToolBarisaZoomPanel.Ifyouclickonthedownarrowadropdownwillappearwhereyoucanselectwhatzoomlevelyouwouldliketobeatwithinthedrawing.Youcanalsoclickinthetextandtypeinyourdesiredzoomlevel.

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Using Marquee Zoom

SelecttheZoomtoolfromthetoolpaletteandthenclickanddragoutaMarqueearoundtheareayouwanttozoominon.Whenyoureleasethemouseitwillzoominontheareayouhavechosenandfitittothesizeofthecurrentapplicationwindow.

Marquee ZoomSelection

Marquee ZoomSelection zoomsin and now fitsthe applicationwindow.

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Zooming via the View Menu

YoucanalsozoominviatheViewMenu.Inthismenuyoucanzoomin,zoomout,restorethepreviouszoom,reverttoactualsize,reverttohomeviewandviewDWGViewerinfullscreen mode.

To Zoom In via the View Menu

1)WithyourfileopengoView>ZoomIn2)YouwillZoomIn2xonthedrawing

To Zoom Out via the View Menu

1)WithyourfileopengoView>ZoomOut2)YouwillZoomOut2xonthedrawing

To Restore Previous Zoom via the View Menu

1)WithyourfileopengoView>RestorePreviousZoom2)YouwillZoomInorOuttothezoomlevelyouwereatbeforeyoulastzoomed.Ifyouwereat100%andzoomedinto120%youwillthenrestoreyourzoombacktothe100%.

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To go to Home View via the View Menu

1)WithyourfileopengoView>HomeView2)Yourdocumentwillmovetotherulers’zeropointsbutwillmaintainthecurrentzoomlevel.

To Enter Full Screen Mode

1)WithyourfileopengoView>EnterFullScreen2)YourdrawingwillnowbedisplayedinFullScreenMode.

2.9 The Measure Tool

TheMeasureToolisapointtopointmeasurementtoolinDWGViewer.Itupdatesliveonthe screen to show you the measurement in the same units as the document was opened in. Whatthismeansisthatifyouchoosetoopenthedocumentinmm(millimeters)itwilldisplaythe measurements on the measure tool in mm. If you open the document in Inches it will display as inches and so on.

To use the measure tool

1)OpenthetoolpaletteviaWindow>Tools,ifnotalreadyopen.

2)SelecttheMeasureToolfromthetoolspalette,keyboardshortcutM

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3)Movethecursoroverthefirstpointyouwanttomeasurefrom,themeasuretoolwillsnapto that point.

4)Holddown themouseanddrag fromthatfirstpoint.Youwill see thatameasurementappearsabovethesecondpointandliveupdatesasyoudragitaround.

5)Releasethemousetoendthismeasurement.

TheMeasureToolcanbeusedtotakemeasurementsofthedocumentandthereforehelpyoutodoublecheckthattheDWGfilesyouaresentarecorrect.BelowisaDWGdocumentinwhichthecreatorhasstatedthatthetotalwidthis6”(Inches).WiththeuseoftheMeasureToolandthewayDWGViewerinterpretsscalewecanconfirmthatitisthecorrectlength.

2.10 Saving / Exporting Files

Afteraddingyourannotationstoyourfileyoumaywanttosaveyourchangestosendtoaclientorsimplytoworkonagainlater.Youcandothisbysavingthedocumentasanannotationfile(.ann).

YoucanalsoexportyourfileasanuneditablePDFifyourrecipientonlyneedstoviewthedocument.

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To Save your annotations as an Annotation File:

1)GoFile>SaveorKeyboardShortcutcmd+STheSavedialogappears.

2)Noticethatthefilenameisappendedalreadyas.ann(annotationfile).

3)Chooseyoursavelocation.Thisiswherethefilewillappearoncesaved.

4)PresstheSavebutton.Yourfilewillnowbesaved.

These.annfilescanbereopenedtobeworkedonagainbutcanalsobesenttosomebodyelseforthemtomakechangesintheircopyofDWGViewer.DWGViewer2.0alsohasanAutoSavefeaturetokeepyourfilesuptodate.

To Export your annotations as a PDF

1)GoFile>ExportasPDFwithannotations.TheSavedialogappears.

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2)Noticethatthefilenameisappendedalreadyas.pdf

3)Chooseyoursavelocation.Thisiswherethefilewillappearoncesaved.

4)PresstheSavebutton.Yourfilewillnowbesaved.

These.pdffilesareimagefilesandcannotbeedited.TheremainbenefitisthattheycanbeuniversallyopenedbybothMacandPC.ThiswouldbethebestwaytosendyourfileacrosstosomebodynotusingDWGViewerforthemtoseewhatyouareworkingon.

2.11 Sharing your files

AfteryouhavemadeyourannotationsorhighlightedareasofinterestonyourDWG,DXForMD60fileyoumightneed/wanttosendtheannotatedfiletofriendorcolleague.ThishasneverbeeneasierwiththeadditionoftheShareTool.

To Share a File:

1)ClicktheShareToolBaricon.Theshareoptionswillappear.

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2)ChoosewhichoftheShareoptionsyouwant.WewilluseMailinthisexample.ClickonMailandifyouhavemailsetuponyouMacitwilllaunchandopenaNewmailwithaPDFofthefileattached.

3)YouarenowfreetosendthePDFimageofthefileyouareworkingontoyourcontacts.

Youmayhavenoticedthe‘Recents’sectionatthebaseoftheShareoptions.ThiswillupdateonceyouhavesentanemailfromtheDWGViewerApp.

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3.1 Menus

TheMenusarefoundintheMenubaratthetopofyourMacdisplay.

Microspot DWG Viewer Menu

Chapter 3

Menus & Shortcuts

About DWG Viewer

DisplaystheAboutDialogwhichshowstheversionnumberofDWGViewer,the licenseduserandthetotalnumberofobjectsinthedocument.

Enter Serial Number...

Allowsyoutorepeat theserialnumberregistrationtoviewyourexistingserialnumberorchangeyourlicenseduserorserialnumber.

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Quit DWG Viewer

ThisQuittheDWGViewerapplication,ifyouhaven’tyetsavedyouropenfilesyouwillbeprompted to do so.

The File Menu

Open

DisplaysthestandardOpendialogtoallowyoutoopenyourDWG,DXForMD60files,usingthisopenmethodwillopenfilesautomaticallywithoutoptions.

Open DWG/DXF with Options

DisplaysasetofonscreensdisplaystohelpyouopenyourDWG/DXFfilewithparticularsettingssuchasscaleandunittypes.

Open Recent

Displays a list of your recently opened documents.

Close

Closesthecurrentlyactivedocumentwindow,promptingyoutosaveifnecessary.

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Save

Displaysthestandardsavedialog.

Duplicate

Creates a copy of your current document in a new window.

Rename

Allows you to rename the current document.

Export as PDF with Annotations

Displaysasave/exportdialogallowingyoutocreateaPDFversionofthecurrentdocument.

Extract Original File

SavesacopyoftheoriginallyopenedDWG,DXForMD60initsoriginalformat.

Page Setup

Displaysadialogallowingyoutochangeyourpapersizeandorientation.

Print

DisplaysthestandardPrintdialogallowingyoutoprintthecurrentdocument.

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The Edit Menu

Undo

Reversesyourpreviousaction.E.g.drawanellipse,clickUndo,ellipseisnolongerthere.

Redo

Re-executesyourpreviousaction.E.g.drawanellipse,clickUndo,ellipseisnolongerthere,clickRedo,ellipsereappears.

Cut

Deletestheselectedobjectbutcopiesittoclipboardfirsttobepastedelsewhere.

Copy

Copiestheselectedobjecttotheclipboardleavingtheoriginalinplace.

Paste

Addsthecut/copiedobjectintothedocument.

Duplicate

Createsacopyoftheselectedobjectandautomaticallypastesitnexttotheoriginalobject.

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Font

Displays a popup to open the systemFonts, applyBold, Italic orUnderline ormake theselectedtextonesizebiggerorsmaller.

Align Left

AlignstheselectedtexttotheLeftofitsrespectivetextbox.

Center

JustifiestheselectedtexttoflowtotheCenterofitsrespectivetextbox.

Align Right

AlignsselectedtexttotheRightofitsrespectivetextbox.

Select All

Willselectallobjectsinthedrawing(TextandEllipses).

The Text Menu

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The View Menu

Show Tab Bar

Displayscurrentlyopentabs.

Zoom In

Zoomsinonthedocumentonelevel.

Zoom Out

Zoomsoutofthedocumentonelevel.

Restore Previous Zoom

Revertsbacktoyourpreviouszoomlevel.

Actual Size

Yourdocumentwillmovetotherulers’zeropointsandwillzoomto100%.

Home View

Yourdocumentwillmovetotherulers’zeropointsbutwillmaintainthecurrentzoomlevel.

Hide Tool bar

HidestheDWGViewerToolbar.

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Customize Tool bar

Displaysadropdownpanelfromthetoolbarwithadditionaltools/buttonstoaddtoyourDWGViewertoolbar.

Enter Full Screen

ApplicationentersfullscreenmodeandfitsthescreensizeofyourMacorMacbook.

The Layout Menu

Show Rulers

Displays/Hidestherulersonthecurrentlyopendocument.

Show Grid Lines

Displays/Hidesthegridlinesonthecurrentlyopendocument.

Show Page Breaks

Displays/Hidesthepagebreaksonthecurrentlyopendocument.

DWG/DXF Layouts...

DisplaysadialogtoallowyoutoopenadifferentLayoutfromthecurrentlyopenedDWG/DXFdocument.

Drawing Size

Displaysadialogwhichshowsyouhowmanypagesarebeingusedinthecurrentdocumentand also the total area of the document in mm or inches.

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The View Menu

Minimize

Minimizesthecurrentdocumenttothedock.

Zoom

FitsthecurrentdocumentwindowtofullscreenbutbelowtheMenubar.

Show Previous Tab

DWGViewerwilldisplaythepreviouslyactivetab.

Show Next Tab

DWGViewerwilldisplaythenextavailabletab.

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Merge All Windows

Collatesallactivewindowsintoasinglewindowanddisplaysotherdocumentsastabsbelowthetoolbar.

Show/Hide Palettes

ShowsallorHidesallcurrentlyactivepalettes.

Tools

ShowsorHidestheToolspalette.

Layers

ShowsorHidestheLayerspalette.

Attributes

ShowsorHidestheAttributespalette.

Bring All to Front

Bringsallactivepalettestothefrontofthescreen(infrontofdocumentwindow).

Test I 1:1

Thisisthenameofthecurrentlyactivedocument.

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Search

UsethistosearchbykeywordwithintheDWGViewerApplication.

DWG Viewer Manual

DisplaysthePDFDWGViewerManual.

Upgrade Information

Takesyoutomicrospot.comforthelatestversionandupgradeinformation.

Online Support

Takesyoutomicrospot.comtosubmitasupportrequest.

3.2 Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts for DWG Viewer Tools.

Tool Shortcut

Arrow V

Hand HorSpacebar

Ellipse E

Text T

Measure M

Zoom Z

ZoomOut Z then hold alt

The Help Menu

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Additional Shortcuts

Action Shortcut

Save cmd+C

Open cmd+O

OpenwithOptions cmd+shift+O

Duplicate cmd+shift+S

CloseWindow/Tab cmd+W

Quit DWG Viewer cmd+Q

Print cmd+P

PageSetup cmd+shift+P

Undo cmd+Z

Redo cmd+shift+Z

Cut cmd+X

Copy cmd+C

Paste cmd+V

Duplicate cmd+D

Select All cmd+A

ShowFonts cmd+T

MakeTextBold Selecttextthencmd+B

MakeTextItalic Selecttextthencmd+I

MakeTextUnderline Selecttextthencmd+U

AlignTextLeft Selecttextthencmd+{

Align Text Center Selecttextthencmd+|

Align Text Right Selecttextthencmd+}

HideToolbar alt+cmd+T

MinimizeDWGViewer cmd+M

Show/HideActivePalettes alt+cmd+K

Show/HideToolsPalette alt+cmd+0

Show/HideLayersPalette alt+cmd+Y

Show/HideAttributesPalette x+cmd+1