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LESSON 2: Changing Project Settings

Copy projects to use project data with other drawings. Change drawing settings to specifynew annotation, object creation, and cacuation defauts.

!o wor" through this esson foow these steps

# Start $utodes" Land %es"top if you ha&e not aready done so.

2 On the Projects 'enu, cic" (enu Paettes to dispay the (enu Paette (anager

diaog bo).* +ro' the (enu ist, seect Land %es"top 2- and then cic" Load.

!he defaut ocation foder for project fies is c:Land Projects 2-. /f you opted to

insta these fies in another ocation instead, specify the appropriate project path.0or"ing through these essons wi resut in ateration of the project fies. 1ac"up copies

of these project fies can be found in the c:Progra' +iesLand %es"top 2-Landtut

foder.

/f this esson has been pre&iousy run, copy these unatered project fies to the LandProjects 2- foder when starting a new tutoria session to ensure that the seuence

outined in each esson can be foowed propery.

Copying a Project and Re-associating the Current Drawing

$ portion of the Lesson32 tutoria drawing 'ust be wor"ed on as a separate project. Sinceso'e of the i'portant data is not stored in the drawing but is stored in the project fies, a

copy of the project is reuired.

4ou can not copy an acti&e, current project. !o copy a project, start a new session of

$utodes" Land %es"top and, before starting a na'ed drawing or associating it with aproject, open the Project (anage'ent diaog bo) and use the Copy option.

# +ro' the Projects 'enu, cic" Project (anager to dispay the Project(anage'ent diaog bo).

2 /n the Project section, fro' the Na'e ist, seect !utoria#, and then cic" Copy to

dispay the Copy diaog bo).* /n the Copy Project !o section, enter !utoriaC for the Na'e.

- Enter 1uiding site 3 Northwest corner for the %escription, and then cic" O5.

!he copied project has the sa'e directory structure as the origina project, with the sa'efies popuating each foder.

6 $s an $utoC$% 'essage diaog bo) is dispayed, cic" 4es to change the projectassociation and to return to the Project (anage'ent diaog bo).

7 Cic" Cose to cose the Project (anage'ent diaog bo).

8se the foowing steps to open the Lesson32 tutoria drawing.

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On the +ie 'enu, cic" Open to dispay the Open %rawing: Project 1ased diaog

bo).

; +ro' the Project Na'e ist, seect !utoriaC, fro' the Seect Project %rawingList, seect Lesson32.dwg, and then cic" O5.

Changing %rawing Setup Para'etersChange the hori

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/n $utodes" Land %es"top, north rotation anges are represented in degrees, 'inutes, and

seconds. !he &aue, #*.2-6, represents #* degrees, 2- 'inutes, and 6 seconds, not a

deci'a degree &aue.

#2 $s an $utoC$% 'essage diaog bo) is dispayed, cic" O5 to continue.

8se the foowing steps to insert a north arrow to show the north rotation.

#* On the 8tiities 'enu, cic" Sy'bo (anager to dispay the Sy'bo (anagerdiaog bo).

#- >erify that COAO Sy'bos is dispayed in the Sy'bo Set ist. +ro' the Paette

ist seect %etais, seect North $rrow, and then cic" O5.

#6 Specify an insertion point for the north arrow, the press EN!E@ to accept thedefaut, (agnetic, for the description.

Cic" here to see an iustration of the north arrow.

Editing %rawing Settings

Edit settings for the current drawing, and then sa&e the' to a prototype so these settingscan be reused.

# On the Projects 'enu, cic" Edit %rawing Settings to dispay the Edit Settingsdiaog bo).

2 >erify that the Progra' ist dispays $utodes" Land %es"top.

* +ro' the Settings ist, seect Aeodetic Labes, and then cic" Edit Settings to

dispay the Aeodetic $nnotation Settings diaog bo).- /n the Line $nnotation section, in the $< cou'n, cear the Arid and Around

chec" bo)es.

6 /n the Suffi) cou'n, enter ' for the Arid, Around, and Aeodetic suffi)es.

7 /n the %istance 8nit cou'n, seect (E!E@S fro' the Arid, Around, and

Aeodetic ists. Cic" O5 to return to the Edit Settings diaog bo).

!hese settings ony appy to the current drawing. Sa&e these settings to a prototype so

that future projects can use these settings.

; /n the Seected /te' section, cic" Sa&e to Prototype to dispay the Seect

Prototype diaog bo).? +ro' the Seect Prototype ist, seect %E+$8L! B(E!E@S, cic" O5 to return

to the Edit Settings diaog bo), and then cic" Cose.

4ou now ha&e a prototype drawing setup that you can use for subseuent projects.

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