Draw Settings

TOTAL Sketch's sketch settings control line styles for interior and exterior walls, dimension defaults, and a variety of other visual cues in the sketcher.

 

Wall Settings

The Interior Walls sections allow you to customize TOTAL Sketch's default line style for each type of wall. To adjust your interior and exterior wall line styles...

1. From TOTAL Sketch's Preferences, click the Draw tab.
   
   
2. Adjust your line style settings for the Interior Walls to your preferences. Settings include:
   • Color - Just click the color menu and select a color.
   • Opacity - Use the slider to increase or decrease line opacity. In practice, decreasing opacity makes a line look lighter and increasing opacity makes a line look darker.
   • Style - Choose between the various solid, dashed, and dotted line styles
   • Width - Use the slider to increase or decrease line width.
3. When finished, click OK to save your changes.

 

Label Settings

The Default Text section allows you to change the font size, style, and color of labels in TOTAL Sketch. To change the default label style...

1. From TOTAL Sketch's Preferences, click the Draw tab.
2. In the Default Text section, adjust your settings. Settings include:
   • Default Text Font Size - Controls the default font size for text labels that appear throughout your sketch.
   • Default Text Font Color - Controls the default font color for text labels that appear throughout your sketch.
   • Default Text Font - Controls the default font style for text labels that appear throughout your sketch.
3. When finished, click OK to save your changes.

 

Other Settings

In addition to the basic line settings you can set a few other options. To apply any of these settings...

1. From TOTAL Sketch's Preferences, click the Draw tab.
2. Check or uncheck the desired options. Options include:
   • Show Visual Effects - TOTAL Sketch's sketcher uses animation, like pulsing points at the ends of each line you draw, to assist you in drawing your sketch. By default, these animations are enabled, but you can disable them by unchecking this box.
   • Show Pop Points - Pop points assist you in drawing your sketches by offering clickable points as you draw. These points automate the drawing process by allowing you to draw a line to exactly match up with other lines and intersections in your sketch. By default, TOTAL Sketch enables these pop points, but you can disable them by unchecking this box.
   • Auto Scroll - If you draw your sketches with a keyboard, TOTAL Sketch can assist you in scrolling your sketch as you draw lines. Specifically, if your line is longer than the area currently displayed on screen, TOTAL Sketch will automatically scroll the view of your sketch to grant you more drawing space. By default, this option is enabled, but you can disable it by unchecking this box.
   • Auto Resize Dimension Labels - TOTAL Sketch can automatically scale the size of your dimension labels to fit the space available in your sketch. This feature is off by default, but you can check this box to automatically set the size of your dimension labels.
   • Prompt for area definition when area is created - By default, TOTAL Sketch Sketch prompts you for an area type once you've closed an area in your sketch. By default, TOTAL Sketch enables this option, but if you prefer to draw your entire sketch and label each area once the sketch is complete, you can disable this option by unchecking the box.
   • Show dimensions for interior walls - By default, TOTAL Sketch hides the dimension labels for interior walls. If you'd like to display them in your sketch, just check this box.
   • Show area name and calculations - TOTAL Sketch can display the names and calculations for the areas you've drawn. By default, this feature is turned off (to keep labels and calculations out of your way) but you can enable it by checking this box.
3. Click OK to save your changes.

 

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