TOTAL Sketch's sketch settings control line styles for Free‑form Lines and
Area Lines, dimension defaults, and a variety of other visual cues in the
sketcher.
Line Settings
The Free‑form Lines sections allow you to customize TOTAL
Sketch's default line style for each type of wall. To adjust your free‑form line
and area line styles:
- From TOTAL Sketch's Preferences, click the Draw tab.
The Show dimension input panel when line is less than #
ft. option only appears when Pen Mode is activated
on the tablet version of Windows.
- Adjust your line color and style settings for Free‑form Lines in your
sketch. Settings include:
- Color
- Click the color menu to select a color.
- Opacity
- Use the slider to increase or decrease the transparency of your
free‑form lines.
- Style
- Choose between various solid, dashed, and dotted line styles
- Width
- Use the slider to increase or decrease line width.
- When you're finished, click OK to save your changes.
Default Text Settings
The Default Text section allows you to change the font family, font size, and
color of labels in TOTAL Sketch. To change the default label style:
- From TOTAL Sketch's Preferences, click the Draw tab.
- In the Default Text section, adjust your settings. Settings include:
- Font
- Controls the default font family for text labels that appear throughout
your sketch.
- Size
- Controls the default font size for text labels that appear throughout
your sketch.
- Color
- Controls the default font color for text labels that appear throughout
your sketch.
- When you're finished, click OK to save your changes.
Other Settings
In addition to the basic line and label font settings, there are a few other
options you can adjust on the right:
- From TOTAL Sketch's Preferences, click the Draw tab.
- Check or uncheck the desired options. Options include:
- 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 lines that 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 assists you in
scrolling your sketch as you draw lines. Specifically, if the line you are
drawing is longer than the amount of space that is currently displayed on
screen, TOTAL Sketch automatically scrolls 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 automatically scales the size of your dimension labels to
fit the space available in your sketch. This feature is on by default, but
you can uncheck this box to manually adjust the size of your dimension
labels.
- Prompt for area definition when area is created
- When closing an area, TOTAL Sketch prompts you choose an area type. 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 free‑form lines
- By default, TOTAL Sketch hides the dimension labels for free‑form lines.
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.
- Automatically place dimension label after anchoring line
- By default, TOTAL Sketch automatically places line dimensions for you as
you draw your sketch. If you prefer to manually place the dimension label
each time you anchor the end point of a line, check this box.
- Show dimension input panel when line is less than # ft.
- With Pen Mode activated, TOTAL Sketch now presents the option to set a
threshold measurement so that when a line is drawn and it is less than the
measurement that was set, the dimension input panel will appear.
- Click OK to save your changes.