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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.
You can now view both of the Layouts sit
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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
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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.
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