General Drawing Parameters Dialog Box

Text Style Name

The text style that will be used by default for all AutoFLOW text, such as Equipment Tags.  If the text style does not exist in the drawing template, the layer will be created based on the Text Font information provided.

Text Font

The font type, style, and size that will be associated with the text style name.  To change these properties, highlight the field, and click the  to the right of the field.

This will open up the Select Font dialog box.

Text Height

The height of all text placed by AutoFLOW routines with the exception of Equipment Tags and dimensioning text. 

Equipment Tag Text Height

The height of the text that will appear when the Equipment Tag routine is used

Exchanger and Reboiler Flange Space

The space between the flanges that appear on heat exchanger and reboiler components.

Distance for Line Breaks

The overall distance of the gap that is generated by the Break Line routine

Process Line Thickness

The width of the polyline created when using the Process Line function.

Utility Line Thickness

The width of the polyline created when using the Utility Line routine.

Revision Cloud Line Thickness

The width of the polyline created when using the Revision Cloud routine.

Distance from Line to Line Number Tag

The distance between the line number tag and the polyline selected during the Line Number routine.

Maximum Number of Characters in Instrument Balloon Before Breaking

If the number of characters in the balloon exceeds this value, the balloon sides will automatically break to accommodate the width of the text.

This applies only to circular Instrument balloons.

Maximum Number of Characters in Diamond Balloon Before Breaking

If the number of characters in the balloon exceeds this value, the diamond sides will automatically break to accommodate the width of the text

Drawing Template

This is the AutoCAD template that will be used for each new AutoFLOW drawing.  Customized templates may be used to include specific layers, dimension styles or text styles into each drawing.  The template must be located in the template path that is defined on the File Locations Dialog Box.

Click to apply the changes.

Click to access the Help dialog box.