HOWTO:New Drawing

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This will guide you on the steps to create a new drawing within your project.




Before You Start

There are a couple of things you need to think about before you create your new drawing: 1. What type of paper/printer layout will you be using when it comes time to print your project.
2. What will this drawing be named.


How To Create a New Drawing

Step Description
1. Click File>New Drawing OR Click the New Drawing tab in the Project Explorer Or enter nd in the Command Line
New Drawing
2. A dialog box will pop up asking you to select a drawing template. This will be based on the type of paper you plan to print your drawings on.
Drawing Template
3. Select your template and Click [Next]. You will now have a dialog box pop up asking you to select if you want to use Model Space Boundries. Selecting use Model Space Boundries will put a Boundry on your model space based on your template choice. You can draw outside the boundry but if you print that page, anything outside that boundry will not be printed. ----
Bulbgraph.png Note: You can add Model Space Boundries later if you desire by Clicking Format>Model Space Boundries

Model Space Boundries
4. After selecting whether or not to use boundries, Click [Next] You will now have a dialog box pop up asking you to Click [Finish]
Finish Dialog Box
5. Click [Finish] and WireCAD will open your new drawing with your Model Space Boundries placed in them.
New Drawing