LXPlan Help

LXPlan

The Document tab has three sections. The top section contains basic title information about the drawing. The middle section sets up the size and coordinate system of the drawing. The bottom section edits the document's drawing layers

The basic title information is used when a title block is inserted into the drawing. The show title also appears in the page header when a report is printed.

LXPlan uses a cartesian coordinate system. Measurements in LXPlan can be either scale or actual. Using metric, the actual units are centimeters and the scale units are 1:50. Using US English, the actual units are inches and the scale is 1:48 or 1/4"=1'-0". The size of the drawing and the x/y origin are shown using the desired measurement system.

The size of the drawing is set without regard to page setup for eventual output. However, selecting File->New will present a page setup dialog and the initial size of the drawing will be one page using that setup. Document size is normally expanded down and to the right. If you want to change the document size while keeping the origin in the center of the drawing, you can select the "Center origin when resizing" checkbox before editing the size of the drawing. If you've imported a large graphic and want to match the size of the drawing to that image, the popup menu below the origin fields has a "Match Size to Contents" option.

The x/y origin of the drawing's cartesian coordinate system is displayed as the x and y distances from the upper left corner of the drawing. The popup menu below the origin distances gives several useful options for setting the origin. You can center the origin vertically and/or horizontally in the drawing. You can also use the "Click Sets Origin" option to set the origin to a point in the drawing without having to know its numerical location. After selecting "Click Sets Origin", the next click in the drawing area will set the origin to that point. (This can be useful for matching the origin to an imported graphic.)

The table below the size/coordinate controls shows the drawing's layers. The current layer is indicated by a small "+" to the left of the layer name. The current layer is also shown in the layer popup in the Toolbar. You can change the name of a layer by clicking on it in the table. (Clicking also selects that layer as the current layer) The popup menu below the layer table has options for adding and removing layers as well as changing their order.