Drawing Styles

We realize that many users prefer to produce work that stands apart from other computer generated drawings, that why SoftPlan allow the user to define so many text styles, line types and printer / plotter pen assignments.

Walls and Beams can be displayed and printed in different colours and a variety of textures. Each component in the wall assembly can be assigned a separate colour and pen width. This includes the edges as well as the centre fill of materials.

Having 16 different available pen assignments allows you to create your own drawing style, similar to that produced on the drawing board.

As well as having the options to set the printer / plotter pen colours you are also able to select screen display colours. This allows adjustments to be made for users that find some colours easier to view than others.

When your drawing is ready to be printed you have a variety of options to select, fit drawing to page, print screen colours and setting of scale to name a few.

Text Styles
Almost any font that is on the computer is supported by SoftPlan. Fonts in upper case are the standard as supplied by SoftPlan.
	The Character setup box allows the predetermined text style and size to be displayed for notes, cabinet names, site bearings and room names etc.

Various line types can be use to indicate items, these different line types can be combined and used in symbols for construction detail.

The display and printed properties of each wall component can be set to your individual requirements

Pen Colours
	Each pen can be assigned a different colour and width. Some people call the width the weight of the pen. These pen assignments are used for plotters and printers.
Each pen can have a colour assigned and each of these colours can be adjusted to your liking.
	Simply adjust the sliders and values to control the desired shade of colour.
Pen colour assignments can be loaded directly from your printer or plotter driver.

Pen Assignments
Pens can be assigned to groups of items, these groups are defined in SoftPlan. Most items in each group can have a different pen or colour set in the drawing.
	There are 16 pens and pen widths can be set from 0.1 to 2.5mm

Screen Display Colours
Apart from being able to set the printer / plotter output colours, screen display colours for items can also be set. You can also print screen colours instead of defining printer pen colours.

Printing Options
		When you select File / Print, the printer dialog displays the options for printing of the drawing, like scale, print screen colours etc.