Existing and new furniture using pen override

In this example, we will create a drawing for an existing customer who is expanding and adding new workstations to their current configuration. This example covers adding a layer named “existing”, using pen override and moving symbols to a different layer.

1. Open a drawing.
   
   

2. In the Drawing toolbar, click main to open the Layer Setup dialog.
   
   
   
   
   

3. Click Add Layer.
   
   

4. Under Layer name, type Existing.
   
   

5. Under Pen Override, select Dot and click OK to close the New Layer dialog.
   
   

6. Click OK in the Layer Setup dialog.
   
   

7. Make a copy of your workstation and highlight the copied workstation.
   
   

8. With the cursor on a highlighted line, right-click and choose Move (Dialog).
   
   
   
   
   

9. Under New Layer for Move, click the drop-down arrow and choose Existing.
   
   

10. Click Perform Move. The selected furniture has now been moved from the main layer to the existing layer, and shows as dotted lines rather than solid lines.

When placing furniture you can specify which layer you will use.

1. In the Drawing toolbar, open the required layer.
   
   

2. Under Work Layer, click the drop-down arrow and choose main.
   
   
   
   

3. Click OK.
   
   

4. Place the new furniture symbols. The new furniture will draw solid lines to differentiate it from the existing pieces.

1. To print a Bill of Materials for the new pieces only, choose BOM, Report on the menu bar.
   
   

2. Select Layer.
   
   

3. Click the drop-down arrow and choose main.
   
   
   
   

4. Click Show. This will preview and/or print only the new furniture, which was placed on the main layer.
   
   

In this example, we will create a printout of only the new pieces. To accomplish this, the existing layer must be turned off (not deleted).

1. In the Drawing toolbar, click main.
   
   

2. In the Layer Setup dialog box, note the sub-layers in the right window.
   
   

3. Click Existing under Layer Selection - this will highlight all the sub-layers of Existing.
   
   

4. Click Off under Display Mode.
   
   

5. Click OK. Only the new furniture symbols should be showing on-screen. When this file is printed, it will only print the furniture showing on-screen.
   
   

6. To turn the existing pieces back on, open the Layer Setup dialog. Under Layer Selection, choose All, click On, then click OK.
   
   
   

Warning: Be careful when deleting layers as this cannot be undone!

1. In Drawing toolbar, click main to access the Layer Setup dialog box.
   
   

2. To delete a sub-layer, select the sub-layer to delete under Display Mode.
   
   To delete a layer, select the layer to delete under Layer Selection. For example, to delete all the existing furniture, click on existing under Layer Selection.
   
   

3. Click the corresponding Delete button.
   
   

4. When this warning appears, click OK.