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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Drafting preferences</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap526"></a><p class="para_topic">Before creating views, define your drafting preferences. The following is a summary of how to set some common preferences.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Define background color</div>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Visualization</b> 
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/tab.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Color Settings</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Set the <b class="uiTerm">Monochrome</b> <b class="uiTerm">Background</b> color setting for the color of the sheet. 
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            <p class="para_item">Set the <b class="uiTerm">Monochrome</b> <b class="uiTerm">Foreground</b> color for view labels and entities.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Drafting</b> 
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/tab.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">View</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/checkbox-on-b.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Display Borders</b></p>
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      </ul><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap527"></a><div class="title_division">Define hidden line style</div>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">View</b> 
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/tab.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Hidden Lines</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/checkbox-on-b.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Hidden Line</b></p>
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      <div class="title_division">Define dimension units</div>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Annotation</b> 
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/tab.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Units</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/pull-down-menu.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Millimeters</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Work Plane</b></p>
            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Grid Settings</b> group:
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/checkbox-on-b.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Display Grid</b></p>
            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/checkbox-on-b.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Snap to Grid</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item">You can also turn the drawing grid on or off in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Right&ndash;click the drawing and select:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Set the display preferences for different types of objects using:</p>
            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Object</b></p>
            <p class="para_item">Select the type of object to define, then set the color, line font, and line weight.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">See also:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Drafting &rarr; Preferences
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