User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To cache an object:
1. Select the object to cache.
2. Choose Object | Options | Cache Object.
3. In the dialog box, enter a preview resolution value, from 2 to 300 pixels per inch, in the text
box. Lower resolutions produce rougher previews.
4. Click OK. Canvas displays a preview of the cached object at the cached resolution.
To uncache an object:
1. Select a cached object.
2. Choose Object | Options | Uncache Object. Canvas returns the object to its normal
resolution.
Document setup
In Document Setup, you can switch the current document type, modify document size and
orientation, as well as change document units and scale. You can change these same settings in the
New Document dialog box.
Although you can switch to another document type in midstream, you should save the
current document in its entirety and then change the document type.
Defining a drawing scale
The Document scale section has several options in the Pre-defined scales menu. You can also select
Custom from the menu and then define your scale with the “Page distance = world distance”
controls.
If you select “1:1” as the scale, you are actually drawing in real-world units; i.e., you aren’t drawing
“to scale”.
You can also establish a drawing scale by using the Set Document Scale command (see "Set
document scale" on page 78).
Functionality options
Use the Functionality Options to setup a range of document options.
Maximize on Opening Opens documents at full screen size. Otherwise, documents open at a
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