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Drawing Frames for Plan/Profile and Profile Sheets
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4 Press ENTER to create a new frame. To edit a pre-existing frame, use your
pointing device to select it. The Edit Frame Data dialog box is displayed.
Use this dialog box to specify the frame type, contents, size and location, and
frame entity properties.
5 Under Frame Properties, click the Pick Origin/Size<< button and pick two points
to draw the frame.
6 You can also set the following settings to control how the frame is drawn:
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Layer: Use this option to set the layer the frame is drawn on. You can type
the layer name in the edit box, or you can access a list of existing layers by
clicking the Select button to the right of the layer edit box. If you type in the
name of a new layer, then it is created automatically when the sheets are
generated.
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Linewidth: Use this edit box to enter the polyline width for the frame. The
frame is still plotted if you use a line width of zero. If you specify a width
other than zero, then the line is plotted in current paper space units. For
example, in imperial units, a linewidth of 0.10 is plotted as one tenth of an
inch on a sheet of paper. For a metric drawing, the linewidth is in meters.
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Width: Use this edit box to adjust the width of the frame. To place the frame
on the sheet, and roughly define its size, click the Pick Origin/Size button.
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Height: Use this edit box to adjust the height of the frame. To place the
frame on the sheet, and roughly define its size, click the Pick Origin/Size
button.
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Draw Vertical: Select this check box to draw the frame with a vertical
orientation. A typical vertical frame would be one along the left or right side
of a profile that is used to label grid elevations.