Bridge templates are sets of directions for placing bridges (bridge placement rules) which EngView uses to place bridges along the rules on a dieboard.
A bridge template is determined by (1) its name and (2) the bridge placement rules that are set for it. A bridge placement rule determines how bridges will be placed on objects of a particular type — a straight-segment object, a curved object or a circular object. For each type of object, different rules are set that govern the bridge placement. Bridge placement rules are set for particular styles and apply for the objects that are assigned the respective style. For example, if a bridge placement rule set is created for the style Cutting 3pt, on all the objects to which this style is assigned bridges will be placed according to the bridge placement rules created for the style. For details about bridge placement rules, see Creating bridge placement rules.
Every time you place bridges automatically on a dieboard, you use a bridge template. It determines how bridges are placed along the rules on the dieboard.
In EngView , a bridge template has two built-in sets of rules — Default and Dieboard. Unless a rule set is created for a particular style, the Default style is applied. The Dieboard rule set is applied only to objects in the Dieboard style.