Manual placement of layout 1ups

NOTE: You can place layout 1ups (parts) into a layout either from the Layout toolbar and from the tabular area (in the Part Statistics tab). Since the two methods share some of actions, the procedure that follows indicates the alternatives.

To insert parts manually

1. Do any of the following:

• On the Layout toolbar, click the New Layout Drawing .
• On the Layout menu, click New Layout Drawing.
• Press CTRL+L+N.

The Select Layout dialog box appears.

2. Click Create blank, and then click OK.

A blank layout drawing opens.

COMMENTARY: In the tabular area, in the Part Statistics tab you can see a list of all the designs in the project and also all the articles prepared for each design. For example, if the project consists of one design for which five articles have been prepared, in the Part Statistics tab you will see six designs: one for the original design and also the design's five article versions. For the layout you proceed by selecting the design you need.

3. To add sheet, do any of the following:

• On the Layout toolbar, click Sheet .
• On the Layout menu, click Sheet.
• Press CTRL+L+S.

The Object Properties dialog box appears.

Learn more about how to read and use this dialog box. (Opens in a separate window.)

4. To adjust your sheet, do one of the following:

• In Sheet, select an available sheet from the list, or browse to add a sheet from the sheet database.
• In Width and Height, enter your own sheet dimensions.

5. In the Margins area, enter the sheet's margins.
6. (Optional) In the Dimensions area, select the Lock sheet check box to disable the sheet's automatic centering around layout 1ups.
7. To begin placing layout 1ups (parts), do any of the following

• In the tabular area, in the Part Statistics tab, select the design or article that you want.
• On the Layout toolbar, click Place Part .
• On the Layout menu, click Place Part.
• Press CTRL+L+P+P.

As you begin placing the design, a contextual edit bar appears above the graphical area.

8. In Part, choose a 1up to insert in the layout.

9. In Article, select the article for the 1up. NOTE: The list contains all the articles for the existing layout 1ups (parts). For example, if there are five articles for a layout 1up (part), all five are listed and you can select the one you need for the layout.
10. (Optional) If your layout will turn out better if the part is flipped (vertically mirrored), select the part, and then click Flip Layout Part .
11. (Optional) Click Proportional Scale to turn it on, and then in Scale X and Scale Y enter scaling quotients.
12. (Optional) In Angle, set a rotation angle for the 1up that you are inserting.
13. (Optional) Snap the control point of the part to another object or point.
14. (Optional) To use automatic detection of parts' edges, click Detect Edge Collisions . NOTE: See how to use this functionality and how you can benefit from it in the creation of a layout.
15. In the sheet, click where you want the part to be.
16. Repeat Steps 8–15 for all the layout 1ups that you want.

Note: When you insert a layout 1up, its name, the length of its constituent objects, the name of its 1up, and its style are recorded in the Objects tab in the tabular area. To change the name of any part, enter it in the Name column.