CAD files menu

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CAD files menu

Cad files menu consists of the following sections:

Color:
oDraw all colors button on the toolbar or CAD Files -> Color drawing menu item redraws loaded CAD file with all available colors.
oDraw in black button on the toolbar or CAD Files -> Black drawing menu item redraws loaded CAD file in Black-and-White mode. Advice: use Black-and-White mode for printing if you use Black-and-White printer and want to have all the lines with the same width and intensity.
oCustom Background button on the toolbar or CAD Files -> Custom Background menu item draws CAD file on the custom background with black default color for entities. To choose the custom background use CAD files -> Change Background Color menu command.
oBlack Background and White entities by default button on the toolbar or CAD Files -> Black Background menu item displays the CAD file on the black background with White default color for entities.
o CAD files -> Change Background Color menu item allows defining a custom color of the background.
Quality:
oShow Lineweight button on the toolbar or CAD Files -> Show Lineweight menu item causes drawing of the all image lines with their real weight. Deactivating this button (releasing) causes drawing of the all image lines with the one pixel weight.
oArcs Split button on the toolbar or CAD Files -> Arcs Split menu item causes drawing of all arcs and circles in the loaded CAD file as a sequence of short lines. Deactivating this button (releasing) causes drawing of the most of arcs and circles in the image by means of Windows GDI functions like Ellipse, Arc, etc., not linearized. Dotted arcs and circles are always linearized.
oDimensions Show button on the toolbar or CAD files -> Dimensions Show menu item shows or hides dimension lines on the loaded CAD file.
oTexts Show button on the toolbar or CAD files -> Texts Show menu item shows or hides texts on the loaded CAD file.
3D View & Layers
oShow Layers button on the toolbar or CAD Files -> Show Layers menu item allows managing the list of layers.
oThe menu item CAD Files -> Text Styles... calls the dialog box for managing text styles used for the current CAD file.
oThe menu item CAD Files -> Dimension Styles... calls the dialog box for managing dimension styles used for the current CAD file.
oThe menu item CAD Files -> Show Structure... calls the dialog box showing the tree-structure of the current CAD file data.
o3D Views - press the arrow on the right of the 3D Orbit button on the toolbar or click CAD files -> 3D Views menu item to see the list of views available for the drawing.
o3D Orbit button on the toolbar or CAD Files -> 3D Orbit menu item switches the rotation mode on or off.