Customize the various aspects of Land F/X so that Land F/X will work the way you work. Symbols, line weights, callouts, fonts, etc. can all be customized to your office standards.

In This Section

• Setting up your Plotter for Lines Merge
• Adding your plant symbols to the Land F/X system.
• Review typical Plant Symbol line weights, and change them to your standards.
• Customizing the Plant Callouts.
• Review the Irrigation Symbols library and change the line weights to your standards.
• Adding your irrigation symbols to the Land F/X library.
• Customizing the Irrigation Valve Callouts to your office standard.
• Customizing the Detail Title Block.

There are a couple of basic concepts in setting up a printer/plotter that are important to review. This unit is primarily concerned with setting the Lines Merge option in AutoCAD.

Do This:

A plotter to configure for “Lines Merge” can be a physical plotter, such as an HP Designjet Model, or a PDF plotter, such as the inexpensive PDF995, which we will use in this example.

From any AutoCAD drawing, go to the AutoCAD Page Setup Manager, then click on Modify, and highlight your plotter you wish to setup, such as the PDF995 plotter indicated here. Click on the Properties button next to the printer/plotter name.

From Properties, go to the Device and Document Settings tab, which will display, among other things, the Graphics options. Expand that topic to adjust the Merge Control.

Click Save As to save the configuration change. This merge control setting is very important to print your AutoCAD drawings correctly. You could expand the User-defined Paper Sizes, select Deselect all, and then select only those paper sizes that you are really going to use. This helps in the future to prevent wading through a large number of paper sizes that you really don't use.

After making any adjustments here, you would save this printer/plotter, most likely as the plotter's original name with an added pc3 at the end, in this example PDF995.pc3. When you now go to plot, select the plotter name with the adjusted pc3 file as the plotter, not the original name without a pc3 extension.

Theory

It is actually quite important to correctly set up your plotter with Lines Merge. This makes sure that half toned lines area, or colored areas, do not wipe out other lines or text it happens to fall on. This effects the Land F/X shadows for the trees, half toned site bases, or color areas used by the Land F/X Zoning or Site Development function. You don't want the shadows, half toned lines, or colored areas to wipe out any graphics it lands upon; you want other plants, paving lines, text, etc., to also show up as graphics. Lines Merge will allow the lines to merge, and not have one overwrite the other. It is unfortunate that AutoCAD defaults to Lines Overwrite, so we all need to get used to changing this.

This example has a PDF plotter, in which the plotter is not a physical plotter but a plotter emulator that produces a file in PDF format. The example could also be a physical plotter, as the process and needs are the same.

The PDF plot files have become the preferred format for service bureaus that do plotting, and it would be a good idea to learn how to plot to a PDF file. We have heard many complaints about the PDF plotter supplied by AutoCAD, so we are offering these alternatives (and we are sure there are others):

• PDF995 (pdf995.com). This is only ten bucks and works very well, but is not 100% with drawing shadows correctly, i.e., lines merge, but is as good as many very high end products.

• PDF AcroPlot Pro (cadzation.com) . Does what seems to be the best job all around in all aspects of producing a pdf from an AutoCAD drawing, but costs about $250. This is actually a real bargain, and far less cost than a lot of competing programs, and has excellent results for plotting AutoCAD drawings and deals with lines merge better than any other program we have tested.

Open the drawing User Tree Master.dwg in the LandFX/Administration folder. This drawing has examples of tree symbol requirements and directions on how to save your symbols.

• The symbol must be drawn to 1 unit in diameter (in this case, 1” in diameter).

• Make sure that all of the layers start with LK-TREE. All of the tree layers are already loaded into the above master drawings. Highlight your plant layers and change them to an appropriate named layer, say for a certain thickness of line. Refer to the drawing LFX Pens.dwg for the Land F/X layer naming conventions as they relate to line weight.

• If you want to have a trunk, you may wish to put in on the LK-TREE-TRUNK layer. This may aid in layer control on a drawing where you only want to see the trunks.

• If you use shadows, make sure the layer names are LK-TREE-SHAD. This is for the main tree shadow layer, with or LK-TREE-SHAD-then a layer for a certain percent of screening, such as SM40 for screened medium line at 40 percent screening. Using screened or toned lines can allow for artistic gradients of the shadows.

• Zoom in to allow your symbol to almost fill the screen. Leave all layers on you want to be in the block, such as shadows if included.

• Now use the Save Block function to save this symbol. Make the insertion point at the center of the symbol, select all components of the symbol and right click or ENTER.

• You will see a dialog box listing locations for Land F/X Blocks. Go to Graphics/Planting/Trees. Now you will see a list of tree location folders. These folders will appear as symbol group options when you select a symbol for a project plant.

• Make a new folder with Windows for your plant. Naming the new folder: The LandFX code ignores the first three letters (or digits) of the folder name, so the listing of the symbol groups is controlled, and not simply alphabetic. To make your symbol group first in the list, start your folder name with “01-” (three digits that will be ignored). For example, “01-JSA Trees”, for trees from the firm Jim Smith Associates, will appear as “JSA Trees” when you select a symbol for a project plant.

• Name the symbol “TREE-” and then three or four digits representing you or your company, and a number to order the symbol, such as “001”. For example, your company name is Jim Smith Associates (JSA), name the symbol TREE-JSA-001. This will ensure that your tree naming will not conflict with a Land F/X tree symbol.

• Click “Save” and you will go to the Save Bock dialog box. Be sure and move the Scale slider to “Manual”, and keep Rotation to “No Rotation”.

Open the drawing User Shrub Master.dwg in the LandFX/Administration folder. This drawing has examples of shrub symbol requirements and directions on how to save your symbols.

• The symbol must be drawn to 1 unit in diameter (in this case, 1” in diameter).

• Make sure that all of the layers start with LK-SHRB. All of the shrub layers are already loaded into the above master drawings. Highlight your plant layers and change them to an appropriate named layer, say for a certain thickness of line. Refer to the drawing LFX Pens.dwg for the Land F/X layer naming conventions as they relate to line weight.

• If you want to have a trunk, you may wish to put in on the LK-SHRB-TRNK layer. This may aid in layer control on a drawing where you only want to see the trunks.

• If you use shadows, make sure the layer names are LK-SHRB-SHAD. This is for the main shrub shadow layer, with or LK-SHRB-SHAD-then a layer for a certain percent of screening, such as SM40 for screened medium line at 40 percent screening. Using screened or toned lines can allow for artistic gradients of the shadows.

• Zoom in to allow your symbol to almost fill the screen. Leave all layers on you want to be in the block, such as shadows if included.

• Now use the Save Block function to save this symbol. Make the insertion point at the center of the symbol, select all components of the symbol and right click or ENTER.

• You will see a dialog box listing locations for Land F/X Blocks. Go to Graphics/Planting/Shrubs. Now you will see a list of shrub location folders. These folders will appear as symbol group options when you select a symbol for a project plant.

• Make a new folder with Windows for your plant. Naming the new folder: The LandFX code ignores the first three letters (or digits) of the folder name, so the listing of the symbol groups is controlled, and not simply alphabetic. To make your symbol group first in the list, start your folder name with “01-” (three digits that will be ignored). For example, “01-JSA Shrubs”, for shrubs from the firm Jim Smith Associates, will appear as “JSA Shrubs” when you select a symbol for a project plant.

• Name the symbol “SHRUB-” and then three or four digits representing you or your company, and a number to order the symbol, such as “001”. For example, your company name is Jim Smith Associates (JSA), name the symbol SHRUB-JSA-001. This will ensure that your shrub naming will not conflict with a Land F/X shrub symbol.

• Click “Save” and you will go to the Save Bock dialog box. Be sure and move the Scale slider to “Manual”, and keep Rotation to “No Rotation”.

To review the typical line weights used by Land F/X for plant symbols, open the drawing Plant Symbols.dwg in the LandFX/Administration folder. This is a 24×36 sheet size drawing with examples of the plant symbols provided by Land F/X.

Plot this drawing with either the LFX.ctb if you have not changed the Land F/X line colors, or with your revised CTB file if you have changed the Land F/X line colors. It is recommended that you plot this page twice, with and without the shadows.

This drawing includes samples of each category of plant symbol, and at different scales, with Trees and Shrubs on different tabs. Review the output of the drawing, bearing in mind the look within the different scales.

After determining a line weight change that is suitable, use the BatchMan batch file management tool to change the line weights on all of the planting blocks at one time.

Step 1: Open BatchMan, select the button Recurse DWG Dir at the Files in:. Then locate the folder LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Planting/Trees.

Now ensure that only Layer Names and Colors, and Save As (selecting the appropriate file format) are the only actions that will be performed.

BatchMan dialog box with “Trees” directory recurse selected (all sub folders within the Trees folder), and “Layer Names and Colors” and “Save as:” selected only. Ready for the batch operation to change any of the layer names or colors of the tree symbols.

Step 2: BatchMan will open each tree drawing and then provide a list of the layer names and colors. You will then highlight the layers to have the line weights changed, and change them as follows:

Change All Layers dialog box with the “Trees” directory drawing names and colors listed.

The Land F/X line weight convention is to list the line weight by millimeters in the name of the layer, i.e., 013M is 0.13mm.

If, as in this example, the line colors are too thick, you will need to highlight the layers with thicker lines and change them to layers of thinner line. For example:

§ Highlight the layer LK‑TREE‑050M (which will plot at 0.50mm, or 0.020”) and change its name and color to the next thinnest layer, or, in this case, LK‑TREE‑035M (which will plot at 0.35mm, or 0.014”) and the same color as is on that layer.

§ You can continue to select the LK-TREE-(SIZE) lines and change them to thinner line, or stop with the line widths that concern you the most.

F Remember:

§ Don’t alter the LK-TREE portion of any layer name, just change the ending identifier.

§ It’s best to rename and assign a new color to a layer, rather than just change the color, to avoid other possible miscommunications or problems later.

§ You can change any number of layers to the same layer if you wish. Land F/X will convert the layers to the same layer.

§ The shadows (LK-TREE-SHAD*) layers can be altered as well as the solid lines, if desired.

§ The screened lines (LK-TREE-SM*) layers can be altered as well as the solid lines, if desired.

§ Try to leave the LK-TREE-TRNK layer alone, it should not be moved or renamed.

The same procedure is used to evaluate the shrub symbols.

Open the drawing Irrigation Symbols.dwg in the LandFX/Administration folder. This is 8½x11 sheet size drawings with the irrigation symbols provided by Land F/X, and will help familiarize you with Land F/X symbols.

The AutoCAD drawing Irrigation Symbols in the LandFX / Administration folder.

Plot this drawing with either the LFX.ctb if you have not changed the Land F/X line colors, or with your revised CTB file if you have changed the Land F/X line colors.

There are seven layout tabs to this drawing. Two of these tabs are for spray head symbols, then rotors, point source (drip and bubblers), equipment (valves, backflow, etc.), and two tabs for the text description on customization of the symbols.

Review the output of the symbols. These symbols are represented at the same size they will appear on any drawing, no matter what the drawing scale is set to.

Review:

§ The line weights used on these symbols. If they are generally too thick or thin for your standards, use the BatchMan function to change the line weights.

§ The spray head symbols by family. There are eleven families of spray head symbols, with the first three being diagrammatic, and the next eight being symbolic with a number indication for the radius. You will need to determine which family you wish to apply to the spray head options in Irrigation Preferences. The preference categories for families of spray heads are:

o Turf Spray: the default symbol family when you add a turf spray model.

o Turf Spray 2: the first alternate family when you add an additional turf spray model.

o Shrub Spray: the default symbol family when you add a shrub spray model.

o Shrub Spray 2: the first alternate family when you add an additional shrub spray model.

o Shrub Spray 3: the second alternate family when you add an additional shrub spray model.

o Shrub Spray 4: the third alternate family when you add an additional shrub spray model.

§ Generally, review the rotor head symbols and equipment symbols to see if you want to add some of your own symbol to these libraries.

After reviewing the plotted drawing of the irrigation symbols, you may decide that some of the line weights for spray or rotor heads, valves, equipment, etc., are drawn with line weights that are too thick or too thin for your standards.

The blocks for irrigation are located in LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Irrigation/ then the folders:

Bubbler - for bubbler symbols.

Drip - for drip emitters, drip valves, etc.

Equipment - for auxiliary equipment other than heads or valves, such as controllers, flow sensors, etc.

Rotor - rotors and rotator heads.

Schedule_Symbols - for the schedule blocks that will group heads into a schedule.

Spray - all of the spray head families.

Valve – remote control valve, quick couplers, etc.

You may wish to change only certain symbols, such as spray heads only, so you would run the change function on only that sub folder.

After reviewing which line weights to change, use the BatchMan batch file management tool to change the line weights on all of the irrigation blocks in any one folder at one time.

Step 1: Open BatchMan, and decide if you want to select only the blocks in a certain folder or folders, or if you want to change the line weights in all of the irrigation folders at once.

If you decide to change the symbols in only one folder, select the button Add DWG Dir at the Files in:. to add only one directory. Then locate the folder LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Irrigation/ and the desired sub-folder, such as Spray. Now ensure that only Layer Names and Colors, and Save As (selecting the appropriate file format) are the only actions that will be performed.

If you decide to change the symbols in all of the irrigation symbol folders at once, select the button Recurse DWG Dir at the Files in:. to recurse, or add a directory and all sub directories under it. Then locate the folder LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Irrigation. Now ensure that only Layer Names and Colors, and Save As (selecting the appropriate file format) are the only actions that will be performed.

See the Plant Symbol Line Weight for a similar example on how to do this.

Step 2: BatchMan will open each irrigation symbol drawing and then provide a list of the layer names and colors. You will then highlight the layers to have the line weights changed, and change them in a similar fashion as indicated on Plant Symbol Line Weight above.

After reviewing the drawing above, Irrigation Symbols, you may wish to modify or bring your own irrigation symbols into the Land F/X symbol library.

Spray head symbols get complicated because they will need to include symbols for the complete range of options for all manufacturers in the Land F/X system, not just the basic group of symbols you are used to using for one manufacturer. Add to that different types of irrigation schedules with schedule symbol option for all manufacturers, and it may be easier to simply use the Land F/X symbols for spray heads rather than add or create your own.

From the drawing Irrigation Symbols, go into Model Space to see the breakdown of spray symbols for each family, and related “Schedule Symbols”.

Spray Head Symbols: The blocks for these heads are located in LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Irrigation/Spray. Each family lists the various radius’s and arc requirements. If you turn on the layer X-TEXT-013M, the AutoCAD file name for each symbol will be listed below each symbol.

The spray heads in Families 1, 2, and 3 are diagrammatic and, when placed into a drawing, they are all rotated to match the direction that their arc pattern is pointing. When they are saved, they should be pointing due East. Open some of these with specific arcs, such as a quarter or a third, to see what this means. Families 1 and 2 are either circles or hexes, and Family 3 is mainly square in nature.

The spray heads in Families 4 through 11 do not rotate when placed, as they have a numerical value for their radius. These either have a blackline letter in a white background, or a white letter in a filled background.

Also remember, the Land F/X symbols were sized so that the symbol will fit into the space provided for it along with at least a small length of pipe. This is especially critical of the smaller diameter spray heads. The scales Land F/X symbols were designed for are:

Up to 1”=20' scale: all symbols.

1”=30' scale: all symbols with a 5' radius or greater.

1”=40' scale: all symbols 8' radius or greater.

Schedule Symbols: The blocks for these heads are located in LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Irrigation/Schedule_Symobls. The two basic ways to indicate spray heads when running an Irrigation Schedule is either by “By Group” or “By Nozzle”.

When you run a schedule “By Nozzle” it will put in the symbol for each nozzle you used, and requires no special Schedule Symbol.

When you run a schedule “By Group”, Land F/X will want a Schedule Symbol that relates to the options of grouping as applies to the requirements of each manufacturer. Thus in 8’ radius spray heads, Rain Bird 1800 will want a group that lists four nozzles, Q, T, H, F, whereas Toro 570 will want a group with six nozzles, Q, T, H, TT, TQ, F. Each radius can have several options for Schedule Symbols, as drawn off to the side of the radius heads on the drawing.

Adding Your Spray Head Symbols

When you add your symbols, you will be overwriting one of the families that Land F/X currently has, and not simply adding another family to our list. To add your own spray head symbols you may have to expand your symbol set to include nozzles you do not normally use, such a 2’ radius, etc., as indicated on the Irrigation Symbols drawing. You would also need to re-create the Schedule Symbols, as described above.

§ Open your symbol’s drawing. Let’s say for a 12’ quarter head. If it is diagrammatic and will rotate to the direction of the spray pattern, then make it in one of the first three families, let’s say we are replacing Family 2. Make your symbol the size it will be in final output, such as it will plot at 1/8” in diameter, make it that size.

§ Ensure the symbol is rotated so the it faces due east, or 0 degree to the right. See some of our symbols for examples.

§ If it is a symbol that has the radius number in the symbol head, as our families 4 through 11 have, it will not rotate when placed, so do not orient it to the east as above.

§ Use the AtuoCAD WBLOCK command to save and overwrite each symbol for that family.

o For example, you are replacing Family 4 which is a numbered (number for the radius) symbol, therefore, it will not be rotated and will have the number of the radius in the middle of the symbol, with the arc pattern around it.

o Before overwriting the Family 4 symbols, you may wish to make a backup copy of the symbols to another directory.

o WBLOCK your symbol with the insertion point in the middle of the symbol, the location will be at LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Irrigation/Spray.

o The name of the saved block will replace that for the Land F/X Family 4. Turn on the layer X-TEXT-013M on the Irrigation Symbols drawing to display the file name for each symbol. If you were going to replace, for instance, the symbol that will represent a 12’ quarter spray head, the symbol name would be N1-12Q.dwg.

§ After replacing all of the symbols for a given Family, you will now have to replace the Schedule Blocks for that family. These are located by following the yellow lines from the family of symbols on the Irrigation Symbols drawing, to a location off to the side of that family. The Schedule Blocks represent from two to six possible combinations for that particular radius, each representing different options for different manufacturers.

Revising the Land F/X Spray Head Symbols

The most logical approach to altering the irrigation symbols is to open each symbol block drawing and alter or change it as necessary. The irrigation symbols are located in several folders under the LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Irrigation folder.

§ The symbols will automatically be scaled for Model Space, so they are drawn to the size they will appear when they are plotted (or how they will appear in Paper Space).

§ The insertion point is at or near the center of the symbol, and should remain so.

§ It would be wise to keep the layer naming convention similar.

§ With many of the symbols, the text in the symbol is an attribute. You can change the font style as desired, but it is best not to delete it unless you add another attribute to replace with the same Tag, Prompt, and Value.

To review and edit the plant callout labeling options, go to the Planting Preferences dialog box.

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Click on the Plant Label box to see the callout symbol options for labeling plants.

Select the callout label that is closest to how you want your label to look. Now click on the Open Files button to open two AutoCAD drawings, an L (left) and an R (right) callout of the symbol you selected.

The L (left) callout will be placed when the direction of the label is to the left, and the R (right) callout will be placed when the direction of the label is to the right. See Labeling Plants.

F Remember:

The font style used in the callout is controlled in the General Preferences section. Highlight the PLANT CALLOUT Font, and select Edit. Use the Land F/X Font Manager to assign a new font style of your choosing for this font. If none of the fonts listed in the Font Manager dialog box are what you want, add a new font to the system with the Data Manager.

Edit the blocks, as you desire by moving the attributes around. You can delete (if desired) some attributes, or adding attributes. When editing make sure that you verify you have the correct settings under the “justify” attribute.

Original:

Modified: Removal of “00_gal and Leader line Extension”

F Remember: Attributes in AutoCAD have three text specifications: Tag, Prompt, and Value.

Tag: Identifies each occurrence of an attribute in the drawing. Enter the attribute tag using any combination of characters except spaces. Lowercase letters are automatically changed to uppercase.

Prompt: Specifies the prompt that is displayed when you insert a block containing this attribute definition. If you do not enter a prompt, the attribute tag is used as a prompt. If you select Constant in the Mode area, the Prompt option is not available.

Value: Specifies the default attribute value. Which is always blank in this case.

The Tag attributes for Quantity, Botanical Name, Common Name, Code, Size, and Remarks can have several options depending on how you want the callout block to look.

The Tag attributes for Quantity can be any of the following:

o ##

o ###

o 00

o 000

o QTY

The Tag attributes for Quantity with parentheses can be any of the following:

o (##)

o (###)

o (00)

o (000)

o (QTY)

The Tag attributes for Botanical Name can be any of the following:

o BOT

o BOTANICAL

o BOTANICAL_NAME

o NAME

o

Note: Labeling Concept plants uses PLANT-LABEL05, in which case inserts the Design Group name into that attribute

The Tag attributes for Common Name can be any of the following:

o COMMON

o COMMON NAME

o COMMON_NAME

The Tag attributes for Size can be any of the following:

o 00_GAL

o 000_GAL

o SIZE

o ROOTBALL

o CONTAINER

The Tag attributes for Code can be any of the following:

o XXX-XXX

o XXX

o XX

o CODE

o GEN SPE

o GEN-SPE

o GS

o GSX

o GS1

The Tag attributes for Remarks is:

o REMARKS

Edit the blocks as desired, and use the Save Block function to save the variations into the Graphics\Callouts location.

The insertion point for a L (left) callout is at the right end of the line the callout leader will attach to.

The insertion point for a R (right) callout is at the left end of the line the callout leader will attach to

This example is a –R callout, with the insertion point being at the left

Here is an example of what a finished Callout will look like with the insertion point to the left for a –R callout.

After you have created new labels, you should save a more pleasing preview image of the callout, replacing the attribute name with an example value of a more understandable term.

Start out by opening the –R block of the callout (the “right” block).

For Quantity, replace the ### attribute (or the one you used) with text (not an attribute) indicating “QTY”

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For Plant Code, replace the XXX-XXX attribute (or the one you used) with text indicating “GEN SPE” (or GS).

And for Container Size, replace the 00_GAL attribute (or the one you used) with text indicating “SIZE”.

Next Zoom Extents, and use the AutoCAD MSLIDE command to shoot a slide of the same name.

You will then also need to use the Land F/X Make Slide Library function to recreate the slide library for the folder LandFX\Blocks\Graphics\Callouts.

The Irrigation Valve Callout blocks are located in the Callouts folder under LandFX/Blocks/Graphics. The callouts are named VALVECO, then a number for the callout type, a dash and number for the valve size, and then a dash and an L (for left) or an R (for right). An example would be: VALVECO3-2-L for valve callout type 3, a 2” valve, and a left orientation.

For the same valve callout type there are also metric units for the size, such as VALVECO3‑M20‑R for valve callout type 3, a 20mm size, and a right orientation. These, of course, are drawn in millimeter units rather than inches.

The L (left) labels will be placed when the user indicated the direction of the label is to the left, and the R (right) labels will be placed when the user indicated the direction of the label is to the right. See Valve Callout.

§ When added new callout types, keep the naming convention by adding to the number, or replacing an existing label entirely, retaining the old name.

§ The L labels have the insertion point at the furthest right hand end point of the label line.

§ The R labels have the insertion point at the furthest left hand end point of the label line.

The best method to create a new label type is to open up an existing label that closely matches your layout goal. All text is an attribute, so don’t change it, but change the font style or physical size of the font if that is your desire.

§ The insertion point location for L or R label blocks was mentioned above. If you have moved this line, you will need to save the block again using the Save Block function.

Some people like the type of plant material indicated in the valve callout, such as a valve for Turf or Shrubs, or if it is a drip valve the drip is going to Trees, Cacti, or Shrubs, If this is the case, add an additional attribute named TYPE, and after placing the callout, go to the AutoCAD Edit Attribute function (or simply double click on the callout), and make that attribute read the way you wish it to read.

After you have created new labels, you need to create a slide to represent that label in the label preferences dialog box. This process is similar to creating a thumbnail slide for the Plant Callout.

The revised valve callout will also need a Schedule Symbol to go into the Irrigation Schedule to indicate the various aspects of the callout, such as the locations of the Valve Number, Valve Size, Flow, etc. Go to the Schedule_Symbols folder at LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Irrigation.

§ From this folder, open one of the schedule blocks used to represent the valve callouts in the Irrigation Schedule. These are named similar to VALVECO(number)_SS.dwg. These have an appropriate insertion point for the schedule, and have labeled descriptions of where the Valve Number, Valve Flow, and Valve Size are. Bring in your revised valve callout and replace the existing one.

§ Save this new drawing as indicated above with a new number, keeping the “_SS” (underscore SS).

§ Zoom to a point where the image fills the screen. At the command line, type mslide to create a slide. Name the slide the same as the drawing name into this Schedule_Symbols folder.

§ Now recreate the slide library for this Schedule_Symbols folder with the Make Slide Library function.

Open the Preferences dialog box:

Preferences from the Toolbar fly out

Preferences from the pull down menu

Selecting the Land F/X Preferences dialog box.

Go to the “Details” category button:

The Details category button.

Indicate your basic detail module size for your details in the height and width boxes:

The Details Format height and width boxes.

Enter the height and width of your basic detail module size. Now click Open Files to open the four files that make up the basic detail title blocks in Land F/X. These are simply 1.dwg, 2.dwg, 3.dwg, 4.dwg. The object is to then go to 1.dwg and customize it to match your standard detail title block.

The drawing file “1.dwg” title block. This is the basic module title block for one module wide, or the default 7.25” wide.

When customizing the title block, ensure that the bottom left “tick” mark remains as it is, and move the bottom right tick mark as necessary for your detail module width.

Move the various objects around as required, such as the detail title, number, etc.

The various text objects in the Land F/X Detail Title Block.

To change the font styles of any of the text in the detail module file, go to the Land F/X Font Manager function:

Land F/X Font Manager function on the Graphics Toolbar.

The Font Manager dialog box.

Notice in the above dialog box there are Font Styles of Detail Number, Detail Subtitle, Detail Text, and Detail Title. As indicated in the previous Detail Title Block the “Detail Number” and “Detail Title” are the same names in the Font Styles. The Detail Scale and Detail File Number are made with the “Detail Text” font, as is the general notation text within any detail.

Using the Font Manager can change the type of font, but for this Detail Title Block, to change the size you will need to use AutoCAD to physically scale the size of the font to what you want.

An example of a changed Detail Title Block might look like: