How To Define A Border For A Layout Drawing [TN]


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	Product(s):	Bentley I&W
	Version(s):	All
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	Original Author:	Bentley Technical Support Group

Overview

This Technical Bulletin will describe how to define a new IWD border to be used in Layouts in I&W's Layout Designer. The steps below will outline how to accomplish this task.

The Steps

1. Open Layout Designer
2. Open the Documents Window
3. Left-click on the Layout Drawing and the Documents Window should show no documents defined

4. Click the New Document button
5. Define the tag for the new document and click OK

6. From the Documents Window select the new document and click the Documents properties button.
7. In the Document Properties dialog select IWD in the Type field.
8. Next select a border template from the Template field and click OK.

9. Click on the Layout then click the Refresh button from the Layout Designer toolbar.
10. The border should appear in the Layout Designer Window.
11. You should be able to revise this border by using the documents window for the layout and clicking the Revise Document button.
12. You can also print the Layout Drawing to a PDF file. To define the print settings for a Layout click the Print Preview button in the Layout Designer toolbar

13. Click the Page Setup button from the toolbar and define the page size, orientation, margin settings and whether or not to print to PDF. Then click OK

14. You will be prompted to select a folder to print to when you click the print button from either the print preview dialog or the Layout Designer toolbar.

NOTE: The print driver defined for the workstation controls the print preview and pdf generation for both Layout Drawings and the Detailed Connection Window. If you wish to generate a PDF with a sheet size that is larger than the size supported by your current printer you can install a false local printer and set the driver to a plotter driver that supports the page size you wish to generate.

External Links

Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase

Bentley LEARN Server

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