Document Setup

Use the Document Setup command to set up a file’s basic characteristics (units, scale, drawing area, and grid) as well as define the drawing border and title block settings.

To set up a drawing with the Document Setup command:

1.	Select File > Document Settings > Document Setup.

2.	The Document Setup dialog box opens. Set the parameters for the drawing. See Setting Up the Drawing for more information on units, scale, drawing grids, and print area.

 

Parameter	Description
Units, Scale and Grids
Drawing Units	Click Change to open the Units dialog box; specify the global unit settings for the project
Layer Scale	Click Change to open the Layer Scale dialog box. Specify the default layer scale for the project. This scale will be used for all floor design layers (Mod-Floor-#) and associated design layers such as Mod-Slab.
Drawing Area	Click Change to open the Page Setup dialog box; specify the drawing’s printable area
Drawing Grids	Click Change to open the Set Grid dialog box; specify the reference and snap grids
Drawing Border/Title Block	If not created during setup, drawing borders and title blocks can be added manually with the Drawing Border tool (see Creating Drawing Borders)
Drawing Border	Select the drawing border to automatically include as the drawing is set up, or leave the default selection of None to create no drawing border
Title Block	Select the title block from either the default resources or the current file’s resources to automatically include as the drawing is set up (see VectorWorks Design Series Default Resources), or leave the default selection of None to create no title block
Use Border Settings
As preferences	Saves the drawing border and title block selections and applies them to the sheet layers when the Create Standard Viewports command is selected
To create a border now	Places the specified drawing border and title block on the selected layer immediately

3.

Click OK.

To use the Issue Manager (see The Issue Manager), select one of the predefined drawing border styles.

Select the Document Setup command again to re-adjust a drawing border if the paper size has changed.