Window Options

In DesignCAD you can work with multiple windows. This can mean several panes of the same file or panes from different files. This section covers how you can create and display these windows.

New Window

Menu: Window / New Window

Opens a new view of a drawing. DesignCAD allows several different windows, or views, to be opened simultaneously. These can be zoomed or panned independently of each other.

Cascade

Menu: Window / Cascade

Arranges open drawing windows so that they overlap on the screen.

Tile Horizontal

Menu: Window / Tile Horizontal

Arranges open windows by arranging them evenly and horizontally across the screen.

Tile Vertical

Menu: Window / Tile Vertical

Arranges open windows by arranging them evenly and vertically across the screen.

Arrange Icons

Menu: Window / Arrange Icons

Organizes the view icons at the bottom of the window.

Windows

Menu: Window / Windows

Provides a convenient window that shows all open drawings and views, and makes it easy to switch between drawings. You may also close a drawing from this list, or save a copy of one of the open drawings.

Activate: Brings the drawing to the top and makes it active.

OK: Closes the window and returns you to the drawing area.

Save: Saves the drawing.

Save As: Saves the drawing under a new name.

Save a Copy: Saves a copy of the associated drawing under a new name, but you keep working on the current drawing. This makes it easy to save incremental backups.

Close Window(s): Closes the selected view.