Show Origin and Axes

Automatically display the origin and the direction of the X and Y axis in each view of the 2D drawing.

1.     MDTools 970 > Show Origin and Axes

The Show Origin and Axes selection box displays.

2.     To display in each view, select one of the following:
- Origin
- X and Y directions
- Both origin and directions

3.     Click OK.

MDTools^® automatically displays origin and directions in the placed view.

Origin and X and Y directions in a view

Note:

·       The direction lines and origin circles are created in the selected layer properties.

·       The origin and direction arrowheads are filled, per the user settings.

·       To make the origin and direction head more prominent, change the document hatch fill settings to Solid Fill.

·       The height of the X and Y text does not change on changing the view scale.