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• Select Live View to make the view
dynamically linked to the plan file. The Edge and Pattern Line Defaults set-
tings are included for legacy files and
• Select Update on Demand to update the are not the recommended method of specify-
view only when prompted. See “Keeping ing these line styles. See “Edge and Pattern
Layout Views Current” on page 1293. Lines” on page 186.
• Select Always Update to update the view
any time a change is made to the model. Polyline Panel
This option ensures that the view is The POLYLINE panel states the length of the
always current but may cause program countertop’s Perimeter, its Area, and its
slowness.
Volume. See “Polyline Panel” on page 314.
• Select Plot Lines to use automatically
generated Plot Lines to represent surface Selected Line/Arc Panel
edges and material pattern lines in the
model. See “Plot Line Views” on page The SELECTED LINE panel is available when
1295. the selected edge is a line as opposed to an
arc. For more information, see “Line Panel”
• When Plot Lines is selected, check Color on page 300.
Fill to include colors that correspond to
the materials used in the model. The SELECTED ARC panel is available when
the selected edge has been converted to an
2 Specify the Edge Line Defaults for a arc. For more information, see “Arc Panel”
selected cross section/elevation view. on page 309.
Note that edge lines only use these values if
Use Edge Line Defaults was checked when See, too, “Selected Edge” on page 214 and
the selected view was sent to layout. See “Change Line/Arc” on page 260.
“Send To Layout Dialog” on page 1291.
Line Style Panel
• Specify the default Line Weight, or
thickness, for all edge lines in the view. The settings on the LINE STYLE panel let you
• Specify the default Line Color for all to set the properties of the selected layout
edge lines in the view. box’s border and to specify what layout page
it is located on.
3 Specify the Pattern Line Defaults for
a selected cross section/elevation view. For more information, see “Line Style Panel”
Pattern lines only use these values if Use on page 301.
Edge Line Defaults was checked when the
selected view was sent to layout. Fill Style Panel
• Specify the default Line Weight, or For information about the FILL STYLE panel,
thickness, for all pattern lines in the view. see “Fill Style Panel” on page 315.
• Specify the default Line Color for all
pattern lines in the view.

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