Import ISODRAFT Symbols

DRAW Administrator Guide

ISODRAFT Symbols : Import ISODRAFT Symbols

The File field is used to select the file containing symbol macros. Click Browse to display a standard file browser.

The Library field is used to select the symbol library that the symbols are imported into. Clicking CE sets this to the library name if it is possible to navigate to a library.

ISOLB

Input the Name, Width, Height and Margins of the target ISODRAFT Symbol Library (ISOLB) element or select a standard sheet size from the drop-down list. If the named ISOLB exists, the library name is set to the ISOLB’s owning library. To set the name to the current element (if possible), click CE.

ISOTM

Input the prefixes for each ISODRAFT Symbol Template (ISOTM) and the horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) gaps between each ISOTM.

Output

The symbol macro file is not validated on import, although some errors are picked up. DRAW and ISODRAFT detect most remaining errors. The following errors are checked for and display in the output view:

$) without a matching $(

SKEY not terminated with ENDSKEY. N.B. If an SKEY definition is not terminated with an ENDSKEY, subsequent SKEY definitions are ignored until an ENDSKEY is encountered. Therefore this error only occurs with the last SKEY definition in the file.

Invalid argument to PEN command.

Invalid argument to SKEY.

No SKEY name found.

SKEY already exists.

Base SKEY is not a valid symbol key.

Spindle SKEY is not a valid symbol key.

Refer to the Symbol Keys for further information

To import the selected macro file into the DRAW symbol library, click Apply. The first symbol is positioned at the bottom left hand corner of the sheet. Subsequent symbols are tabulated across and up the page. When there is no space left on the sheet, a new ISOLB is created.

Click Cancel to discard any changes and close the Import Isodraft Symbols window.