Inserting quick features into a layout

In a dieboard, you can insert additional, semi-parameterized features.

NOTE: Such features are EVC files and they can be created with EngView Synergy. To be accessible, they must be stored in the ...\\EngView7\Settings\Features\QuickFeatures directory.

NOTE: Such features are EVC files and they can be created with EngView Synergy module. To be accessible, store them in the ...\\ProgramData/EngView/Package Designer\SharedSettings\Features directory.

To insert a quick feature

1. Open a resizable design.
2. Do any of the following:

• On the Layout toolbar, click Dieboard .
• On the Layout menu, click Dieboard.
• Press CTRL+D+B.

3. In a layout drawing, on the Layout toolbar, click Quick Features .

A contextual edit bar appears above the graphical area.

NOTE: The following image is an example: the #-marked boxes indicate the available parameters, and will differ in each particular drawing.

4. In Components, select the component that you want to insert. For fine-tuning the placement of the component, you can use the mirror buttons (for .evb components also the angle of rotation). Since this is a parameterized component, its parameters appear in the cotextual edit bar and their values can be changed directly.
5. Drag the component to where you want it to be, and then click to position its first control point.
6. Drag the component's second control point to where you want it to be, and then click.
7. (Optional) To insert the component more times, repeat Steps 3–6 as many times as necessary.
8. To complete the insertion, right-click, and then click Cancel Mode on the context menu.

Notes

• To move a component, select it, and then drag it to where you want it to be.
• To change a component's properties, select the component, right-click and then click Component Parameters on the context menu. In the Component Parameters dialog box that appears, edit the properties you need.
• To convert a component to its constructional objects, select it, right-click, and then click Convert to objects on the context menu. To convert multiple components to their constructional objects, press CTRL, use the mouse to select all of them, right-click, and then click Convert All Components to Objects.