Directly from View

This plan output prints what is currently visible on the screen. In a way it is similar to a print screen, but only of the program's current graphics area. Menus and icon bars are not printed. Various output types can be produced:

Mode: With the 'Direct to Printer' mode, the contents of the current graphics area are sent directly to the printer. No border is created around the output as is common for plans, and no legend is used.

With the 'Plan Output' mode, an output is produced as known from the other plan outputs. This can be an output for the plan program or a finished plan, depending on what is set in the following fields.

Storage for: With the 'Plan' option, an output or plan for the Dietrich's plan program is created. With the DXF options, the output is produced in DXF format. The 'Direct Output' option creates a plan using a plan template and immediately sends it to the printer. This allows, similar to the 'Direct to Printer' mode, a direct output, but with a border and optionally a legend (depending on the chosen template).

Plan template: If you have chosen storage for 'Plan' or a combination Plan+DXF, you can select a plan template here. Then no plan storage is generated, but a finished plan. The storage(s) are automatically inserted into the empty windows of the plan template. When one plan is full, the next plan is created automatically.

Main Category: Here a main category for classification in the project management can be preselected. If the 'automatic' option is chosen, the new plan is assigned to the 'Plans' category, as the project management would do automatically.

Category: Here a category for classification in the project management can be preselected. If the 'automatic' option is chosen, the new plan is not assigned to any category, as the project management would do automatically.

Round scale to: As soon as you have selected a plan template in the field above, you can enter the rounding for the scale here with which the storages will be automatically inserted into the windows. Two options are available:

Value: With Value you enter the step size to which the scale should be rounded. Example: A value of 5 yields scales of 5, 10, 15, 20, etc. The program selects the next appropriate value for each storage.

Fixed value: With Fixed value you specify a fixed scale with which each storage must be inserted into the plan.

Output unit for DXF: For DXF storage an output unit must be set here so that the dimensioning is generated in the desired unit.

Text height for DXF: For DXF storage the text height must be set here so that the labeling and dimensioning, after setting the scale in the drawing program, have the desired size.