Retrieving symbols from the library palette

Symbols

You can select symbols in the Library palette. Allplan comes with an extensive selection of symbols. You can also create your own symbols in the Library palette.

Using the Library palette, you can copy, move and delete symbols you created yourself.

To retrieve a symbol from the library palette and place it in the workspace

1. Open the Library palette.
   If you want to see only symbols, click Filter and hide Smart symbols and SmartParts.
2. Open the folder with the symbol you want to retrieve and select the symbol.

   Tip: You can use Find to find library elements in the current folder and all subordinate folders.

   Note: Look at the small icon, which helps you distinguish between Symbols and Symbols with resources.

   Note: Use View in the Preview or Selection area to define the view for the preview. The view is independent of the view set in the viewport.

3. In the Font size area, you can define how text in the symbol is to behave.
4. Double-click the preview or drag the symbol into the workspace.

   Note: The program issues a messages if the layer of the symbol is hidden, frozen. You can specify whether to place the symbol.

5. Place the symbol in the workspace.

   The input options provide a number of tools you can use to place it.

Tip: Each symbol is placed as an entity group. You can address an entity group as a whole by clicking one of the elements in the group with the middle and then left mouse button. Alternatively, press and hold down the SHIFT key. This selection option is especially useful for complex symbols or symbols consisting of smart symbols as it selects visible elements, invisible elements and foils.

An entity group is a group of elements which can be addressed as a whole. Polylines constructed in one step, for example, or symbols are entity groups. A group can be addressed as a whole by clicking one of the elements in the group with the middle and then left mouse button. Alternatively, press and hold down the SHIFT key and then click the element with the left mouse button. Elements can be combined into an entity group even while being created (with the Assign Group Number tool) or later (with the Modify Format Properties tool).

Tip: Place the symbols on a separate drawing file or layer – this way, you can quickly hide them all when necessary (when changing the scale, for example).