Tutorial - Getting Started

HighDesign: Getting StartedThis tutorial will help you familiarize with the environment and basic commands of Ilexsoft HighDesign. You will be guided through setting up the general options of the workspace, preparing your project by choosing the right drawing scale, units and grid size, learning the basic commands for drawing and editing.If not already open, launch HighDesign. Although the images contained here may show some features available to the Professional edition only, all the chapters apply to the Standard edition as well.1. Setting Up Your WorkspaceMost of the settings that let you customize the workspace of HighDesign are available via the Preferences window.Open the Preferences window by choosing HighDesign > Preferences.The General panel lets you set your preferred language, the actions to perform automatically when the application launches and the options for Automatic Save and Undo.In Automatic Save, set the time interval at which the application saves a copy of your current project. With larger projects, saving can be a lengthy operation and an automatic save set to a very short period (e.g. 1-2 minutes) can slow down your workflow.The Undo section lets you set the maximum number of Undo/Redo actions to be recorded in memory. The amount of memory required by the Undo cache can vary on the type and number of items stored in each action. The “Clear Undos on save” is provided as a way of keeping that amount under control, as each time ...