Customize template items

These tools control font, font size, formatting (bold, italic, underline), font color, text highlight color, and text alignment.

For more information about Smart Text, see Use Smart Text tags in a template.

Use the shape tools to add lines, arrows, rectangles, free-form polygons, and other shapes. To the right of the shape tools, there are options to control shape and line colors, opacity, and line weight.

Select Show Shape Options to display specific options for each type of shape. For example, if you select an arrow, you can control whether arrows have arrowheads at their start and end position or both. If you select a polygon, you can specify the number of sides. Other options include start and end angles for arcs,  X and Y coordinates, Width and Height measurements, and the corner radius measurement for rounded rectangles.

When you select multiple items, you can use the Alignment tools to group, rotate, arrange, and align the items. For example, you might want to center a title above a BOM block or add callout arrows to a photo showing where parts should be added to an assembly. 

• Use the Rotate tools (90, 180, and 270 degrees) to rotate a selected item.
• Use the Alignment tools to precisely align two or more selected items in relation to each other, distribute selected items by edge, center, top, or bottom, or match the height or width of selected items.

• Use the Arrange tools to arrange two or more selected items from front to back and to group or ungroup selected items. 
  • The Bring Forward/Send Back commands bring one or more selected items forward or backward accordingly.
  • The Group Items command is specifically for grouping two or more items together into a single object.

The Printing tools include standard printing and printer setup options for printing visual aids. You can also select Show Page Area to ensure that all items fit in the document for printing.

The Miscellaneous tools on the right side of the toolbar allow you to edit an ECAD image, display the connectors for one or more selected items, or link to a BOM using the Link To BOM toolbar button.