Defining Draftsman Preferences for Altium Designer

The page in the Draftsman category of the Preferences dialog provides access to preferences relating to features and functionality of Draftsman.

Defaults

The Draftsman – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog allows the default values and settings to be configured for drawing and objects placed in a Draftsman document. These default settings can be overridden in the Draftsman Properties panel once an object or view has been placed in a document.

The Draftsman – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog

Default Primitives

• Primitives - use this field to filter the presented listing of primitives. Choose from: All, Board Views, Dimensions, Drawing Tools, Table, Special Signs, and Other.
• Primitive List - a list of primitives that can be used in Draftsman (filtered in accordance with the chosen entry for the Primitives field above). Click on the below listed Primitives to change the available default values as described.

All primitive default values are saved in the ADVPCB.DFT file. This file is located in the \Users\<ProfileName>\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer <GUID> folder of the installation.

To view and edit the settings and options for each primitive, click on the desired entry in the Primitive List. Information for each primitive can be found at the following links:

• Angular
• Arc
• Assembly View
• Bill Of Materials
• Callout
• Center Mark
• Circle
• Component View
• Connection Table
• Counter Hole View
• Datum Feature Sign
• Detail View
• Diametral
• Drill Drawing View
• Drill Table
• Fabrication View
• Feature Control Frame
• Graphic
• Isometric View
• Layer Stack Legend
• Layout Drawing
• Line
• Linear
• Note
• Ordinate
• Radial
• Realistic View 
• Rectangle
• Region
• Region View 
• Section View
• Surface Finish Sign
• Table
• Text
• Transmission Line Table
• Via Type View
• Wiring Diagram
• Wiring List
• X,Y Axis Scale