'How do you change (increase) the time period between automatic file saves
In SPIRIT 16 select 2D Settings from the Drawing/System tab in the menu navigator, or from the Tools pull-down menu. Select Save Delay from the menu navigator and enter the required value in the input prompt, or enter the time interval in minutes directly in the Save Delay dropbox that appears ...
- Dimension String only shows 1 tick mark
Check Dimension Style, Increment and make sure it is not set to zero (0). You can change this setting for existing dimensions by selecting the dimension/s to change and modifying the value in the Object Inspector for Increment.
- Exporting to DWG I receive the following error. "An error occured i
This issue with the export to dwg not working is solvable. It is a result of incorrect entries for DWG output in the registry.
To resolve the issue you will need to edit the values in the registry but these should be reset when you reinstall 14 afresh. But in case you wish to try and resolve ...
- File name appears truncated on active title bar when double clicking a file in Windows Explorer
This is a result of incorrect formatting in registry entry for the open command for Spirit. Only proceed if you are familiar with editing the Windows Registry. Open the registry (Start, Run, enter regedit and select OK) Locate the entry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\spirit14.exe\shell\open\co ...
- Help files are not displaying on the right side of the index page -
Since the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2, a new security feature was enabled with respect to the download of compiled help files (*.chm). To get them to work, you must first locate the files in Windows Explorer and right click on each one selecting Properties. Towards the bottom right corn ...
- How can I change the settings for mouse operation in Spirit?
The following section can be added to the Spirit14.ini file for controlling mouse button functions: [MouseEvents] Shift+Left=5 Ctrl+Left=9 Shift+Middle=6
Setting a value of 5 for Shift+Left, assigns the Shift key + left mouse button in Spirit to Identify
Setting a value of 12 for Shift+L ...
- How can I dynamically rotate entitites and see the entities being rotated
In the Rotate menu is an option called Max Lines. As long as the value for Max Lines is greater than the number of entitites being dynamically rotated, you will see all the entitites and not just a bounding box.
- How can I reverse the direction of the scroll wheel for zooming?
In Spirit 14.1 select Tools, Program Preferences... and select the Cursor Settings category. Check the option Reverse Scroll direction under Scroll properties.
- How do I dynamically move entities and see the entities I am dragging?
In the Drag menu is an option called Max Lines. As long as the value set for Max Lines exceeds the number of selected entitites being dragged, you will see all entities being dragged and not just a bounding box. This also applies to symbols being dragged and dropped into the drawing from the Res ...
- How do I edit the values for text aspect ratio in the menubar
The values that appear for text aspect ratio and many other Spirit functions that use these values, are stored in an external file called spirit.dec, which is located in the 160_Language Files folder. However, simply editing this file using a text editor such as Notepad and saving your chan ...
- How do I set my middle mouse button to snap?
Depending on the type of mouse you have, you will have to configure the middle mouse button for the selected task "Middle Button". Attached is an image demonstrating how this is set using the Logitech SetPoint software for an MX1000 Laser mouse.
- How do you change the drawing background color?
The drawing background color is now stored within each drawing and no longer as a global setting. This means that the current background color set for the default drawing you use will determine the background color for all new drawings you create. However the background color can easily be chang ...
- How do you change units in a Spirit drawing?
Go to the Utility menu, Scale Type and select the scale type you want to use. Spirit also has the ability to work in one scale type and to dimension in another. This option is called Dim Scale in the Settings menu.
- In earlier versions, the letter s allowed us to set the snap grid distance
You can change this setting within Spirit itself – do as follows:
Select the Window pull-down, Toolbars, Customize
Select the Keyboard button in the Customize Icon Toolbars dialog
Scroll down for shortcut to s
The current command is set to 9091^ and comments to MagneticSnap_On_Off
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- In Spirit 16 tooltip display is turned off but tooltips still displ
To turn off the display of tooltips on icon toolbars do as follows:
right click any toolbar and select Customize...
Select the Options tab.
Uncheck under the Other grouping, "Show Tooltips" and "Show shortcut keys in tooltips".
- Is it possible to alter the size of the font used in the menus ?
It is possible to adjust the size, color and font type of the menus - this applies equally to pull-down menus as well as the main menubar. Apply changes as follows:
Right click the Windows Desktop and select Properties from the context menu. The Display Properties dialog will appear ...
- Last fill settings are being applied when drawing an ellipse - what
A new option was added to the Control Settings page in Program Preferences...(Tools pull-down menu) to remember the last fill settings. Uncheck this option and drawing an ellipse will no longer automatically apply the last fill settings to the ellipse.
- The Spirit Color/Pen table name does not show correctly.
The color and pen palettes are now embedded in the s12 file. What does this mean? It means that internally within the drawing file itself exists a table which assigns an index number to an rgb value. When you “load” an external color palette it’s settings are “transferr ...
- With the current update to 14.12, every time I try to choose a pen
Select the Tools pull-down menu, Program Preferences...
Select the Modify category from the list on the left
Uncheck the option Use Color dialog with color selection
Select OK to exit the Program Preferences dialog saving changes
