The File: Compact option allows you to remove temporary objects from the file, remove history, and empty the layers, compacting a file to its smallest size. By entering information in the text fields, you can identify the file with a title, subject, author name, keywords, and other important information about the file.

The File Properties dialog allows you to save information along with the file. This command deletes all changes made in the drawing since the file open and is not undoable. The Revert command will restore the file to the last saved state. Use the Save for Review command in combination with the Markup tools. Locking the layer list prevents anyone from making changes to the file without first unlocking the layers. The Save for Review command saves the current file to a new file name while locking the layer list. A dialog box will appear that allows the specification of file name and folder location. The Save As command will write the objects into a file specified by the user. If you need to save the file as a new name use the Save As command. No dialog will appear, as it uses the previous save information for file name and location. The Save command will write the file into the most recently saved file. If the file has changed since opening, the user will be asked if they would like to save the existing file. If other files are open, they are left open. This command will close the current file. Auto Save is enabled from the Preferences: Flinging options. The Backup folder is the location of files saved using the Auto save command. Opens the example files provided along with this application. The Open command will display a dialog box prompting the user to select the file format and name. To read an existing file use the Open command. The Scale Dimension Values with Text Height checkbox adjusts the dimension properties such as arrow head size, extensions, gaps, and leaders based on the change in the dimension text size. Specify the dimension format used in the drawing from a variety of standard settings. If you enter a text height defined by the printer page, the actual world size will scale accordingly. The relation between the two is defined by the drawing scale. Specify text height as a function of world size or printer size. These fields support expression parsing, which allows you to put in unit identifiers. Select the Custom option to define unique scales relating printer page output with the actual world size. Select a drawing scale from either engineering, architectural or metric. Select the Show Page Breaks in Drawing Window option to distinguish the page boundaries on the drawing window. The width and height of the page are displayed as a reference. If the size is larger than the available printer size, tiled printing will automatically turn on. Select the page orientation or paper size from the associated drop-down menus. Specifies the unit type for the drawing from a drop-down menu consisting of metric and imperial unit formats. These settings include Unit Format, Printer Paper Size, Drawing Size, Drawing Scale, and Annotation Set

The Custom Drawing option allows you to specify a variety of settings used to set up the drawing. You can add additional templates to the drop-down menu by adding files to the Templates/2D folder, located in the Applications folder. A variety are provided to handle the major drawing formats. Templates are existing files with predefined drawing and title blocks. Click the default button to use the same settings used in the New command. The New Using Wizard dialog box provides the ability to create a new drawing file from a collection of custom settings or selection of an existing file from a template. Previously created drawings will stay open until specifically closed or until the designer quits the program. The default drawing title is labeled “untitled”. The new command will create and initialize a blank drawing. The File menu lists commands used to read/write files to disk, print, and the command to quit or exit This chapter covers the saving, retrieving, and other commands located in the File Menu. Saving and retrieving files are performed with the File command located in the Menu Bar. You can immediately start creating and modifying objects in your untitled drawing or you may load a preexisting drawing. When launching TurboCAD from an icon, an empty drawing file called “untitled” is created.

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