Save As Symbol

Menu: File / Save as Symbol

Allows you to quickly and easily save a file, or the selected part of a file, as a symbol with a separate filename.

Using the Command

If you want to save only selected entities, select them and choose the Save as Symbol command. The following window appears:

Use Default Symbol Handles: If saving only the selected entities to the symbol, the selection handles will be used as the symbol handles. If the entire file is being saved as a symbol, the drawing handles will be used if there are any, or the lower left and right corners of the drawing if no handles have been set.

Set Points for the Symbol Handles: You will be prompted to set up to two points as symbol handles (up to three points in 3D mode)

Save all the entities to layer zero: All entities will be moved to Layer 0 in the symbol. This affects the way the symbol is imported into another drawing if it is exploded.

Save selected entities only: Only the selected entities will be saved to the symbol file, and the selection handles will be used as Default Symbol Handles. Otherwise, the entire file is saved, and the drawing's handles will be used as Default Symbol Handles.

If you want to save the entire drawing as a symbol, simply choose the Save as Symbol command. DesignCAD will ask you to specify the name and DesignCAD version of the symbol file.