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SoftPlan Frequently Asked Questions: Drawing Management

1. How can I combine more than one drawing on one sheet and set the drawings at different scales?
2. Within the Lite program is it possible to print two drawings on the same sheet?
3. I have accidentally saved my work in the Recovery Folder. How can I move this to another Folder?
4. Can a drawing created in AutoCAD be imported into SoftPlan?
5. Can AutoCAD open a SoftPlan drawing?
6. I am attempting to customize my toolbar and can't replace or remove some icons? What should I do?
7. I can't seem to locate my saved Material List Reports or 3D image files. Why?
8. Is there a way to change the cursor crosshairs color?
9. If I make changes or additions to a saved elevation will they display in 3D?
10. Is there any way to save a SoftPlan drawing in another format other than bitmap (*.bmp)?
11. What is the difference between Drawing Options and System Options?
12. Can I import drawings from a newer version of SoftPlan to an older version?
13. Is it possible to have two drawings of different scales on the same sheet in SoftPlan Lite?
14. My DXF/DWG of a site plan is not at 1:1. How do I get it at 1:1?
15. When I DXF out drawings to export them into AutoCAD
16. Is there any way to have the floating toolbar remain open on screen?
17. How do I backup drawings?
18. How do I copy a drawing onto a disk in SoftPlan?
19. How do I maintain my color changes?
20. How do I print with a border in SoftPlan Lite?
21. How do I pull a drawing out of the Recovery file?
22. How do I combine several drawings together for printing?
23. How should I import drawing files from previous versions of SoftPlan?
24. The DXF/ DWG that I imported is at the wrong scale. How do I correct this?
25. Is it possible to directly merge a drawing into a multi drawing set?
26. On close zooms why is my mouse so jumpy?
27. There is a gray line running through my drawing. What is it and how do I remove it?
28. When importing a .DWG or .DXF file from another program
29. Where do I save System Drawings?
30. Where is the Elapsed Time feature?
31. Why doesn't a border I created in Version 9 work in a newer version?
32. I used File > Export from a floor plan in SoftPlan and tried both .dwg and .dxf formats. The file that was exported did not maintain 3-Dimensional information from the SoftPlan drawing.
33. Why is there no 3-Dimensional information in the .dxf/.dwg file that I imported?
34. The .dxf/.dwg file that I imported is just lines and notes. How do I work with it in SoftPlan?
35. When upgrading from an earlier Windows version of SoftPlan
36. An exported multi-drawing (.DWG or .DXF) appears as separate drawings when opened in AutoCAD; what can be done to make it appear as it does on SoftPlan?
37. When using SoftPlan in Vista when I import my Version 8 & 9 files I get a message that the "Conversion Utility has Stopped working". The drawings are in their folder

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