Standard Upward Compatibility

The Standard Upward Compatibility dialog box lets you to customize options for drawings with pre-V5R11 standard, pre-V5R14 standard and drawings and layouts with pre-V6R2011 standard. To access this dialog box, click the Drawing tab, under Standard Upward Compatibility, click Configure.

This page discusses:

Drawings with pre-V5R11 standard

Note: These options apply only to drawings created with versions prior to V5R11 (i.e. versions up to V5 R10).
Section/Projection callout size not dependent on view scale
Select this check box if you do not want the size of projection and section callout elements to be dependent on the view scale. This option will apply to newly created callouts, i.e. selecting this option will not have any impact on existing callouts.

By default, this check box is selected.

Construction elements color
Select the color to use for construction elements. A construction element is an element that is internal to, and only visualized by, the sketch. This element is used as positioning reference. It is not used for creating solid primitives.

By default, the color is grey.

Drawings with pre-V5R14 standard

Note: These options apply only to drawings created with versions prior to V5R14 (i.e. versions up to V5 R13).
Sheet background color:
Choose the color that will be used for the sheet background.

By default, the color is white.

Detail background color:
Choose the color that will be used for the background of 2D components.

By default, the color is white.

Graduated color
If you want the sheet background and/or the detail (i.e. 2D component) background to be graduated, select the associated box.

By default, these check boxes are not selected.

Automatically add a funnel during line-up of cumulated dimensions
Select this check box if you want to add a funnel automatically whenever the value of a pre-V5R14 cumulated dimension requires one to be displayed correctly.

By default, this check box is selected.

Drawings and Layouts with pre-V6R2011 standard

Note: These options apply only to drawings and layouts created with versions prior to V6R2011 (i.e. versions up to V6 R2010).

The Drawings and Layouts with pre-V6R2011 standard contains the following options:

When creating view text: Display name text
Select this check box if you want the view name to be displayed automatically when creating views.

By default, this option is selected.

When creating view text: Display scaling text
Select this check box if you want the scaling factor to be displayed automatically when creating views.

By default, this option is selected.