Educate me... .sym files

[Billxarmy]

Hi All,

I am new to the forum and I looking for information on how to make and edit .sym files with Deltacad. I found the .sym files in the download pages and figured out how to open them. Now of course, I would like to make and or be able to edit them. I found one thread referring to this subject but there was no answer to the question posed. Any information on this subject is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Bill C.

[williamj]

Hi Bill and welcome to the DeltaCad Users Group forums.

To create a symbol

• draw what it is that you want for a symbol, select it, click the "Edit" tab then select "Copy" from the drop down menu
• click the "File" tab, then select "Symbols" from the drop down menu
  

Once in the" Symbols" window choose "Add Symbol"

• in the "Add Symbol" pop up choose the "Section" you want to place your symbol or create a new section by just typing in a new section name
• type in a name for your new symbol
• click save
  

To edit a symbol

• place desired symbol on your work space
• make necessary changes
• Follow steps above
  

I'm sure if I made any errors someone will jump in and correct me.

Best of luck

[AlwMVMO]

To clarify the 1st steps, I would change:

• draw what it is that you want for a symbol, select it, click the "Edit" tab then select "Copy" from the drop down menu
• click the "File" tab, then select "Symbols" from the drop down menu
  

to:

• draw what it is that you want for a symbol.
• click the "Edit" menu and click "Select All" or "Select" tab and select objects to be in symbol file.
• click the "Edit" menu then select "Copy" from the drop down menu.
• click the "File" menu , then select "Symbols" from the drop down menu.
  

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