Edit Menu

The Edit Menu is accessible when working inside a project as it contains project specific options.

Managers

Managers are used to manage the project’s resources. You can access them here, or via the Manager Menu in the top right corner of the app.

Layer Manager

The Layer Manager is used to manage the layers in the project. You can add, remove, and update layers here.

See Layer Manager for more information.

VLAN Manager

The VLAN Manager is used to manage the VLANs in the project. You can add, remove, and update VLANs here.

See VLAN Manager for more information.

Port Manager

The Port Manager is used to customize connector colours in the project. You can set custom colours for any connector type here.

See Port Manager for more information.

Cable Inventory Manager

The Cable Inventory Manager is used to manage your cables in the project. You can add, remove, and update cable types here.

See Cable Inventory for more information.

Project Settings

The Project Settings Dialog allows you to change the project’s settings. You can change the project’s name, version, and other drawing settings in the dialog that appears.

See Project Settings for more information.

Undo

Step back one snapshot. Also available via the Undo toolbar button on the Draw and Report pages, or with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Z. Requires Local Mode.

Redo

Step forward one snapshot. Also available via the Redo toolbar button on the Draw and Report pages, or with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Y. Requires Local Mode.

Copy

When on the Report Page, this will copy the selected cell or cells to the clipboard.

See Copy and Paste for more information.

Paste

When on the Report Page, this will paste the copied cell or cells from the clipboard to the selected cell.

See Copy and Paste for more information.

Edit Label

When on the Draw Page, this will allow you to edit the label of the currently selected item.

When multiple items are selected, this opens a dialog to edit labels for all selected items with optional auto-numbering.

Edit Colours

When on the Draw Page, this opens the colour editor for the currently selected item.

When multiple items are selected, this opens a dialog to edit colours for all selected items at once.

Duplicate

When on the Draw Page, this will duplicate the currently selected item in the drawing.

When multiple items are selected, this will duplicate all selected items. The same keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+D) applies.

Resize

When on the Draw Page, this enables resize handles on the currently selected item, allowing you to manually adjust its size. Only available for single selections.

Lock/Unlock

When on the Draw Page, this will lock or unlock the currently selected item in the drawing. When locked, the item cannot be moved or edited.

When multiple items are selected, this toggles the lock state for all selected items.

Remove

When on the Draw Page, this will remove the currently selected item from the drawing. Gear items will still be available in the My Gear Pane where you can fully remove them.

When multiple items are selected, this removes all selected items from the drawing.

Caution

Actions from the Edit Menu always operate on the entire selection, even when using selection filtering from the Selection Toolbar.

Connections

This submenu contains actions specific to connections.

Bulk Create Connections

Opens the bulk connection creation dialog for the selected connection. See Bulk Create Connections for more information.

Edit Nodes

Enables node editing on the selected connection, allowing you to add, move, or remove routing nodes. You can also access this from the Selection Toolbar when a connection is selected, or enable Node Edit Mode from the Draw Toolbar to edit nodes on any connection. See Node Edit Mode for more information.

Remove All Nodes

Removes all routing nodes from the selected connection(s), resetting them to direct paths.

Gear Groups

This submenu contains actions specific to gear groups.

Reset Auto Size

Resets the auto-sizing behaviour on the selected gear group(s), allowing the group to automatically resize based on its contents. The group will resize on the next movement update (when either the group or any item inside the group is moved).

Text Box

This submenu contains actions specific to text boxes.

Edit Text

Opens the text editor for the selected text box, allowing you to modify its content.

Edit Opacity

Opens a dialog to adjust the background opacity of the selected text box(es). See Text Box Opacity for more information.

Reset Drawing Origin

This option will reset all the items in the drawing back to be relative to 0,0. This is useful if you have moved the items far from the origin and want to bring them back. For the most part however, you probably won’t notice the origin as it doesn’t affect your workflow.

Auto Size Columns

When on the Report Page, this will automatically resize the columns in the report to fit the data in the cells.

See Auto Size Columns for more information.

Reset Column Sizes

When on the Report Page, this will reset the columns in the report to the default size, which is the size of your window.

See Reset Column Size for more information.

Expand All Row Groups

When on the Report Page, this will expand all the column groups in the report.

See Expand and Collapse Row Groups for more information.

Collapse All Row Groups

When on the Report Page, this will collapse all the column groups in the report.

See Expand and Collapse Row Groups for more information.

Lock/Unlock Report

When on the Report Page, this will lock or unlock the currently selected report. When locked, the report cannot be modified, including filters, sorting, and column changes.

See Locking and Unlocking Reports for more information.

Discard Report Changes

When on the Report Page, this will discard any changes made to the report and revert to the last saved version.

See Discard Report Changes for more information.

Note

This does not affect the data in the report, only the display settings.