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Setting up the sheet
The default A4 sheet, when to change it, and what each field of the Sheet Configuration dialog does to the drawing.
Choosing Electrical schematic or Full project when you create a project lands you here: an empty sheet, ready to draw on.
That first sheet is A4 horizontal, and for a small circuit it is the right answer — a start-stop with its contactor and its protection fits comfortably. You only need to change it when the drawing outgrows it, which in practice means one of two things: a PLC, or a circuit long enough that the symbols start crowding each other.
Finding it
The configuration is not in a menu at the top. It belongs to the sheet, so it lives on the sheet — in the left panel, on the row with its name.
And it is hidden until you look for it: the row shows a small dot, and only when you point at it does that dot become a gear. Hover it and the tooltip says Sheet Configuration.
At rest
Sheets
Pointing at the sheet
Sheets
Set the sheet up
Name, engineer, format and title block style. All four are explained below.
Press Save
The sheet redraws at the new size, with whatever is already on it kept in place.
The four fields
Two of them are text that ends up printed on the drawing, and this is the part nobody guesses right: what you type goes into the title block, but not into the cell you would expect. Try it — type in the fields below and watch the bottom of the sheet.
Sheet Configuration
Project
NEW PROJECT
Drawing / Description
MAIN SCHEMATIC
Checked
...
Sheet
1 / 1
A4 Horizontal · 1120 × 790
| Field | Where it ends up |
|---|---|
| Sheet name | The DRAWING / DESCRIPTION cell of the title block. Empty, it prints MAIN SCHEMATIC. |
| Engineer / Checker | The CHECKED cell. Empty, it prints three dots. |
| Format (draw size) | The size of the sheet itself. |
| Title block style | Where the title block sits. |
The other cells are not set here: PROJECT is the project's name, AUTHOR / DESIGNER is the account you are signed in with, and SHEET counts itself.
Choosing a format
Four formats, each in the two orientations:
| Format | Size | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| A4 Horizontal | 1120 × 790 | The default. Small control circuits. |
| A3 Horizontal | 1580 × 1120 | About 40% wider than A4 — a PLC with its I/O, or a long sequence. |
| A4 Vertical | 790 × 1120 | Circuits that grow downwards rather than sideways. |
| A3 Vertical | 1120 × 1580 | The most room, in the tall direction. |
Width is what usually runs out
A control circuit grows sideways: every new branch is another vertical rung placed to the right of the last. That is why the jump from A4 to A3 horizontal solves most of the crowding, and why turning the sheet vertical rarely does.
Choosing a title block style
- Standard (Right Corner) — the classic block in the bottom right corner, the way a printed schematic is normally drawn.
- Full Width (Bottom 2 Rows) — the block spans the whole width of the sheet in two rows. It gives each field more room, at the cost of a strip across the bottom.
Adding and removing sheets
+ in the SHEETS header adds another one. A project on the Free plan holds 2 sheets; PRO removes the limit.
Splitting a drawing across sheets is not a workaround, it is how a real schematic is organised: the power circuit on one, the control circuit on the next, the PLC I/O on a third. A sheet that stays readable is worth more than a sheet that holds everything.
To delete one, open its configuration — the Delete button is there. It only appears when the project has more than one sheet; with a single sheet the dialog tells you plainly: "You cannot delete the only sheet."