Properties – BricsCAD Centro Assistenza

Displays the Properties panel with either the default properties or the properties of selected entities.

Accessing the Command

command bar: properties

aliases: ch
pr
props
mo
ddchprop
ddmodify

keystrokes: Ctrl+1
Ctrl+Shift+P

menu bar: View | Properties
Modify | Properties

toolbar: Standard |

: properties

Displays a palette with varying content:

When no entities are selected, displays the following content:
General - reports the current entity property settings
View - reports the current view settings and visual style
Misc - reports the current annotation scale and default lighting status

When a single entity is selected, displays the following content:
General - reports the properties of the entity
3D Visualization - reports the entity's material
Geometry - reports the geometry of the entity

When two or more entities are selected, reports the shared properties of the selected entities; where properties are different, the panel reports *varies*.

Command Options

Options	Description
	Reports the number of selected entities. Click to see the number of each entity type in the current selection set: Select an entity type in the list to see the shared properties of all entities of this type in the current selection set.
Quick Select	Switches between Properties and Quick Select mode (See also the Qselect command).
Property Preview	When on, the Properties panel previews values when you hover the cursor over a property.
General
Color	Reports the current color, and allows you to change the color of selected entities: Click the droplist, and then choose another color. Choose Select Color to access the Colors dialog box. See the Color command.
Layer	Reports the current layer name. To change the layer of selected entities: Click the droplist, and then choose another name. See the Layer command.
Linetype	Reports the current linetype. To change the linetype of selected entities: Click the droplist, and then choose another name. Or, choose Load to access the Load Linetypes dialog box. See the Linetype command.
Linetype Scale	Reports the current linetype scale factor. To change the linetype scale, enter a new value. See LTSCALE system variable,
Plot Style	Reports the current plot style. To change the plot style of selected entities, click the droplist and then choose another name. This property is only available when plot styles are enabled for the drawing. See PlotStyle command.
Lineweight	Reports the current lineweight. To change the lineweight of selected entities, click the droplist and then choose another width. See LWeight command.
Transparency	Reports the current level of transparency. To change transparency, click the droplist, and then choose a settings: Select ByLayer or ByBlock Select a preset value, such as 10 or 90 Enter a value between 0 (opaque) and 90 (nearly transparent)
Hyperlink	Reports the current hyperlink. To change the hyperlink of selected entities: Enter a new URL. Or else click the button to access the Edit Hyperlinks dialog box. See Hyperlink command.
Thickness	Reports the current entity thickness. To change the thickness of selected entities, enter a new value. See Elev command.
Handle	Reports the hexadecimal value by which the entity is known in the DWG database; read-only, and so you cannot change it.
3D Visualization
Material	Reports the current material definition of the selected entity. To change, click the field, then select a material from the drop-down list. See the Materials command to manage material definitions.
View
Camera	Reports and edits the current position of the camera's position. See the Camera command.
Target	Reports and edits the current position of the camera's target position. See the Target command.
Perspective	Reports the current value of the PERSPECTIVE system variable; switches perspective view mode on and off.
Lens Length	Reports the current value of the LENSLENGTH system variable; edits the value of the LENSLENGTH system variable.
Field of View	Reports the current view angle; edits the camera view angle. Editing this value changes the value of the LENSLENGTH system variable.
Height, Width	Reports the dimensions of the current view in drawing units; cannot be edited. These values are changed when the Field of View property is modified.
Clipping	Toggles view clipping on and off; when clipping is on, parts of the view before the front clipping plane and behind the back clipping plane become invisible.
Front, Back Plane	Specifies the locations of the front and back clipping planes; available only when the Clipping property is on.
Visual Style	Reports the current visual style, and selects a different one. See the VisualStyles command to edit and create visual styles.
Misc (Miscellaneous)
Annotation Scale	Reports the current value of the CANNOSCALE system variable, and allows you to choose another one from the list defined in the drawing are available (see the ScaleListEdit and -ScaleListEdit commands).
Default Lighting	Toggles default lighting status on and off: On - the program uses default lighting, which substitutes when no lights are defined in the scene Off - the program uses lights defined in the scene