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 |
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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. |
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Switches between Properties and Quick Select mode (See also the Qselect command). |
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When on, the Properties panel previews values when you hover the cursor over a property. |
General |
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Color |
Reports the current color, and allows you to change the color of selected entities:
See the Color command. |
Layer |
Reports the current layer name. To change the layer of selected entities:
See the Layer command. |
Linetype |
Reports the current linetype. To change the linetype of selected entities:
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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:
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Hyperlink |
Reports the current hyperlink. To change the hyperlink of selected entities:
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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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:
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Other properties may appear depending on the entity selected.
Procedures
- To open or close a panel
- To dock a panel
- To dock a panel with respect to another docked panel
- To stack panels in a tabbed panel
Related Commands
Area - reports the area, circumference, and perimeter of entities.
AttEdit - edits attribute values and properties.
AttRedef - redefines a block and updates associated attributes.
AttSync - synchronizes attribute definitions in all block references of a specified block definition.
BattMan - manages the attributes of a block definition.
Dist - reports the 2D and 3D distances between two points.
EAttEdit - edits attribute values and most properties.
Id - reports the x,y,z coordinates of picked points.
Layer - assigns properties to layers.
List - lists the area and other parameters of entities in the command bar.
MassProp - reports the properties of solid models and regions.
PropertiesClose - closes the Properties panel.
-ToolPanel - controls the display of tool panels, such as the Properties panel, Ribbon and the Sheet Sets panel from the command line.