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Properties panel

Properties button on the toolbar or View -> Properties menu item shows or hides panel Properties. It is dockable, resizable window that contains a list of entity's properties and allows changing them. Double click on the panel's title bar displays the Properties panel in a separate window that you can position anywhere you like on your desktop.

Properties panel is available in Editor and Redline modes.

Properties panel allows making necessary default properties. This properties will be applied for every new entity by default. Default properties  are grouped by two categories:
•General - properties for all entities.
•Dimension - properties for the Dimension entities.

Default values

Contains the name of the current entity.

       Available values

- none of entities are selected.

- some kind of entity is selected.

- several entities are selected.выбрано некоторое количество элементов одного или разных типов.

GENERAL

Color

Defines entities' color.

       Colors

•By layer - selected entity(ies) assumes the color assigned to the layer on which entity(ies) was created;
•By block - selected entity(ies) assumes a color of the block which this entity belongs to.
•Select color - calls Select Color dialog box.

Layer

Changing layer for the selected entities.

Layers drop down list allows selecting current layer. For HPGL/2 files this list views available pens. When it is necessary to create new layer (pen), use menu item CAD Files -> Show Layers.

Linetype

       Changing linetype of the selected entitis.

Linetype list gives access to a set of linetypes for the currently loaded files.

Linetype scale

Changing linetype scale for the selected entities. This parameter is used when viewing line with non CONTINUOS linetype. It defines multiplayer which is used  to count a distance between dashes in the line.

       A dependence of line's view and linetype scale value:

Line Weight

Changing line weight for the selected entities. Line weight must be equal to the one standard values. When entering an arbitrary value it is changed to the nearest standard value.

       A dependence of line's view and line weight value:

Font Name

Defining font for a new text. ABViewer views a list of SHX fonts sorted by name in order of ANSI coding.

Text Height

Defining symbols' height. Height is set in drawing units. Symbols of multiline text may have different height.

Point Display Mode

Defining the view of a point entity.

       A list of styles for a point entity:

 

Point Display Size

Defining the size of a point entity.

DIMENSION

Arrow Size

Defines dimensions' arrow size.

Arrow

Defines dimension arrows' view.

       A list of dimension arrow views.

Closed filled -

Closed blank -

Closed arrow -

Dot -

Archtick -

Oblique -

Opened -

Origin -

Origin2 -

Open90 -

Open30 -

Dot small -

Dot blank -

Small -

Box blank -

Box filled -

Datum blank -

Datum filled -

Integral -

None -

 

Text Color

Defines dimensions' color.

       Colors

•By layer - dimension's text assumes the color assigned to the layer on which dimension(s) was created;
•By block -  dimension's text assumes a color of the block which this dimension(s) belongs to.
•Select color - calls Select Color dialog box.

Text Height

Defines dimension's text height.

Text offset

Defines dimension's text offset.

Text pos vert

Defines a placement of dimension's text on vertical axis relatively to dimension line.

       Vertical alignment:

•Center - a placement of dimension's text in the center between extension lines.
•Above - a placement of dimension's text over dimension line. A distance between dimension line and base line of the lowest text border is equal to a current value of Offset from dim line parameter.
•Outside - a placement of dimension's text near the extension line on the side which is the most distant from the first definition point.
•JIS - a placement of dimension's text accordingly to the JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards).

Text Inside Align

Defines a text alignment along the dimension lines.

Measurement Scale

Defines scale parameter which is used for linear dimensions. It is not recommended to change value by default - 1.

Precision

Defines a number of decimal digits after comma in the dimension text.

Note: all changes are applied for the current file only. It is necessary to use File -> Save menu item and to save current file as DXF file format.