Technical information

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Introduction
To check object characteristics, you can perform an inquiry on a drawing
object. An inquiry shows you information about the selected object on the
command line, the status bar, or in a tracking window.
If you want a more permanent solution for identifying drawing objects—
especially when you are ready to plot the drawing—you can label the draw-
ing objects at any time during the drawing process. AutoCAD Land Desktop
can create dynamic labels, which update whenever you edit the drawing
objects. If you do not want labels to update automatically, then you can
create static labels.
To annotate a drawing manually, then you can create text (TEXT), multi-line
text (MTEXT), or text on a curve (CTEXT). Both text and multi-line text do
not move or update when a drawing changes; however, as a curve is modi-
fied, the curve text moves with it.
Listing Object Data
To quickly view data about objects, use the Inquiry commands. AutoCAD
Land Desktop has two types of inquiry commands:
■ CAD-based
■ AutoCAD Land Desktop-specific
CAD-Based Inquiry Commands
These commands include the following commonly used commands that you
can select from the Tools ➤ Inquiry menu:
Inquiry commands
Command Function
Distance Measures the distance between two points.
Area Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or defined areas.
Region/Mass Properties Calculates and displays the mass properties of regions or solids.
List Displays information of selected objects.