User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Taking the AutoCAD Tour
- Chapter 2: Creating Basic Drawings
- Chapter 3: Manipulating Objects
- Lesson: Selecting Objects in the Drawing
- Lesson: Changing an Object's Position
- Lesson: Creating New Objects from Existing Objects
- Lesson: Changing the Angle of an Object's Position
- Lesson: Creating a Mirror Image of Existing Objects
- Lesson: Creating Object Patterns
- Lesson: Changing an Object's Size
- Challenge Exercise: Grips
- Challenge Exercise: Architectural
- Challenge Exercise: Mechanical
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter 4: Drawing Organization and Inquiry Commands
- Chapter 5: Altering Objects
- Lesson: Trimming and Extending Objects to Defined Boundaries
- Lesson: Creating Parallel and Offset Geometry
- Lesson: Joining Objects
- Lesson: Breaking an Object into Two Objects
- Lesson: Applying a Radius Corner to Two Objects
- Lesson: Creating an Angled Corner Between Two Objects
- Lesson: Changing Part of an Object's Shape
- Challenge Exercise: Architectural
- Challenge Exercise: Mechanical
- Chapter Summary
Lesson: Using the Properties Palette ■ 309
Procedure: Using the Properties Palette to Change Object Properties
The following steps give an overview of using the Properties palette to change object properties.
1.
On the ribbon, click Home tab > Properties panel > Dialog Box Launcher > Properties or press CTRL+1.
2.
Select the objects to adjust properties for.
3.
You can change any value in a read-write field and all changes occur in real time.
4.
Press ESC to cancel the object selection. The Properties palette remains open.
Key Points for Using the Properties Palette
■ The Properties palette differs from a traditional dialog box interface in that it can remain open
while you are using other commands.
■ Other methods are available for editing an object's properties, but the Properties palette provides
a common interface for changes to different object types and to the properties of multiple objects
simultaneously.
■ Click the Auto-hide icon on the Properties palette (shown in the following illustration) to make the
palette collapse when the cursor moves away from it.