User`s guide

358 ■ Chapter 4: Drawing Organization and Inquiry Commands
Chapter Summary
There is more to creating drawings than drawing lines, circle, and arcs. Part of the drawing process
involves the use of layer and linetype standards as well as retrieving geometric information from
objects in the drawing.
Having completed this chapter, you can:
■ Use layers to organize objects in your drawing.
■ Identify and change the properties of objects.
■ Use the Quick Properties palette to quickly change object properties.
■ Use the Match Properties command to apply the properties from a source object to destination
objects.
■ Use the Properties palette to change object properties.
■ Use linetypes to distinguish objects in the drawing.
■ Use the Inquiry commands (Distance, Radius, Angle, Area, List, and ID) to obtain geometric
information from the drawing.
■ In this exercise, you use what you learned about drawing organization and inquiry commands to
create layers, manipulate objects and their layers, and create additional geometry on its correct
layer.
■ In this exercise, you use what you learned about drawing organization and inquiry commands to
add layers and hidden geometry to the drawing views.