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Click Home tab ➤ Data panel ➤ Define Query.
You can alter object properties such as color, layer, block name, or thickness,
or you can add text to objects. In addition, you can create a range table that
modifies objects in different ways based on where they fall in a range of values.
Property alteration is a fast way to modify a group of objects. For example,
make objects stand out in their source drawings by adding color or hatch,
move a group of objects to a new layer, or add informational text.
NOTE To have a property alteration take effect, execute a Draw mode query.
Property alterations do not work in Preview or Report mode queries.
To save property alterations back to source drawings, add the objects to the
save set.
Current Property Alterations list
View all expressions in the property alteration list.
Edit
Copy the selected expression to the expression section of the dialog box,
where you can modify it.
Delete
Delete the selected expression.
Clear List
Remove all expressions from the Current Property Alterations list.
Select Property area
Select the property to alter.
To change the color of retrieved blocks, the color of the components of the
source drawing block must be BYBLOCK. Otherwise, the block retains its
original colors.
Color alterations on a bitonal raster image affect both the image and the
boundary. On multiple color raster images, the alteration affects only the
boundary.
Properties
Select the property to alter.
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