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AutoCAD 2000 Preview Guide Page 12 00000-005000-5513
IMPROVED ACCESS AND USABILITY
Designed to clear your path.
AutoCAD 2000 is continuing to shift the user interface from command-centric to design-centric and
making the software more transparent throughout the design process. One way to accomplish this is to
enhance productivity and make commonly used tools more accessible and easier to use. AutoCAD 2000’s
productivity enhancements are designed to increase ease of use by automating certain tasks and by
making AutoCAD more integrated with Windows. Some of these features include the Object Properties
dialog, Improved Selection Filters, and Right Click Context Menus.
Object Properties Dialog
AutoCAD 2000 introduces the Object Properties dialog, which revolutionizes the way you view and edit
an object’s properties. The Object Properties dialog combines the functionality found in such commands
as DDMODIFY and DDCHPROP and adds many other object-specific editing commands. Through a
single, resizable, dockable, modeless (always available until dismissed) dialog, the Object Properties
dialog enables you to modify virtually all properties of AutoCAD objects in a simpler, faster, more
efficient manner. The Object Properties feature include the following:
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Edit by type. The Object Properties feature filters selection sets by object type, thus enabling you to
modify properties on a per-object basis.
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No selection set. When no selection set is current, the current state of properties, such as hyperlinks,
plot style, Hide plot, UCS, and viewport data, are displayed and can be modified.
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Tabbed Listing. Dialog tabs enable listing of object properties by category (e.g. General, Geometry,
etc.) or in alphabetical order making it easier to find a specific property.
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Dynamic Updating. Modified properties are updated dynamically on-screen providing instant
feedback for more accurate property editing.
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Quick Select Access. When used with Quick Selected filtered selection set (e.g. all circles on a specific
layer), the Object Properties dialog makes the modifications of an object’s properties quick and easy.
Object Properties dialog