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Anchor Right/ Anchor Left Attaches the Properties palette to an anchor tab
base at the right or left side of the drawing area. The palette rolls open and
closed as the cursor moves across it. When an anchored palette is open, its
content overlaps the drawing area. An anchored palette cannot be set to stay
open.
Auto-hide Causes a floating palette to roll open and closed as the cursor
moves across it. When this option is cleared, the palette stays open.
Transparency Displays the
Transparency dialog box on page 1373.
General Properties of Objects
Quick Reference
See also:
■ Display and Change the Properties of Objects
Summary
The following general properties are common to most objects and custom
objects (third-party application objects based on AutoCAD API standards).
NOTE In the Properties palette, layers or objects that are assigned property
overrides in viewports display a ByLayer (VP) value and a background color for
applicable properties.
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
Color Specifies the color for objects. Selecting Select Color in the color list
displays the Select Color dialog box (see COLOR).
You can use the Select Color dialog box to define the color of objects by
selecting from the 255 AutoCAD Color Index (ACI) colors, true colors, and
color book colors.
Layer Specifies the current layer of the object. The list shows all layers in the
current drawing (see LAYER).
Linetype Specifies the current linetype of the object. The list shows all
linetypes in the current drawing (see LINETYPE).
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