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Control Tool Properties
You can change the properties of any tool on a tool palette.
Once a tool is on a tool palette, you can change its properties. For example,
you can change the insertion scale of a block or the angle of a hatch pattern.
To change tool properties, right-click on a tool, and click Properties to display
the Tool Properties dialog box. The Tool Properties dialog box has the following
categories of properties:
■ Command. Controls the display of a tool flyout and the tools command
string.
■ Camera and Clipping. Controls the view that a camera defines.
■ Attenuation, Rendered Shadow Details, and Geometry. Controls the
lighting characteristics for a light tool.
■ Face Settings, Lighting, and Environment Settings, and Edge Settings.
Controls the visual characteristics for a visual style tool.
■ Table. Controls the table style, numbers of rows and columns, and flow
direction.
■ Insert, Attach, or Pattern properties. Control object-specific properties
such as scale, rotation, and angle.
■ General properties. Override the current drawing property settings such
as layer, color, and linetype.
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