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Chapter 4 Working with Drawing and Editing Tools
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Using the Utilities Edit Commands
With the Utilities Edit commands, you can change blocks, text, and
properties of objects. You can also perform a quick scale of an object
or a layer, as well as erase all objects on a layer.
Key Concepts
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You can make blocks and text in your drawing smaller or larger.
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You can change Z coordinates of selected objects to a specified
value.
To rescale blocks and text
Steps
Use
to look up
1
From the Utilities menu, choose Edit
➤
Rescale
Blocks/Text.
Overview of Editing Blocks
2
Type the scale factor or reference that you want
the block or text to appear and press ENTER.
3
Type the rotation angle and press ENTER.
4
Select the objects that you want to rescale.
To set the Z coordinate of an object to a new elevation
Steps
Use
to look up
1
From the Utilities menu, choose Edit
➤
Flatten Z
Values.
Overview of Editing Blocks
2
Select the objects whose Z values you want to
adjust.
3
Type a new elevation for the objects.