Operation Manual

Sidebar
To quickly format a line using the Sidebar (Figure 72):
1) Make sure the line is selected in your drawing.
2) Click on the Properties icon on the Sidebar, then click on the plus sign on the left of
the Line title bar to open the Line subsection.
3) Use the various options in the Line subsection to format the width, color, transparency, and
style of the selected line.
4) Select from the drop-down lists in the Arrow option to change the line into an arrow. The
upper drop-down list adds an arrow head to the beginning of the line. The lower drop-down
list adds an arrow head to the end of the line.
5) If the line is segmented, then select the type of Corner style and Cap style to use from the
drop-down lists. For more information, see “Corner and cap styles section” on Page 73.
6) Deselect the line to save your changes to the line.
Line dialog
If you want to fully change the appearance of a line, then you need to use the Line dialog.
1) Select the line on your drawing.
2) Go to Format > Line on the main menu bar, or right-click on the line and select Line from
the context menu, or select the Line icon from the Line and Filling toolbar to open the
Line dialog (Figure 73), where you can set various options for the selected line. This dialog
consists of four pages: Line, Shadow, Line Styles, and Arrow Styles. The options on these
pages are explained in the following sections.
3) When you have made all your changes to the selected line, click OK to close the dialog
and save your changes. The preview box at the bottom of the dialog shows the effect of
your changes on a line.
Figure 73: Line properties dialog – Line page
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