AutoCAD® 2012 and AutoCAD LT® 2012 Essentials: Autodesk® Official Training Guide

Assigning Properties by Object or by Layer

Properties such as color, linetype, and lineweight are typically assigned by layer rather than by object. There is a special property value called ByLayer that passes control over specific properties to the properties managed by the layer to which the objects are assigned. As you'll see in these steps, using the ByLayer property is a lot easier than it sounds:

1. Using the Ch6-A.dwg (or Ch6-A-metric.dwg) file, zoom into the Manager's office. If this file is not open, find it on the book's web page.
2. Open the Linetype drop-down menu on the Properties panel and select Hidden (see Figure 6.24). Draw a line of arbitrary length anywhere on the canvas.

   FIGURE 6.24 The Properties panel settings affect all the ...