Obtaining Object Information

The ability to query for object and drawing data is a valuable feature of AutoCAD. With AutoCAD 2000, querying tools are conveniently grouped together in the pull-down menus for easy, intuitive access. Additionally, the Object Properties toolbar makes identifying the most common properties of an object as easy as selecting the object itself. Let’s start with the Object Properties toolbar.

Object Properties Toolbar

In AutoCAD 2002, the Object Properties toolbar automatically displays the selected object’s layer, color, linetype, lineweight, and plot style, of which the last two were new in AutoCAD 2000. When the selected objects have different properties, such as different layers, the property value is left blank. ...

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