Lesson 18 | Changing Object Properties

This lesson describes what object properties are and how to change the properties of objects in a drawing. Every object that you create in a drawing has associated properties. For example, a line has an associated color, layer, linetype, and length as shown in the following Quick Properties panel.

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It is very common practice to change the properties of objects as you work on a drawing. One way to access and change some object properties is to select the object and use the Layers and Property panels on the ribbon to change the Layer or override the color, linetype or lineweight. Another method to change object ...

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