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Use the Layers Panel, Tutorial: Change Object Properties, Draw Objects

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Use the Layers Panel The Layers panel controls layers and layer properties. Use the Layer Properties Manager button to change layer settings. The Layer control, a drop-down list, provides a quick method for changing several layer properties and for changing the current layer. make the layer of the currently selected object the current layer Layers panel turn off the layer of a selected object the current layer. Layer Properties Manager Layer control Tutorial: Change Object Properties In this tutorial, you will use several controls to view and change the properties of layers and objects. 1 Click Menu Browser ➤ File ➤ Open. 2 In the Select File dialog box, find the \Help\GettingStarted folder in the AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT product folder and open arbor.dwg. 3 Click the Model tab. 4 Move your cursor onto the title bar of the Properties palette to open it. Examine the current default properties settings. 5 Click a dimension object in the drawing to select it. Notice that several properties of this object are displayed in the Properties panel on the ribbon. The layer of the object is Dimension. The color, linetype, and lineweight properties of the object are set to ByLayer. The color of the Dimension layer is red. 6 Move your cursor onto the title bar of the Properties palette to open it. Examine the additional properties of the dimension object displayed in the Properties palette. 7 Click several more objects with different colors. Move your cursor onto the title bar of the Properties palette. Notice that only the common properties of the objects are listed. 8 Move your cursor off the Properties palette and press ESC to cancel the selection. 58 | Chapter 5 Draw Objects

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Chapter 5
Draw Objects
Use the Layers Panel
The Layers panel controls layers and layer properties. Use the Layer Properties Manager button to
change layer settings. The Layer control, a drop-down list, provides a quick method for changing
several layer properties and for changing the current layer.
Tutorial: Change Object Properties
In this tutorial, you will use several controls to view and change the properties of layers and objects.
1
Click Menu Browser
➤
File
➤
Open.
2
In the Select File dialog box, find the
\Help\GettingStarted
folder in the AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT
product folder and open
arbor.dwg
.
3
Click the Model tab.
4
Move your cursor onto the title bar of the Properties palette to open it.
Examine the current default properties settings.
5
Click a dimension object in the drawing to select it.
Notice that several properties of this object are displayed in the Properties panel on the ribbon.
The layer of the object is Dimension. The color, linetype, and lineweight properties of the object
are set to ByLayer. The color of the Dimension layer is red.
6
Move your cursor onto the title bar of the Properties palette to open it.
Examine the additional properties of the dimension object displayed in the Properties palette.
7
Click several more objects with different colors. Move your cursor onto the title bar of the
Properties palette.
Notice that only the common properties of the objects are listed.
8
Move your cursor off the Properties palette and press ESC to cancel the selection.
Layer
control
make the layer of the currently
selected object the current layer
Layer Properties
Manager
turn off the layer of a selected object
the current layer.
Layers
panel