Exercise | Manipulate Object Properties

In this exercise, you learn how the Properties palette functions. When you have completed the exercise, you will be able to effectively manipulate objects and their properties using the Properties palette.

The completed exercise

1. Open C_Properties-Palette.dwg.
2. To open the Properties palette, press CTRL+1.

   Note: If the Properties palette is already open, CTRL+1 will close it. You can also access the Properties palette by double-clicking an object in the drawing. This either opens the Properties palette if it is not currently open, expands the palette if Auto-hide is set, sets the focus to the palette if it was already open, or launches the PEDIT command if you double-click a polyline.

   

3. Click the Auto-hide button in the upper left corner of the Properties palette as shown in the image.

   

   This causes the Properties palette to expand when you move the mouse over it and contract when the mouse moves away. You can also dock the palette by dragging it to the edge of the application window.

4. Change object properties using the palette:
   • Select all of the objects in the drawing.
   • On the Properties palette, change the color and linetype to ByLayer.
   • Press ESC to clear the selection and notice the change in color.
5. Zoom in to the area shown.

   

6. To change the color of selected polylines:
   • Select all of the geometry in the window.
   • On the Properties palette, select Polyline from the Object Type list.
   • Select the Color property and set it to Blue.
   • Press ESC and notice that all polylines in the selection are now blue.

     

7. To change the display of the drawing:
   • Zoom to the extents of the drawing.
   • Zoom to the area shown in the image.

     

8. To select objects to change:
   • On the Home tab, click Layers panel > Layer. Turn off Layer 1 in the Layer list.
   • Select the large circle in the view.

     

9. To change the diameter of the circle using the palette:
   • On the Properties palette, change the Diameter to 64.
   • Press ENTER.

     The diameter changes.

     

10. Use a crossing window selection to select more objects in the view.

    

11. To change object properties by filtering:
    • Use the Object List at the top of the Properties palette to filter just the circle objects. The properties common to all circles appear in the Properties palette.
    • Change the diameter to 32 units.
    • Press ENTER.
    • The diameters of all circles in the selected view change to 32.

      

12. Close all files. Do not save.