Viewing Entities in the Drawing Database

Viewing AutoCAD Drawing Entities

Viewing AutoCAD Drawing Entities

Viewing Symbol Tables in the Drawing Database

 

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Viewing Entities in the Drawing Database

To Open an Inspect window for the collection of entities in the current drawing database, choose View Browse Drawing Database Browse All Entities from the VLISP menu. VLISP displays a window listing the entities in the database:

Note that VERTEX and ATTRIB entity types are not included in this list. You access these entity types through their parent entities, which are available when you inspect POLYLINE and INSERT entities.

The shortcut menu commands available for the object line in the AutoCAD Entities Inspect window are Log and Update.

To open an Inspect window for a specific entity, double-click on the entity name, or select the entity, then right-click, and choose Inspect:

The title bar of this window identifies the drawing entity type. The object line of the window displays the entity name.

<Entity name: 1cdf190>

The shortcut menu for the object line contains the common Inspect commands Print, Copy, Log, and Update, plus some new items.

Modify

If available, this command opens the standard AutoCAD DDMODIFY dialog for the inspected entity.

Inspect Raw Data

Displays an Inspect window containing the list resulting from an entget function call for the entity.

Inspect Next Entity

Displays an Inspect window for the next entity in the entities list.

Inquire Extended Data

Displays a list of applications currently registered by regapp. If you select an item from the list, any extended data related to the chosen application is included in the Inspect entget list. See Viewing Extended Data for more information.