Properties palette

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Properties palette

View the properties of the selected drawing object in the Properties palette.

To use the Properties palette to style drawing objects

1. In the SampleMap.dwg file, select a road.
2. Right-click the road and click Properties.

   The Properties palette is displayed.

3. Click the Design tab if it is not already displayed.

   The roads are objects in an AutoCAD drawing. Notice that the current selection is defined as a Polyline. You can use the Properties palette to change some aspects of a drawing object’s appearance.

   • To change the way the currently-selected road segment is displayed, click in the Color field and then click the down arrow to select a color. If you are asked whether to add this object to the save set, click No.

     With your cursor positioned in the map, press Esc to see the results.

   • To change the color for all roads, click Setup menu AutoCAD Layer. Click in the Color field for layer 0, which contains the roads, select a color, and click OK.

     The color of all the roads changes to the color you selected.

To use the Style Editor to style geospatial features

1. In the SampleMap.dwg file, select the Parcels layer in Display Manager.
2. Click a parcel in the map.
3. If the Properties palette is not still open, right-click the parcel and select Properties.
4. Click the Display tab.

   The styling information for the parcels does not appear on the Properties palette because the parcels are stored in an SDF file—they are geospatial features, not drawing objects.

5. To change the color of the parcels, click the Style button in the Task Pane menu area.
   • Click in the Style field in the middle of the Style Editor window.
   • Select a different Foreground color and click OK.
   • Close the Style Editor by clicking the X in its top right corner. The changes are displayed in your map.