The properties dialog box has a central location for viewing and allowing modification of graphical and physical properties of an object the user wants to draw or those selected within the area to be drawn. A list of critical settings is found in the properties dialog box, including 3D Visualization, Geometry, and general under, such as color, plot style, layer, transparency, and hyperlink (Autodesk, Inc. 115). Users can adjust the properties of objects applying these features, modify or even create what they want. Once the object is chosen, the color changes, and all the objects subsequently created are assigned the color property.
Drawing can also be identified using custom properties by including any drawing properties as a field in a multiline text object (Autodesk, Inc. 115). Any information is attached to an object using the extended data tab of the Properties dialog box. The information attached to the object includes set data of the property, reference documents, notes, classifications, and hyperlinks.
The modification process involves the use of other commands, such as erase that deletes or erases a window section. Trim command are applied to trim an object partly while break allows the use break the object in several other breakpoints. More modification commands include copying modified objects or drawings while mirroring the drawings selected within the dialog box (Autodesk, Inc. 126). Commands such as the offset that help the user create new objects that resemble the ones selected. Though, it allows the user to offset lines of rays of arcs circles at a considered specified distance user. An array command in the AutoCAD facilitates the marking of multiple selected objects copies in a rectangular matrix.
Work Cited
Autodesk, Inc. AutoCAD Architecture 2011: User’s Guide. Autododesc 2010.