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AutoCAD For Dummies, 19th Edition
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AutoCAD For Dummies, 19th Edition

by Ralph Grabowski
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
544 pages
15h 31m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 9

Manage Your Properties

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Managing object properties, such as color, linetype, and lineweight

Bullet Managing layers

Bullet Copying layers and other named objects between drawings with DesignCenter

Contrary to what you might believe, managing properties has nothing to do with real estate holdings. CAD programs are different from other drawing programs in that you have to pay attention to little details, such as the properties of objects or the precision of points that are specified when you draw and edit objects. If you ignore these details and start drawing, you’ll produce a mess of sloppy geometry that’s difficult to edit, view, and plot.

This chapter introduces object properties — a set of AutoCAD tools and techniques that can help prevent you from making CAD messes. Chapter 8 explains the most important precision drawing techniques that you need to observe to create usable AutoCAD drawings. You must understand the information in Chapters 8 and 9 before you start drawing and editing objects in production drawings (described in Chapters 6, 7, 10, and 11).

When you first start using AutoCAD, the number of property settings and precision controls necessary to draw a simple ...

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