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Controls the displaying and plotting order of overlapping objects. When you create a drawing, overlapping objects like TEXT , wide polylines (PLINE) or solid-filled polygons are displayed in the order in they are created. To change the draw order,... Read More

If you want to change the color of objects, you can either identify a color for objects, move objects to another layer or change the layer color. There are three options available:. you can move the object to another layer with a different color.... Read More

The current PROPERTIES for any object in your drawing can be displayed and changed Use the GstarCAD Properties Panel The most commonly used properties for each object type or a set of objects are listed in the GstarCAD properties panel. The... Read More

The UNISOLATEOBJECTS command is used to display previously hidden objects. Command Access: Menu : Tools > Isolation> End Object Isolation Command : UNISOLATEOBJECTS Command Prompts: 1 object un isolated. Function Description: It could display... Read More

Now within Object Snap tab, you can find a new added option called Distance from Endpoint. This option allows snap a certain distance from any endpoint of objects like line, arc, spline, pline, ellipse arc, mline and any other lines. As long as you... Read More

In some industrial application design, sometimes we need to break pipes or cable lines in our schematic drawing to indicate their spatial relationship. Sometimes we also need to break lines at crossing point to make it convenient for the later edit.... Read More

Compound objects like polylines (PLINE), dimensions (DIMSTYLE), hatches (HATCH ) or block references (BLOCK) can be converted into individual elements.     Explode Dimensions and Hatches When a dimension or a hatch is exploded (XPLODE), the... Read More

Every object has properties. Some PROPERTIES are general and apply to most objects; for example, LAYER , COLOR , LINETYPE , lineweight (LWEIGHT) and PLOTSTYLE . Most general properties can be assigned to an object by layer or can be assigned to... Read More

Lists the xdata associated with an object. Menu : Express tools>Tools>List Object Xdata Command Entry : XDLIST Select objects: Use an object selection method. Input application name <*>: Specify an application name or press ENTER for all... Read More

Flatten creates a 2D representation from a 3D model or you can use it to force the thickness and elevations of selected objects to 0.     Read More