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Without having to know the exact coordinates, object snaps enable you to quickly locate points relative to existing objects such as center points of circles or midpoints of lines. Use Running Object Snaps Press F3 or click the OSNAP button on the... Read More

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

To change the LWEIGHT of an object, you can do : If an object's lineweight is set to BYLAYER, move it to another layer with a different lineweight, the object will acquire the lineweight of the new layer. If an object's lineweight is set... Read More

An object's LINETYPE can be changed in three different ways: If an object's linetype is set to BYLAYER, move it to another layer with a different linetype, the object will acquire the linetype of new layer. Choose another linetype for... 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 OBJECTSCALE command is used to adds or deletes supported scales for annotative objects. Command Access: Command : OBJECTSCALE Command Prompts: After selecting a annotative objects the Annotative Object Scale dialog box is displayed.   Related... Read More

The ISOLATEOBJECTS command is used to display objects across layers and hide unselected objects. Command Access: Menu : Tools > Isolation > Isolate ObjectsCommand : ISOLATEOBJECTSShortcut : right-click in drawing area and select "Isolate",... Read More

The HIDEOBJECTS command is used to hide selected objects. Command Access: Menu : Tools > Isolation > Hide ObjectsCommand : HIDEOBJECTSShortcut : right-click in the drawing area and select Isolation, click "Hide Objects" Command Prompts: Select... Read More

The BREAKOBJECTS command use 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... Read More