AutoCAD: Working with Utilities and Properties

Learn the capabilities of the utilities and properties of AutoCAD to investigate drawings and organize your designs.

Introduction

• Using utilities and properties to your advantage in AutoCAD
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

1. Working with Properties in AutoCAD

• The Properties ribbon panel
• Match Properties (MATCHPROP)
• Object Color (COLOR)
• Lineweight (LWEIGHT)
• Linetype (LINETYPE)
• Transparency (CETRANSPARENCY)
• List (LIST)

2. The Properties Palette

• The Properties palette
• Properties palette: Objects
• Properties palette: Dimensions
• Properties palette: Text

3. Working with Utilities in AutoCAD

• The Utilities ribbon panel
• ID Point (ID)
• Point Style (PTYPE)
• Quick Select (QSELECT)
• Select All (AI_SELALL)
• Quick Calculator (QUICKCALC)

4. Using the Measure Tools

• The Measure (MEASUREGEOM) command
• Quick
• Distance
• Radius
• Angle
• Area
• Volume

5. Using Quick Properties

• Switching on Quick Properties (QPMODE)
• Quick Properties: Objects
• Quick Properties: Dimensions
• Quick Properties: Text

6. Using Selection Cycling

• Switching on Selection Cycling (SELECTIONCYCLING)
• Using Selection Cycling effectively in a drawing

7. Utilizing Layers with Properties

• Working with the Layer Properties Manager
• Applying colors to layers
• Applying linetypes and lineweights
• Applying transparency to layers

8. Utilizing the Status Bar

• Working with the Status Bar in AutoCAD
• Customizing the Status Bar
• Controlling Lineweight
• Controlling Selection Cycling
• Controlling Quick Properties

Conclusion

• Next steps