{"id":4234,"date":"2016-07-07T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2020-04-07T14:51:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:51:31","slug":"the-hitchhikers-guide-basics-of-autocad-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/the-hitchhikers-guide-basics-of-autocad-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to \u2026 the Basics of AutoCAD Properties"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the risk of stating the obvious: The objects you create all have properties such as color, linetype, linetype scale, lineweights, and so on. In the Basics of AutoCAD Properties, you’ll see you can assign properties to individual objects, or you can assign\u00a0default properties to entire layers (we considered the Basics of AutoCAD Layers<\/a> in last week’s post).<\/p>\n

All of these properties are listed on the Properties palette. You can use the Properties palette to change various property settings\u2014either the default values or those assigned to the objects that you select.<\/p>\n

You can check out these topics, and more, in a visit to …<\/p>\n

The\u00a0\u201cProperties\u201d section of the Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to AutoCAD Basics<\/a><\/p>\n

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Different colors for the objects\u2014walls, exterior stone facing, doors, fixtures, cabinetry, HVAC, electrical, and text\u2014helps differentiate them.<\/p><\/div>\n

Start with this brief video\u2014and check out additional Autodesk Knowledge Network resources, below.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/videos.autodesk.com\/zencoder\/content\/dam\/autodesk\/www\/subscription\/ACADLT-phase2\/acad-lt-hitchhiker-tutorials\/properties.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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