Properties

Displays the Properties palette with properties of selected entities.

Accessing the Command

command bar: properties

aliases: ch, pr, props, mo, ddchprop, ddmodify

menu bar: Modify | Properties

toolbar: Standard |

: properties

Displays a palette with varying content:

When no entities are selected:
General: shows the current entity creation settings.
View: shows the current View properties (see the View command).
Misc: shows the current Annotation scale.

When one entity is selected: reports the properties of the selected entity.

When two or more entities are selected: reports the shared properties of the selected entities.

Command Options

Options	Description
	Reports the number of selected entities. Click to see the number of each entity type in the current selection set: Select an entity type in the list to see the shared properties of all entities of this type in the current selection set.
Quick Select	Switches between Properties and Quick Select mode (See also the Qselect command).

General
Color	Reports the current color. Allows to change the color of selected entities: Click the droplist and then choose another color. Choose Select Color to access the Colors dialog box. See Color command.
Layer	Reports the current layer name. To change the layer of selected entities: Click the droplist, and then choose another name. See Layer command.
Linetype	Reports the current linetype. To change the linetype of selected entities: 1. Click the droplist. and then choose another name. 2. Choose Load to access the Load Linetypes dialog box. See Linetype command.
Linetype Scale	Reports the current linetype scale factor. To change the linetype scale, enter a new value. See LTSCALE system variable,
Plot Style	Reports the current plot style. To change the plot style of selected entities: Click the droplist and then choose another name. (This property is available only when plot styles are enabled for the drawing. See PlotStyle command.)
Lineweight	Reports the current lineweight. To change the lineweight of selected entities: Click the droplist and then choose another width. See LWeight command.
Hyperlink	Reports the current hyperlink. To change the hyperlink of selected entities: 1. Enter a new URL. 2. Click the button to access the Edit Hyperlinks dialog box. See Hyperlink command.
Thickness	Reports the current entity thickness. To change the thickness of selected entities: Enter a new value. See Elev command.
Material	Reports the current Material definition of the selected entity. To change, click the settings field, then select a material from the drop-down list. See the Materials command to manage material definitions.

View
Camera / Target	Reports the current position of the Camera and Target properties of the view. See the Camera command.
Perspective	Reports the current value of the PERSPECTIVE system variable. Allows to switch the perspective view mode on/off.
Lens Length	Reports the current value of the LENSLENGTH system variable. Allows to edit the value of the LENSLENGTH system variable.
Field of view	Reports the current view angle. Allows to edit the camera view angle. Editing this value affects the value of the LENSLENGTH system variable.
Height / Width	Reports the dimensions of the current view in drawing units.
Visual Style	Reports the current visual style. Allows to select a different visual style. See the VisualStyles command.

Misc (Miscellaneous)
Annotation Scale	Reports the current value of the CANNOSCALE system variable. Allows to edit the value of the CANNOSCALE system variable. All scales defined in the drawing are available (see the ScaleListEdit and -ScaleListEdit commands)