This chapter includes several commands for obtaining information in the drawing, two commands to modify entities properties and a command to select entities based on properties values.
The GETDISTANCE
command calculates distance, increments and angles between two points. The GETAREA
command calculates areas and perimeters. The GETXY
command allows user to obtain the absolute coordinates of points. The GETPROPERTIES
command lists entities properties. The PROPERTIES
command displays a palette that can be permanently visible, providing access to all generic and geometric properties of selected entities. From this palette we can apply the SMARTSELECT
command for creating a selection by filtering entities properties. The PROPERTYPAINTER
command allows user to copy properties from a source entity to other entities.
In the next chapter we will see some more commands to create complex projects, as polylines, ellipses, revision clouds, text, tables, and multiple equally-spaced copies.