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Object properties

Object properties - AutoCAD for Mac Tutorial

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Object properties

- [Narrator] Object Properties is up there with the tools I use most during the day. And AutoCAD for Mac actually has a little something cool up its sleeve that AutoCAD for Windows can't do. I can actually create a Custom Properties list. Now, AutoCAD for Windows has a Quick Properties or a small little properties window that pops up when I select an object if I want. I actually find this a little obtrusive and it kind of blocks my drawing. So I prefer this method in AutoCAD for Mac. So, if I select a dimension, I get this list of properties and I can see row after row of property information as I scroll up and down. It's helpful and it's great, but nine times out of 10, I really only use or modify a handful of these properties. Rather than scrolling endlessly and hunting for the five or six properties I actually want to look at, I can click here and see a condensed version of Properties. Now, this particular list isn't quite as extensive as I need. So, I can click here and actually…

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