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Working with object properties

Working with object properties - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Working with object properties

- [Instructor] We're starting a new chapter now in our AutoCAD Essential Training Course. And we're going to be looking at object and layer properties within objects within our AutoCAD drawings. And we've got a new drawing for you. It's called ObjectLayerProperties.dwg, and as usual you can download that from the website to use to follow along with these particular videos. Now the first thing we're going to look at is actually working with our object properties. And in order to do that, you want to make sure that you are in the Home tab on the ribbon, and you'll notice you have a Properties panel. And we've got some objects in the drawing. We've got a hinge on the left in the yellow, we've got a nut and bolt in the middle in the green, and we've got a keyhole in the orange color to the right. Now all of these objects are made up of individual lines, arcs, circles, etc., but all of the objects that make up the components, the keyhole, the nut and bolt, and the hinge, all have their own…

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