Managing object properties
In AutoCAD, you can change properties such as color, lineweight (related to the thickness of a line), linetype, and transparency. These properties are required to display drawing types properly. As an example, obscured lines are generally shown using the hidden line linetype, and construction lines generally have transparency added to them so that they look less prominent than the actual drawing. In the sample drawing shown here, the hidden lines are shown by the dashed linetype, and the center line has transparency added to it:
Figure 5.1: Center and dashed lines with transparency
In this section, we will learn how to add these properties to different AutoCAD objects. The properties of an object can be changed from the Properties panel of the Home tab, as shown in the following figure:
Figure 5.2: The Properties panel of the Home tab
To begin, I will use the following drawing to describe the changes in properties...
