Object Properties command (Edit menu)

Use this command to edit the properties of objects. This command can be used when there are selected objects.

Color and Line Style

Color and Line Style

Color

Edit the color of the objects. Colors take affect without lighting.

Default check box

Turn on to fix the color of the objects to the system default color. If this is checked, all controls in Color frame are disabled.

Color combo box

Use this combo box to set new color of the objects.

To enable this combo box, turn off Default check box.

Other... button

Use this botton to show the color palette dialog box.

To enable this button, turn off Default check box.

Line Style

Edit the line style of the objects. These properties are used in Wireframe display mode.

Default check box

Turn on to fix the line style of the objects to the system default properties. If this is checked, all controls in Line Style frame are disabled.

Width edit box

Edit the line width of the objects in pixel unit.

Line Stipple

Edit the line style of the objects. These properties are used in Wireframe display mode.

Stipple check box

Turn on to make the objects drawn with line stipple.

Pattern combo box

Select a pattern of line stipple in preset patterns.

To enable this button, turn off Customize pattern check box.

Customize pattern check box

Turn on to enable controls to edit properties of the line stipple pattern.

Factor edit box

Define the scaling factor of stipple pattern bits.

To enable this button, turn on Customize pattern check box.

Pattern edit box

Define the stipple pattern by hexadecimal value. This value must be expressed by 16 bit length.

For instance, a simple dotted pattern can be expressed by 0101010101010101 in binary notation. This binary value is 5555 in hexadecimal notation. You enter 0x5555 in this edit box.

To enable this button, turn on Customize pattern check box.