Editing 2D Element Graphic Properties

This task explains how to access and, if needed, edit graphic properties.

Open the Brackets_views03.CATDrawing document.

1. Select a 2D element on the CATDrawing you opened.

2. Select the Edit-> Properties command and click the Graphic tab.

You can also right click the current element and then select the Properties command from the displayed contextual menu.

3. If needed, click the More switch.

4. If needed, modify the available options:

Fill:

you can color the selected element and set the filling transparency.

Edges:

it allows you to define edges colors, thickness and the type of line (dotted, dashed, etc.), see Graphic Properties Toolbar.

Lines and Curves:

it allows you to define lines and curves colors, thickness and the type of line (dotted, dashed, etc.), see Graphic Properties Toolbar.

Show, Pick and Layers:

	you can choose if the element will be shown or not (check/uncheck `Shown` option)
	you can activate or deactivate `Pickable` mode, if you uncheck it geometry will not be selectable anymore, see Pick/No Pick mode.
	you can choose a layer for the selected geometry.

5. Click OK.

For more information on graphic properties, please refer to Infrastructure User's guide.

Pick/No Pick mode

When you create elements using the No Pick mode (Pickable option unchecked),

If you want to make one or several elements pickable back again, perform as follows:

1. Select Edit -> Search from the menu bar and select the element(s) to be modified from the Search dialog box.

2. Select Edit -> Properties option from the menu bar and check the Pickable option from the Properties dialog box.

If you want to make all the elements on a sheet or in a view pickable back again, perform as follows:

1. Click the sheet or the view(s) to be applied the Pick mode from the specification tree.
2. Select the Force Pick Mode option from the contextual menu.

Graphic Properties Toolbar

You can also modify the graphic properties using the Graphic Properties toolbar.

The Graphic Properties toolbar allows modifying the following graphical options:

	the line color
	the line type
	the line weight
	copying objects (Copy Object Format icon )
	the pattern (Pattern Chooser option ) This option allows displaying the Pattern dialog box:

Care when you assign graphical attributes to a line (for example, make it thick and red).
When you turn this red thick line into a construction line (from the contextual menu: Object.Line -> Definition..., Construction line option in the Line Definition dialog box), the line will become a dotted gray line. Even though you then decide to make it a standard line back again (un-checking the Construction line option), the "red" and "thickness" attributes will not be assigned to the line. The line will be assigned its original attributes.