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Properties

Displays the active object properties.

Left column displays the property name and right column contains the property value. Clicking the pin icon at the right edge pins or unpins a property to the topmost section. Title bar arrow icons can be used to open or close the section. The button at the bottom, Add attribute, can be used to create a new attribute with given name and value.

Any property's name and value column can be double-clicked to access the value through read-only text field. User may use basic text editor commands such as Ctrl+C to copy the selected contents. Predefined properties show their internal tag value (e.g. Elevation -> #Z) when the name is selected. User-defined attributes are generally editable. Some system-defined properties are also editable, and a smaller subset of these properties can also be deleted. To add a system defined property that does not exist on the object using a macros defined in Find tool documentation (e.g. use #LINEID to generate a "Line id" attribute).

There are four separate property categories:

  • Favorites: Currently important properties pinned by the user.
  • Attributes: Active object attribute data.
  • Drawing: Active object visualization data.
  • Geometry: Active object geometric data.

Most names in the Attribute category are just their ID tags. Some specific attributes have their own names:

  • Category: Category code - editable value.
  • Feature: Feature code - editable value.
  • Point id: Point id - editable value and deletable.
  • Line id: Line id - editable value and deletable.
  • Comment: Object comment.
  • Text: Text string.

If the active object has some drawing information, they are displayed in the Drawing category:

  • Color: Object RGB color value.
  • Style: Point symbol or line style.
  • Width: Line width.
  • Size: Point symbol size.

Geometry category displays the following geometric properties for objects:

  • Elevation: Active single or line point Z-coordinate.
  • Length: Active line segment 3D length.
  • 2D Length: Active line segment 2D length.
  • Radius: Arc or circle radius.
  • Point count: Amount of points in the active line.
  • Line length: 3D length of the active line or area border.
  • 2D line length: 2D length of the active line or area border.
  • 2D area: 2D area of closed line or area.

User-defined Attributes

User-defined attributes can be added to the Attribute category. Pinned properties may be used to access and modify the value field of the property found in the active object. User-defined attributes may be deleted and if it was pinned to the Favorites category, the deleted attribute name is kept.

Pop-up Menu

Secondary mouse button opens pop-up menu with additional functionality. Available commands depend on the current tree item type and application state like the active object or the active file.

  • Add to favorites Adds the current item to the favorites category at the top.

  • Remove from favorites Removes the current item from the favorites category at the top.

  • Add attribute Adds a new attribute to the Attribute category. Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Enter performs the same operation.

  • Edit name Starts edit on the name field. Keyboard shortcut Shift+Enter performs the same operation on the current item.

  • Edit value Starts edit on the value field. Keyboard shortcut Enter performs the same operation on the current item.

  • Delete attribute Deletes the current item from the Attribute category. Keyboard shortcut Delete performs the same operation on the current item.

  • Copy name Copies the property's external name value to clipboard.

  • Copy tag Copies the property's internal tag value to clipboard.

  • Copy value Copies the property's value.