This section explains controls which are common to many of the Drawing Tools or placed Items/Objects.

Common Controls

Property Sheets are presented as Category trees with Category folders and options contained in property sheet Pages.

The Category tree is only available if there is more than one category or page and is used to change between the different groups, categories and its' pages.

Click to view Property Sheet without a Category tree.

The close x button in the upper right corner of any property sheet closes that property sheet and any changes you make to a property sheet take effect immediately. It does not cancel or rollback the changes you made in any way, it just makes the property sheet invisible until you open it again.

The Type box is used for describing which class of item the object is. The extra field alongside type is subtype and is just a qualifier that can be used. The Code text box is the name of the particular object. The Description text box is for a more explanatory name for the object.

Extra Notes

The Properties Sheet of a Tool and a drawing object are very similar except for the following differences:-

• The Tool properties do not contain a Position, since they do not exist on the drawing page yet.
• The Tool properties have blue background and a placed Object has a light grey background.
  • This was done to remind you that you are viewing the properties of the default tool, not a particular drawing object.
• The title bar includes the word Tool in description.
  • This is also to remind you that the tool is being edited.

Differences between Tool and placed Object