Property sheets are special dialogs that show the properties of the drawing/job (e.g. Page Properties shown below left) or a given object in it (such as a cabinet, shown below right). Properties are user-defined variables (or defaults) that every cabinet in the library can access.

A property sheet is divided into Categories (or groups) under which are related Pages. The property options are accessed by clicking on the corresponding Page heading.

Save/Cancel and Close Properties

The Drawing and Catalog properties of a library have similar Categories/Pages and their property sheets have control buttons - see Extra Notes.

Example

This is an example of the Job Defaults page under the Job Setup category of the Drawing Properties [F4]. 

• Apply which saves changes without closing the property sheet;
  • It only becomes available when changes are made.
  • Useful if you want to see the affects of changes to your drawing, while open.
  
  
• OK which saves and closes the property sheet;
  
  
• Cancel will discard any changes you have made.
  • You will get the same result if you click the close button

The Cabinet property sheets and property for Drawing objects can only be closed by using the close  button and any changes will immediately be applied.

Example

Open and Edit Properties

Library

With CabMasterPro you can view Library Catalog from the View tab and clicking on LCM command button to open the property sheet for the current library selected on the Home tab.

Changes made here will be permanently saved to the library.

Current Drawing

To edit the properties of only the current drawing (without affecting the library), follow the above steps except select Drawing Properties from the File menu. This will open the properties of the current drawing instead.

To automatically open drawing properties when you create a new drawing, just enable the Option [F10] under heading On New Drawings. This will allow you to set properties/defaults before starting a new job.

Cabinet

Each cabinet can have its own set of properties. These contain options for customising only that object instead of the whole drawing. To use these, open the property sheet for the object by right-clicking it and selecting Format Cabinet/Item", and then select the category and page.

Object/Item

An that object means any item that can be placed on a page, such as Text Box, Dimension lines, Wall etc. as well as cabinets.

See also Drawing Tools.

Page

All of the pages in a drawing can also have their own Page Properties - follow link for more details.

Not all libraries have page level properties (e.g. CM-Cabinets).

Extra Notes

• Library Catalog property changes only take affect with future drawings, NOT current drawings as changes to the Drawing Properties does.
  
  
• Cabinet and Object properties do not have OK or Cancel buttons. Changes are applied immediately i.e.as soon as you check a checkbox or type a number into an entry box, and move on to another control, changes are made. This is called "changing the focus" in all Windows applications. Simply click the  button top right corner to close and apply changes.
  Therefore, whenever you see a dialog with "OK" and "Cancel" buttons, changes are not immediate.
  
  
• If you make changes, click 'Apply' and then 'Cancel', the changes will not be reversed. Only the alterations you made since last clicking 'Apply' will be abandoned. In other words, 'Cancel' only acts as a "close without saving" button, not a "rollback all changes" button.