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Hi
How do I change the properties of multiple items at the same time? The 'window' option doesn't seem to be available and I can't pre select all the items I require, then edit them. If I do this the Properties menu doesn't appear. The only way I've found this works is if I select an individual line (entity) then select Properties. This is extremely time consuming as a circle for example is made up of hundreds of individual lines I'm sure there must be an easy way to do this :-) |
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"Attributes" is the tool for this. Tools - Modify - Attributes.
Select the entities first, also by window, then activate the command, or trigger the command first and then select the entities and close theselection with "Enter". A circle normally is a single entity. If it is made up of a multitude of individual lines the drawing probably is from a different source. Maybe a vectorized scan? |
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That's great, thanks Dellus. The drawing I'm working on was converted from a PDF so probably accounts for its non standard behaviour
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This tip (Attributes) is very helpful, Thanks!
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Not sure why everyone is happy with this solution. Maybe I'm missing something.
If I am trying to say reduce the size of several MText objects at once, Attributes is not providing the ability to do that. Attributes are different than properties and properties were the specific subject of this thread. |
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Attributes are about rendering geometries: so, color, line type, line width.
Properties are more about geometries themselves, so, start/end points, circle centers, and text sizes. For convenience, attributes can be changed in the property dialogs, but not vice versa It's harder to allow modifying properties for multiple entities.
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Sounds like you're saying that this isn't possible at the moment. Is that the case?
I feel like this should be part of a "minimum requirements" at this point. Couldn't the dialog that pops up just present the properties that the objects have in common. Seems like a pretty simple database query. And, of course, they do it for attributes, so conceptually, there is nothing new here. Just needs implemented like other CAD software. I'm only complaining because I decided I wanted all the room tags on a floor plan to be a little smaller. Is there a way to achieve that without clicking 50 individual room tags? I guess I could have used a block and maybe updated the block definition, but I'm not super familiar with blocks in LibreCAD so I'm not even sure if that's a solution either. |
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@dave
Yes, currently for dimensions. All dimensions of a drawing can be modified in "Drawing Options". The original question is about the "Properties", which unfortunately mean more than just text sizes. Yes, it's possible to add a new tool/command, or even an option to "Drawing Options" for text size changing. It's also possible to make text sizes defined in paper space (instead of model space), but this would involves more code changes.
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Got it. Thanks for your explanation!
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