Entities

Getting Started 

In hsCADView many distinct entities can be created in drawings.

 

 

 

All above entities (except block definition and image definition objects) have some common properties that can be set at the time of creation or modified by selecting entity/ies in the drawing. These common properties are:

Field Name

Data Type

Description

Color

Color

The entity's lines' color.

Layer

Layer

Imaginary transparent drawing sheet on which this entity gets drawn.

Lineweight

Scientific Data

Weight (thickness) of the this entities lines.

Linetype Scale

Scientific Data

Scaling factor for line type being used.

Linetype

Line Type

The appearance of the line(s) (dotted, dashed, dot-dash-dot, etc.) that make up this entity.

 

In hsCADView the above properties are shown in Selection Property Tree when any entity is selected using Selection Tool.

 

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