Editing an Object's

Graphical Properties

When first applied to a diagram, an object assumes the application's default graphical properties.

Note

Wherever you can select a color, as well as color names, the list contains the following options:

• Background: The same color used for the background of the diagram. The color changes when the background color is toggled.

• Foreground: If the diagram background is white, the object is black, and vice versa.

• Manual: The Choose Object Color dialog appears, where you can select a color.

The Edit Object Properties dialog box, located by right-clicking the mouse cursor over an object and selecting the Properties menu option and then the Graphical tab, permits the changing of the default (or subsequent) attributes of an object.

The following Object Graphical Properties may be changed:

• Color — the color of the object as it appears in the diagram.

• Thickness — the thickness of the lines of the object in the diagram.

• Line Style — the style of the lines of the object in the design.

• Fill Pattern — whether a fill pattern is used in a polygon or closed object.

• Line Style (for lines and conductors in Capital E/E Publisher only) — the style of arrow at the end of a line.

Procedure to change an object’s graphical color property

1. Select the Over-ride option from the drop-down list box to the right of the Color label.

2. Click the Change button to view the Choose Object Color dialog box.

Procedure to change an object’s graphical thickness property

1. Select the Over-ride option from the drop-down list box to the right of the Thickness label.

2. Select the required thickness value from the drop-down list box.

3. Click OK to apply the selected Property to the Object.

Procedure to change an object’s graphical line style properties

1. Select the Over-ride option from the drop-down list box to the right of the Line Style label.

2. Select the required line style from the drop-down list box.

3. Click OK to apply the selected Property to the Object.

Procedure to change an object’s graphical fill pattern property

Note

If you add a fill pattern to grouped objects, the fill pattern is lost when you ungroup them.

1. Select the Over-ride option from the drop-down list box to the right of the Fill Pattern label. The Fill Pattern dialog appears.

2. Click on the fill pattern that you want to use.

3. Specify the foreground color and background color that you want to use for the fill pattern by clicking on the corresponding color box. The Foreground Color dialog box appears in which you can select the color.

4. Click OK to exit the color dialog box.

5. Click OK to exit the Fill Pattern dialog.

Procedure to change the end of line style of a conductor

1. In the Line End Style section at the bottom of the facility, click on the Left drop-down list, and select the style of arrow that you want to appear at the left end of the conductor. When you select an arrow style, it is previewed in the window below the drop-down list. If you do not want an arrow at the end of the conductor, select the blank line from the drop-down list.

2. Click on the Right drop-down list, and then select the style of arrow that you want to appear at the right end of the conductor.

3. Click OK to apply the selected end line styles to the object. Note The style is applied to every end-segment of the conductor. An end-segment is a segment where at least one end point is not connected to another segment from the same conductor.

Parent Topic:

Partitioning Diagrams

Capital E/E Publisher User Guide, 2512.2606

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