This command reports object properties to you as you move the cursor over an entity. Once the Drawing Inspector is activated by running the Drawing Inspector command, you can display one of several properties of an object. The available properties are: Layer Name, Elevation, Azimuth-Distance, Bearing-Distance, Point Data, Text Data, 3D Face Data, Polyline Data and Polyline Blips. You can simply move the pointer over an entity and the selected property will be displayed either in a pop-up window next to the pointer and/or on the status bar, depending on the selected option. The options for this command are set in the menu that pops up by clicking the right mouse button.
In the Drawing Inspector menu, you can choose one or more properties to display.
Display Layer Name: Allows you to
display the layer name of the entity.
Display Elevation: Allows you to display the elevation of
the entity.
Display Azimuth-Distance: Allows you to display the
azimuth and distance of a line.
Display Bearing-Distance: Allows you to display the
bearing and distance of a line.
Display Point Data: Allows you to display the coordinate
data of point.
Display Text Data: Allows you to display the attributes
of
text.
Display 3D Face Data: Allows you to display the Z
elevations at the face corners.
Display Polyline Data: Allows you to display the end
point
elevations, horizontal distance, slope distance and slope ratios.
Display Polyline Blips: Allows you to displays
the blip locations.
In the Drawing Inspector menu, you can also choose how the property information is reported.
Enable Highlighting: Allows you to highlight the
object
that the Drawing Inspector is
reporting.
Enable Tag Display: Enables you to view the information
next to the cursor on the screen.
Show Data On Status Bar: Enables you to view the
information on the status bar, in the lower corner of the screen.
Use Default Cursor: When enabled, only the
AutoCAD cursor shows. When disabled, the mouse pointer is also shown.
Other commands can be run as usual while Drawing
Inspector is active. Other ways to turn off the Drawing Inspector are
to pick the
Drawing Inspector command from
the pulldown menu a second time, or use
the keyboard command a second time.
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Example of Drawing Inspector reporting |
Pulldown Menu Location: Inquiry
Keyboard Command: inspector
Prerequisite: None
File Name: \lsp\autotag.arx
