Common Draw Object Fields

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# 2.2.13.1.1 Common Draw Object Fields

If the Object is a Line, Curve, Circle or Polygon object, and the rotation origin is non-zero, a large blue cross will show its position. If it is zero, the command starts with the Lock Origin field unticked and the Rotate By field greyed out.

Some fields are used by multiple types of objects - these are listed below

Line Width
  The width of the line for a line, curve or unfilled object can be set. 0 means a pixel width at all scales. Other values are the width of the line in scale units. If the value is negative, it is the absolute value of pixels wide at all scales.
Pivot
  The Pivot control can be set to fix in place the start, or the middle or the end, and it applies to the Length, Line Angle and Angular Length controls. When these are changed the new dimensions are applied so as to keep the locked position in place.
Rotation Origin
  By default the rotation origin is the Layout origin {0,0}. If the origin is not at the Layout origin, it will be displayed with a blue cross. When the origin is changed with the Lock off, the object is not moved. But if the origin is changed with the Lock on, the object will be moved as well. Enabling the Lock To Origin allows subsequent Rotations to be about the origin. This may be especially useful when using creating larger groups of Draw objects.
Lock To Origin
  Locking to the rotation origin makes the distance between the First Point and the origin fixed. If this is set on, altering either the First Point or the Rotation Origin will move the both values. This value is initially set to locked if the Draw origin is non-zero when the Section 2.2.13 command is started but can be unset to allow repositioning of the Rotate Origin without moving the object in the layout. If the Rotate Origin is set to {0,0}, the Object has an Absolute origin.
Rotate By
  Some Draw objects (Polygon, Polyline, Lines, Curves, Circles, Text) can be rotated about their rotation origin in Properties. In order to rotate them, the Lock To Origin must be enabled. After the rotation completes, the rotation angle will be set back to zero and all the points of the object will be adjusted to their absolute position in the layout. Negative values of rotation are counter-clockwise. Note that for Text objects, the Rotation also changes the Text Angle.
Layer
  The layer of the object. The object can be moved between layers if the layer is not frozen. Only non-frozen layers are listed as options.
Color
  The color of the line or the fill can be set