Extract Properties

Extract Properties image\KEEP.gif allows you to retrieve entity properties from a single entitiy and set those as the current properties. Click on the edge of the entity from which you wish to extract properties.

Examples using Extract Properties:

· If you have drawn a road with properties that you like you can select Extract Properties then the road to set suitable properties for future roads.

· Extract Properties is useful in conjunction with keys - just select a road, river, or other feature on a key and you’ll be ready to draw more.

· If you’ve dynamically reset the text height using SHIFT you can quickly change the default text height by selecting Extract Properties then the text.

· If you like a particular color or style, but you don’t know what it is, select Extract Properties then the entity with that property.

Text equivalent: KEEP

Related topics

Entity selection dialog box