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Properties Palette

Properties Palette

Win32 and 64, English
A>V>C>
New property NAME for all objects in the drawing. The size of any solids. The density and price of materials. Edge banding and surface covers. Editing a block name. Quick attribute creation.

General Usage Instructions

The panel (Palette) opens and closes with the AvcPalette command. In order to avoid pauses when selecting objects, it is recommended to close the palette when it is not needed. Data is loaded into the palette as soon as you select something in the drawing (before calling the commands). If you select many objects at once, then the A>V>C> properties palette does not work like a regular property panel. A separate tab opens for each type of object. And objects whose editing is not provided are ignored.
Tabs available:
  • Name - for lines and curves. Allows only editing the name and descriptions.
  • Solid - for solids which are not yet been measured in any A>V>C> commands. Allows you to edit additional properties of the solid: Mirror, Sweep and Texture.
  • Metric - for measured solid. In this, there are most of all properties and you can change the materials of edges and covers.
  • Face - selected solid surface.
  • Block - for convenient editing of the name and description of blocks, editing of constant attributes. In the standard properties panel, block properties are not available at all - only block reference properties.
  • Reference - block insertion or block reference. To edit block attributes and block parameters. As you know, a block can be inserted into a drawing many times. Each time a reference is created that describes where to show the block and how to rotate it. And each reference has its own set of mutable attributes. I preferred to place the properties of the block reference separately from the properties of the block, on different tabs.
  • Assembly - block assembly. For future use.
  • Product - block-product. For future use.
  • Detail - solid-Detail. For future use.
  • Leader - shows a Leader style and Smart Leader template.
  • Table - drawing table properties.
  • Text - single-line test (DBText) or multi-lite text (MText) properties.
  • Dimension - any type of dimension properties.
  • Material - properties of the material from which the part is made, density, price.
  • Cover - properties of the coating material on the faces of parts. Paint, film, laminate, banding.
  • Drawing - properties of the DWG drawing file. Standard and custom. You can add new properties to the drawing.
  • Entity - all other drawing objects.
The title shows the identifier of the object or the number of selected objects. The identifier is the same as you can see in the code of the fields; it is displayed by the SolSize and Smart Leader commands.

Screenshots

Commands

Ribbon/Toolbar Icon Command Command Description

SoliSize

Measure solid like LAY rules. Write solid metric. Check solid for validity

AVCUpdate

Update all solid metrics (for measured solids). Solids inside block and external reference will update too.

AvcPalette

Open/Close special properties palette.

Installation/Uninstallation

The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plug-in from Autodesk App Store will start installing the app/plug-in. OR, simply double-click the downloaded installer to install the app/plugin. You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate the app/plug-in. To uninstall this plug-in, exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, simply rerun the installer, and select the "Uninstall" button. OR, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (Windows 7/8.1/10/11) and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.

Additional Information

Properties Editor (Palette) in Autodesk® AutoCAD® is not adapted to enter long texts. You will see only the first words and will not be able to edit multi-line text, etc. 

For the convenience of entering long names and descriptions I made 3 separate panels (palettes) with built-in multi-line text editor, NAME palette, TYPE palette and INFO palette. Panels can be docked to the edges of the AutoCAD window, but I recommend using a second monitor for them. 

Info editor is different in that it is not blocked with new-line and tab. Open and close the palettes to the appropriate commands. Palettes will show data as soon as you select something in the drawing. The changes are saved when the selection is cancelled (Esc, the beginning of a new command, switching documents).

Known Issues

Contact

Company Name: A>V>C>
Support Contact: avc.programming@gmail.com

Author/Company Information

A>V>C>

Support Information

Please write your questions and concerns in comments to the program on this site. I will reply as soon as possible.

I'll be glad to hear from you any suggestions and comments to further improve program

avc.programming@gmail.com

Version History

Version Number Version Description

2021.12.03

Added 2024 support

2020.4.4

Added 2022 support (No change in version number).

2019.3.4

Compatible with AutoCAD 2020 New activation system

2018.7

Added panel and command AVCPalette Added ability to quickly edit block names Added properties to the metric of solid: Area, Perimeter, Faces.

2018.3

Compatible with Autocad 2019 Added German localization Fixed The properties were not visible in the 32-bit OS Fixed Error message when loading the plugin

2017.3

Compatible with Autocad 2018 New values for Technology property The accuracy of estimating the asymmetry of soled is lowered New activation window. New version numeration

3.1.0

Add demo mode Add SolSize and AVCUpdate command Metric section for solid

2.0

Support AutoCAD 2017 Support Texture solid property Optimized localization

1.0.0

Initial release
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