dpPower > Menu reference > Edit > Component > Edit individual drawing attributes

Provides the ability to change individual drawing attributes for components.

Can only be used on such components that use individual drawing attributes.

1.Locate the component that the drawing attributes should be edited for in the view.

2.Select Edit > Component > Edit Individual Drawing Attributes and select the component in the view.

3.A dialog opens where you can edit the drawing attributes for the component.

Editable drawing attributes

Color	Changes the color of the selected component.
Text style	Changes the text style of the selected component.
Use default style	If a text component has an individual text style, Use default style can be used to revert the component's text style to standard style, i.e., the map products.
Height	Changes the height of the selected component.
Use default height	If a text component has an individual height, Use default height can be used to revert the component'sheight to standard style, i.e., the map products.
Justification	Used to determine the insertion point of the text.
Use default justification	The checkbox is used to reset the text adjustment to the map product's setting.
Line style	Changes the line style of selected component.
Line weight	Changes the line thickness in meters and pixels of selected component.

Set individual drawing attributes when placing the component

Individual drawing attributes can be set on a number of object types at the time you place them in the graphical view. It is also possible to save a attribute template and copy drawing attributes from a component in the map during placement:

The checkbox Individual drawing attributes must be checked in order for the functions Copy individual drawing attributes from a component in the map and Attribute template to be activated.

Copy individual drawing attributes from a component in the map

1.Press 'Copy individual drawing attributes from component in the map'.

2.Select component to copy from in the map. The individual drawing attributes of the component will then be copied.

It is only the free graphics that the attributes can be copied from. It is not possible to copy from other components.

Attribute templates

1.Press Attribute Template to create an attribute template. The following options are available in the drop-down list:

a.Use custom.

b.Save custom > Save.

c.Save custom > Update.

d.Delete.

The options allow you to Save your own individual drawing attributes for certain objects, Delete created attribute templates and Use saved templates. The function works in a similar way as for map templates. See section Map templates for more information.

Examples of current object types where attribute templates can be used for help objects, and Free graphics.

Types of graphics

Which drawing attributes can be edited depends on the type of graphics.

Type of graphics

Editable drawing attributes

Lines

On Line Components, you can change the color, line style, and line width.

Symbols

On symbols you can change the Symbol font, color and line width.

It is possible to configure which symbol fonts are to be displayed and which are to be standard, e.g.

Texts

On text components you can change the style, height and color.

Polygons

On polygons, you can change the fill color (Primary color), edge color (Secondary color), line style, fill style, and line width.

You can configure predefined colors that can always be visible in the color palette.

Change color

Object types that use individual drawing attributes are created with a set of predefined values, which are controlled by meta data. When editing the color of an object the checkbox Use predefined color shows whether you are using the standard color: unmark the checkbox to select a deviating color, or mark the checkbox if you want to use the predefined standard color value.

Edit individual drawing attributes using right click

Sometimes there is a need to edit text components for an object that is already placed in the map.

To edit a text component, right-click on a text ID and select Edit individual drawing attributes.

In the dialog that opens, you can for example change the text-ID's color, text style and size of text. It is also possible to change the justification, ie how the text ID should position itself in relation to the object if this is moved in the map.