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Editing Line Based Objects

shares the original’s color, weight, line Using the
style, and layer. See “Same Line Type Specification Dialog
Edit Handles” on page 299.
Line-based objects can be edited using
Adjust Width
their specification dialogs. See “Line
Some line-based objects, such as stairs and Specification Dialog” on page 300.
roads, have additional handles that allow the
width of the object to be adjusted. Using the Edit Toolbar
A selected line-based object can be edited in
a variety of ways using the buttons on the
edit toolbar.
The following toolbar buttons may display
on the edit toolbar for a selected line-based
Adjust Width object:
• Click and drag a small, round Expand • Click the Select Next Object edit
handle to increase or decrease the button to select nearby objects instead of
object’s width. By default, objects are the selected object. See “Selecting
resized in 1" increments. This Snap Unit Objects” on page 213.
is defined in the Plan Defaults dialog.
See “General Plan Defaults Dialog” on • Click the Open Object edit button to
page 101. open the specification dialog for the
selected object(s). See “Specification
Using Dimensions Dialogs” on page 42.
Dimensions can be used to position • Click the Copy/Paste edit button to
line-based objects relative to other copy the selected object(s) to the system
objects. See “Moving Objects Using clipboard so they can be pasted else-
Dimensions” on page 479. where. See “Copying and Pasting
Objects” on page 176.
Dimensions cannot, however, be used to
adjust the length of line-based objects, or the • Click the Copy and Paste in Place
width of line-based objects such as stairs. edit button to create a copy of the
selected object(s) at the same location as
Using Extension Line Snaps the original. See “Copy and Paste in

Extension line snaps can be useful when Place” on page 178.
editing line-based objects. See “Extension • Click the Delete edit button to delete
Snaps” on page 169.
the selected object(s). See “Deleting
Objects” on page 283.

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