P Properties Reference (ActiveX)

These ActiveX properties all start with 'P'.

Properties

• PageSetupOverridesTemplateFile

  Specifies the default template for Page Setup overrides.

• PaperSpace

  Gets the PaperSpace collection for the document.

• PaperUnits

  Specifies the units for the display of layout or plot configuration properties.

• Parent

  Gets the parent of the object.

• Password

  Specifies the encryption password.

• Path

  Gets the path of the block, document, application, or external reference.

• PatternAngle

  Specifies the angle of the hatch pattern.

• PatternDouble

  Specifies if the user-defined hatch is double-hatched.

• PatternName

  Specifies the hatch pattern name.

• PatternScale

  Specifies the hatch pattern scale.

• PatternSpace

  Specifies the user-defined hatch pattern spacing.

• PatternType

  Gets the pattern type used for the hatch.

• Perimeter

  Gets the total length of the inner and outer region loops.

• Periodic

  Specifies that a smooth and closed surface is created without a kink if it is reshaped.

• PickAdd

  Determines if objects are added to the selection set using the Shift key.

• PickAuto

  Controls automatic windowing at the Select Objects prompt.

• PickBoxSize

  Specifies the size of the object selection target.

• PickDrag

  Controls the method of drawing a selection window.

• PickFirst

  Determines if you select objects before (noun-verb selection) or after you issue a command.

• PickfirstSelectionSet

  Gets the pickfirst selection set.

• PickGroup

  Determines if picking a single object in a group selects the entire group.

• Plot

  Gets the Plot object for the document.

• PlotConfigurations

  Gets the PlotConfigurations collection for the document.

• PlotHidden

  Specifies if objects are to be hidden during a plot.

• PlotLegacy

  Toggles whether legacy plot scripts are allowed to run.

• PlotLogFilePath

  Specifies the path of the Plot log file.

• PlotOrigin

  Specifies the origin of the UCS, block, layout, or raster image in WCS coordinates.

• PlotPolicy

  Determines whether an object's color property is associated with its plot style name when a new drawing is created.

• PlotRotation

  Specifies the rotation angle for the layout or plot configuration.

• PlotStyleName

  Specifies the plot style name for an object, group of objects, or layer.

• Plottable

  Specifies if the layer is plottable.

• PlotType

  Specifies the type of layout or plot configuration.

• PlotViewportBorders

  Specifies if the viewport borders are to be plotted.

• PlotViewportsFirst

  Specifies if all geometry in paper space viewports is plotted first.

• PlotWithLineweights

  Specifies whether objects plot with the lineweights they are assigned in the plot file, or with the lineweights in the drawing file.

• PlotWithPlotStyles

  Specifies whether or not to plot using the plot styles that are applied to objects and defined in the plot style table.

• PolarTrackingVector

  Toggles the display of polar tracking vectors.

• Position

  Specifies the X, Y, Z coordinate for center of the base or center of the solid, or the origin for the DWF underlay.

• PostScriptPrologFile

  Specifies a name for a customized prolog section in the acad.psf file.

• Preferences

  Gets the Preferences object.

• Preset

  Specifies if the attribute is preset.

• PrimaryUnitsPrecision

  Specifies the number of decimal places displayed for the primary units of a dimension or tolerance.

• PrincipalDirections

  Gets the principal directions of the solid or region.

• PrincipalMoments

  Gets the principal moments property of the solid or region.

• PrinterConfigPath

  Specifies the location for printer configuration files.

• PrinterDescPath

  Specifies the location for printer description files.

• PrinterPaperSizeAlert

  Specifies whether to alert the user when a layout is configured with a paper size that is different than the default setting for the PC3 file.

• PrinterSpoolAlert

  Specifies whether to alert the user when the output to a device must be spooled through a system printer due to a conflict with the I/O port.

• PrinterStyleSheetPath

  Specifies the location for printer style sheet files.

• PrintFile

  Specifies an alternate name to use for the temporary plot file name.

• PrintSpoolerPath

  Specifies the directory for the print spool files. AutoCAD writes the plot to this location.

• PrintSpoolExecutable

  Specifies the application to use for print spooling.

• ProductOfInertia

  Gets the product of inertia of the solid or region.

• ProfileRotation

  Specifies the rotation of the sweep profile.

• Profiles

  Gets the PreferencesProfiles object.

• PromptString

  Specifies the prompt string for an attribute.

• PropertyName

  Specifies the name for the property.

• ProviderName

  Specifies the encryption provider name.

• ProviderType

  Specifies the encryption provider type.

• ProxyImage

  Controls the display of objects in a drawing that were created in a third-party application.