A Properties Reference (ActiveX)

These ActiveX properties all start with 'A'.

Properties

• Action

  Specifies the security-related operations to be performed on a drawing.

• Active

  Determines if the document is the active document for the session.

• ActiveDimStyle

  Specifies the active dimension style.

• ActiveDocument

  Specifies the active document (drawing file).

• ActiveInvProject

  Specifies the active Inventor project being used by the Model Documentation feature. (Internal Use Only)

• ActiveLayer

  Specifies the active layer.

• ActiveLayout

  Specifies the active layout.

• ActiveLinetype

  Specifies the active linetype for the drawing.

• ActiveMaterial

  Specifies the current default material for this document.

• ActiveProfile

  Specifies the active profile for the AutoCAD session.

• ActivePViewport

  Specifies the active paper space viewport for the drawing.

• ActiveSelectionSet

  Gets the active selection set for the drawing.

• ActiveSpace

  Toggles the active space between paper space and model space.

• ActiveTextStyle

  Specifies the active text style for the drawing.

• ActiveUCS

  Specifies the active UCS for the drawing.

• ActiveViewport

  Specifies the active viewport for the drawing.

• ADCInsertUnitsDefaultSource

  Determines the units to use automatically for objects in DesignCenter for a source drawing that does not have assigned insert units.

• ADCInsertUnitsDefaultTarget

  Determines the units to use automatically for objects in DesignCenter for a target drawing that does not have assigned insert units.

• AdjustForBackground

  Determines whether the underlay colors are adjusted for the current background color.

• AffectsGraphics

  Specifies that the entry in the File Dependency List affects graphics.

• Alignment

  Specifies both the vertical and horizontal alignments for the attribute, attribute reference, or text.

• AlignmentPointAcquisition

  Specifies how AutoAlignment points are acquired.

• AlignSpace

  Specifies the AlignSpace of the mleaderstyle.

• AllowedValues

  Specifies the allowed values for the property.

• AllowLongSymbolNames

  Determines if symbol names may include extended character sets, or more than 31 characters.

• AllowManualHeights

  Toggles the manual heights in a table.

• AllowManualPositions

  Toggles the manual positions in a table.

• AltFontFile

  Specifies the location of the font file to use if AutoCAD cannot locate the original font and an alternate font is not specified in the font mapping file.

• Altitude

  Specifies the elevation of the position marker.

• AltRoundDistance

  Specifies the rounding of alternate units.

• AltSubUnitsFactor

  Specifies the scale factor for the alternate dimension when unit changes to sub-unit.

• AltSubUnitsSuffix

  Specifies the text suffix for the alternate dimension when unit changes to sub-unit.

• AltSuppressLeadingZeros

  Specifies the suppression of leading zeros in alternate dimension values.

• AltSuppressTrailingZeros

  Specifies the suppression of trailing zeros in alternate dimension values.

• AltSuppressZeroFeet

  Specifies the suppression of a zero foot measurement in alternate dimension values.

• AltSuppressZeroInches

  Specifies the suppression of a zero inch measurement in alternate dimension values.

• AltTabletMenuFile

  Specifies the path for an alternate menu to swap with the standard AutoCAD tablet menu.

• AltTextPrefix

  Specifies a prefix for the alternate dimension measurement for all dimension types except angular.

• AltTextSuffix

  Specifies a suffix for the alternate dimension measurement for all dimension types except angular.

• AltTolerancePrecision

  Specifies the precision of tolerance values in alternate dimensions.

• AltToleranceSuppressLeadingZeros

  Specifies the suppression of leading zeros in alternate dimension values.

• AltToleranceSuppressTrailingZeros

  Specifies the suppression of trailing zeros in alternate tolerance values.

• AltToleranceSuppressZeroFeet

  Specifies the suppression of a zero foot measurement in alternate tolerance values.

• AltToleranceSuppressZeroInches

  Specifies the suppression of a zero inch measurement in alternate tolerance values.

• AltUnits

  Enables dimensioning in alternate units.

• AltUnitsFormat

  Specifies the units format for alternate units of all dimensions except angular.

• AltUnitsPrecision

  Specifies the number of decimal places in alternate units.

• AltUnitsScale

  Specifies the scale factor for alternate units.

• Angle

  Gets the angle of a line.

• AngleFormat

  Specifies the unit format for angular dimensions.

• AngleVertex

  Specifies the angle vertex for the three-point angular dimension.

• Annotation

  Specifies the annotation object for a leader.

• Annotative

  Specifies the Annotative of the mleaderstyle.

• Application

  Gets the Application object.

• ArcEndParam

  Specifies the end parameter of the arc.

• ArcLength

  Gets the length of the arc.

• ArcPoint

  Specifies a point on the arc.

• ArcSmoothness

  Specifies the smoothness of circles, arcs, and ellipses.

• ArcStartParam

  Specifies the start parameter of the arc.

• Area

  Specifies the enclosed area of an arc, circle, ellipse, hatch, lightweight polyline, polyline, region, or planar-closed spline.

• Arrowhead1Block

  Specifies the block to use as the custom arrowhead for the first end of the dimension line.

• Arrowhead1Type

  Specifies the type of arrowhead for the first end of the dimension line.

• Arrowhead2Block

  Specifies the block to use as the custom arrowhead for the second end of the dimension line.

• Arrowhead2Type

  Specifies the type of arrowhead for the second end of the dimension line.

• ArrowheadBlock

  Specifies the block to use as the custom arrowhead for a radial dimension or leader line.

• ArrowheadSize

  Specifies the size of dimension line arrowheads, leader and mleader line arrowheads, and hook lines.

• ArrowheadType

  Specifies the type of arrowhead for the radial dimension, leader, or mleader.

• ArrowSize

  Specifies the arrow size of the mleaderstyle.

• ArrowSymbol

  Specifies the arrow symbol of the mleaderstyle.

• AssociativeHatch

  Specifies whether the hatch is associative.

• AttachmentPoint

  Specifies the attachment point for an MText object.

• Author

  Specifies the author of the drawing.

• AutoAudit

  Specifies whether AutoCAD should perform an audit after you render a DXFIN or DXBIN interchange command.

• AutomaticPlotLog

  Specifies whether to automatically save a Plot or Publish log.

• AutoSaveInterval

  Specifies an automatic save interval in minutes.

• AutoSavePath

  Specifies the path for the file that is created if you enable automatic save using the AutoSaveInterval property.

• AutoSnapAperture

  Toggles the display of the AutoSnap aperture.

• AutoSnapApertureSize

  Specifies the size of the AutoSnap aperture.

• AutoSnapMagnet

  Toggles the AutoSnap magnet.

• AutoSnapMarker

  Toggles the AutoSnap marker.

• AutoSnapMarkerColor

  Specifies the color of the AutoSnap marker.

• AutoSnapMarkerSize

  Specifies the size of the AutoSnap marker.

• AutoSnapToolTip

  Toggles the AutoSnap tooltips.

• AutoTrackingVecColor

  Specifies the color of the auto tracking vector.

• AutoTrackTooltip

  Toggles the display of the AutoTrack tooltips.

• AxisDirection

  Displays the direction of the axis of revolution.

• AxisPosition

  Specifies the start point of the axis of revolution.