setpropertyvalue (AutoLISP)

Sets the property value for an entity

Supported Platforms: Windows and Mac OS

Signature

(setpropertyvalue ename propertyname value [or collectionName index name val])

ename

Type: Ename (entity name)

Name of the entity being modified. The ename can refer to either a graphical or a non-graphical entity.

propertyname

Type: String

Name of the property to be modified. For a list of all the valid property names of a given object, use dumpallproperties.

value

Type: Integer, Real, String, List, T, or nil

Value to set the property to when the object is not a collection.

collectionName

Type: String

If the object is a collection object, the Collection name is passed here.

index

Type: Integer

The collection index to be modified.

name

Type: String

Name of the property in the collection to be modified.

val

Type: Integer, Real, String, List, T, or nil

Value to set the property to.

Return Values

Type: nil

nil is returned unless an error occurs when the property value is being updated.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to change the radius of a circle.

(command "._circle" "2,2" 2)
nil

(setpropertyvalue (entlast) "radius" 3)
nil

The following example demonstrates how to apply overrides to a linear dimension.

(command "._dimlinear" "2,2" "5,4" "3,3")
nil

(setq e2 (entlast))
<Entity name: 10e2e4bd0>

(setpropertyvalue e2 "Dimtfill" 2)
nil

(setpropertyvalue e2 "Dimtfillclr" "2")
nil

(setpropertyvalue e2 "Dimclrt" "255,0,0")
nil

The following example demonstrates how to change the first vertex of the Vertices collection.

(command "._pline" "0,0" "3,3" "5,2" "")
nil

(setq e3 (entlast))
<Entity name: 10e2e4da0>

(setpropertyvalue e3 "Vertices" 0 "EndWidth" 1.0)
nil