The annotation symbols for fire rating lines, match lines, and revision clouds contain polylines.
To edit the properties of the polyline, select the desired tool in the drawing, and change the following properties on the Properties palette:
| Category/Property | Description |
|---|---|
| General/Color | By default, the color of a polyline in an annotation symbol is defined by the layer the symbol is inserted on. You can manually select a different color. |
| General/Layer | The layer of an annotation symbol is defined by the layer key of the tool. You can manually select a different layer. |
| General/Linetype | By default, the linetype of a polyline in an annotation symbol is defined by the linetype setting in the tool. You can manually select a different linetype. |
| General/Linetype scale | By default, the linetype scale of a polyline in an annotation symbol is defined by the layer the symbol is inserted on. You can manually select a different linetype scale. |
| General/Plot style | The plotstyle is defined by the plot style table defined for the drawing. To change the plot style, you must select a different plot style table. |
| General/Lineweight | By default, the lineweight of an annotation symbol is defined by the layer the symbol is inserted on. You can manually select a different lineweight. |
| General/Hyperlink | You can attach a hyperlink to a polyline in the drawing. |
| General/Thickness | The thickness setting lets you add a 3D thickness to a 2D polyline. By default this is set to 0 as annotation symbols and their linework components normally do not require a 3D extrusion. |
| 3D Visualization/Material | By default, the material used when displaying the drawing in a 3D visualization style is defined by the layer the symbol is on. Normally this setting does not need to be changed, as annotation symbols are rarely used in rendered views of a drawing. |
| Geometry/Vertex | The Vertex option displays the number of the vertex that is currently editable. Use the arrows to scroll between vertices. |
| Geometry/Vertex X/Y | Here, you can edit the vertex coordinates of the vertex selected in the line above. |
| Geometry/Start segment width | This setting defines the width of the polyline segment at the start of the selected vertex. |
| Geometry/End segment width | This setting defines the width of the polyline segment at the end of the selected vertex. |
| Geometry/Global width | Here, you can enter a global width for the overall polyline. By default the line width setting defined in the tool is used. |
| Geometry/Elevation | This setting specifies the elevation of the polyline relative to the z-axis of the polyline’s object coordinate system. Annotation symbols are by default inserted at elevation 0. |
| Geometry/Area | This value is set only if the polyline has been set to have a width. |
| Geometry/Length | This value displays the overall length of the polyline. |
| Misc/Closed | This setting displays whether the polyline in the annotation symbol is closed or open. Typically, fire rating lines and match lines are open polylines; a revision cloud is a closed polyline. |
| Misc/Linetype generation | This setting allows you to use a smaller linetype scale than the regular selected linetype scale on very short polyline segments. This can be useful when the linetype has a pattern (for example dashed) and certain segments are too short to display the pattern. In this case, enabling linetype generation generates the pattern on those segments with a scale small enough to display. |