Edit Feature Settings - General Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to view and change general feature and command settings.

This topic documents settings in all general Edit Settings dialog boxes (drawing-level, feature-level, and command-level).

• Drawing-level ambient settings are identified by the drawing icon.
• General feature settings are listed near the top of this dialog box, after the General property group, and are identified by the general icon.
• General command settings are identified by the command icon.

Default Styles

Use these settings to establish the default styles assigned to label components:

General Note Label Style

Specifies the default style to use when inserting Note labels. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the General Note Label Style dialog box.

General Line Label Style

Specifies the default style to use when inserting Line labels. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the General Line Label Style dialog box.

General Curve Label Style

Specifies the default style to use when inserting Curve labels. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the General Curve Label Style dialog box.

Curve Tessellation Option

Note: This property group is displayed when accessing the settings from the CreateArcByBestFit, CreateLineByBestFit, and CreateParabolaByBestFit commands. For more information, see About Creating Entities by Best Fit.

Use these settings to specify the default behavior when curve elements are used as an input option for best fit arc, line, and parabola creation.

Tessellate Curve

Specifies whether to tessellate curve segments if they are included as an input option.

Mid-ordinate Tolerance

Specifies the mid-ordinate tolerance based on a distance across the tessellated curve segments. Enter a length in the Value column or click and select two points along a curve.

Regression Graph Option

Note: This property group is displayed when accessing the settings from the CreateArcByBestFit, CreateLineByBestFit, and CreateParabolaByBestFit commands. For more information, see About Creating Entities by Best Fit.

Use this setting to specify the default behavior for regression analysis graphs in best fit arc, line, and parabola creation.

Spline Fit For Regression Analysis Graph

Specifies whether the regression graph displays splines on the green line that represents the best fit element.

Mapcheck

Note: This property group is displayed when accessing the settings from the MapCheck command. For more information, see About Performing a Mapcheck Analysis.

Use these settings to specify the default behavior for Mapcheck.

Use Command Line Input

Specifies whether Mapcheck will accept commands from the command line interface. Selecting No causes Mapcheck to accept input only from the Mapcheck vista.

Default Side Type

Specifies the default type of any side created using Mapcheck.

Default Curve Direction

Specifies the default direction of any curve created using Mapcheck.

Default Angle Type

Specifies the default type of any angle created using Mapcheck.

Mapcheck Color

Specifies the color for Mapcheck lines and curves which are not part of the current mapcheck. Click in the Value column, and click to select a color.

Current Mapcheck Color

Specifies the color for the current mapcheck. Click in the Value column, and click to select a color in the Select Color dialog box.

Current Start Point Color

Specifies the color of the beginning not for a selected mapcheck. Click in the Value column, and click to select a color in the Select Color dialog box.

Current Side Color

Specifies the color for the current selected side. Click in the Value column, and click to select a color in the Select Color dialog box.