Edit Settings Dialog Box

Use the standard Edit Settings dialog box to edit drawing ambient settings, object (feature) level settings, and command level settings.

The following describes the controls displayed in the standard Edit Settings dialog box. For a description of a specific category or setting, display the dialog box and click Help.

Property column

Contains settings categories and settings property names.

Category names, which display in bold, contain a list of one or more settings. Click plus (+) or minus (-) next to a category name to expand or collapse the list of settings.

Value column

Indicates the current value for the setting. The value is either derived from a dependency on a higher level setting or you enter the value.

Override column

Identifies the derivation of a setting value and whether there are any higher level dependencies. A cleared check box indicates that the value is dependent on a higher level setting. A selected check box indicates that the value has been explicitly set at the current level.

If you clear the check box, then the value you entered at the current level is reset to the value of a higher level setting.

If no check box is displayed, there is no high level dependency.

Child Override column

Override Indicator

Indicates that a value has been overridden at a lower level. Click to remove the lower level setting override value and replace the setting value with the current setting. The icon then changes to .

When you click either OK or Apply in the dialog box, the override values are removed and replaced with the current setting.

Lock

Protects a settings value by assuring that any lower-level setting is fixed at the value specified at this level. To lock a setting, click to change it to . The lock cannot be set if a child override is set.

Note: When a setting is locked at a higher level setting, the lower-level settings display a lock to the left of the property name to indicate that it is dependent on the higher-level setting and cannot be changed.

Control Icons

Collapse All Categories

Collapses all open categories in the dialog box.

Expand All Categories

Expands all categories in the dialog box.

 Override All Dependencies

Selects all check boxes in the Override column and creates settings that are not dependent on upper-level settings.

When you select all Override check boxes, this option is unavailable. It is also unavailable in the highest, or the drawing level, dialog box.

Status Update in Dialog Box

In the lower-left corner of the dialog box, the status of overrides is displayed as you select an item in the dialog box.

Property

Displays the selected property name followed by a single line description of the property.

Parent Value

Indicates the value that the setting will have if a dependency on the higher level value is maintained.

Parent

Indicates the higher level setting from which this default setting is derived.