Modifying Graphical Properties

You can modify the graphical properties (such as text color, fill, and border) of different features created in a review.

This task shows you how to:

Modify Graphical Properties

You can modify the graphical properties (such as text color, fill, and border) of different features (such as markers, measures, overloads.) created in a review.

  1. To modify the graphical properties of a feature,
    • Select one or more markers and click Graphic Properties on the context toolbar.

      The Graphic Properties panel appears. It contains different options (such as text color, text shadow, edge color, surface properties, no fill, surface transparency) depending upon the types of the selected feature.

      Notes:
      • If multiple features of different types are selected, only the common graphical properties are available in the Graphic Properties panel.
      • In case of multi-selection, a new graphic property value is applied only if all the selected features share the same value for that particular graphical property.
    • Select one or more features, right-click any selected feature, and select Properties.

      In case of multi-selection, if marker of different types are selected, separate tabs are available in the Properties dialog box for editing the graphical properties of every selected feature type.

      Tip: You can also access the Properties dialog box from the Graphic Properties panel accessible from the marker's context toolbar. Click Edit Properties .
  2. Customize the graphical representation of the selected features by modifying the graphical properties.

Add Custom Colors

You can add up to 10 different colors of your choice in the Graphic Properties panel.

  1. Select one or more features and click Graphic Properties on the context toolbar.
  2. In the Graphic Properties panel, click Add custom colors....
    A new Custom colors dialog box appears.
  3. In the color palette, select a required color or enter the R, G, B, and # values, and click Add color .
  4. Add all the required colors.
    All the selected colors are displayed at the top of the Custom colors dialog box in two rows.
  5. Click Update color to update the selected color slot in the Custom colors dialog box.
  6. Optional: To delete a selected color, select the color in the custom colors rows and click Remove color .
    The color is removed from the selected colors
  7. Click Ok.
    The selected colors are displayed in the Graphic Properties panel.