Yoginathaswami Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Aloha, I am trying to set a specific line weight for various tools. For an example 0.35 for Rectangle and Line but 0.13 for Dimensions etc. I checked all the preferences but no luck. I did try to set line weight for Rectangle tool with no object selected to .035 but then my Dimension also carries the same line weight when I change to this tool. I want to have each tool to lock itself with its own attributes. There are many tools that keep their settings in the preferences but can this simple attribute stay as specified for each tool? Or this a wishful thinking on my part? Thank you! Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 You can't set line weight by tool. You could use classes to set attribute like line weight. Quote Link to comment
gmm18 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 (edited) yes use classes. then in your attributes palette keep them all by "class style" then set your class definitions to "use at creation" also you can have dimensions auto-classed, which is how it is set-up by default to be assigned to the "dimension" class even if it is not currently the active class. i have seen on here that some people use scripts to set line weight and colors, but that is not the standard practice. Edited June 1, 2009 by gmm18 Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Another option is to use the Custom Tool/Attribute command from the Tools menu to create a palette of scripts that will set the line weight and color before calling the tool. Quote Link to comment
Yoginathaswami Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 (edited) Thank you Ray, gmm18 and Pat! I will start right away. Edited June 1, 2009 by Yoginathaswami Quote Link to comment
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