On Classes and me

[dunsterville]

When I've set up a specific lineweight/colour Class, why does VW act like it doesn't believe that I couldn't possibly want to really really use want these settings!:

After I've set the line to use in the dialog at the top of the page I'm on, I go to draw and it enters the default > black and 0.05. Aaargh!

Can someone please stop me getting irritated, any brainwaves?

[CipesDesign]

Go into your class setting(s) and make sure that the "use at creation" box is checked.

[dunsterville]

Thanks, that's got it.

Why would this option be useful in the first place?

[islandmon]

Sometimes you want to retain the specific Class defaults , but only change the attributes of a single object within the Class. Other times you need all the attributes of a Class to have similar properties at creation or sometime later . It's a bit confusing ...

my policy is always check the "use at creation" whenever a new Class is created.

[CipesDesign]

Classes are extremely useful for a number of reasons. Sometimes I use a discreet class (like you have) to define graphic attributes, but there are other times when I use a discreet class simply to be able to make certain objects visible (or invisible) in different viewports, saved views, etc.