Keeping Track of Layers and Blocks - Mastering AutoCAD for Mac - page 150

5. Click Break At Point on the Modify panel again, and then repeat steps 2 and 3,
this time using the jamb near the door hinge location to locate the break point (see
Figure 5.13).
Although it may not be obvious, you've just broken the right-side wall line into three line seg-
ments: one at the door opening and two more on either side of the jambs. You can also use the
Break tool (to the left of the Break At Point tool) to produce a gap in a line segment.
The Break At Point icon won't work on a circle. You can, however, use the Break tool, also on
the Modify panel, to place a small gap in the circle. If you create a small enough gap, the circle
will still look like a full circle.
Next you'll change the Layer property of the line between the two jambs to the Ceiling layer.
But instead of using the Properties Inspector palette as you've done in earlier exercises, you'll
use a shortcut method:
1. Click the line between the door jambs to highlight it. Notice that the layer listing in the
Layers palette changes to highlight the Wall layer and the Properties Inspector palette
shows the Wall layer for the selected line. Whenever you select an object to expose its
grips, the Color, Linetype, Lineweight, and Plot Style listings in the Properties Inspector
palette change to reflect those properties of the selected object.
2. Click the Layer option in the Properties Inspector palette to open the Layer pop-up list.
3. Select the Ceiling layer. The list closes and the line you selected changes to the magenta
color, showing you that it's now on the Ceiling layer. Also notice that the Color pop-up
list in the Properties Inspector palette changes to reflect the new color for the line.
4. Press the Esc key to clear the grip selection. Notice that the layer returns to Jamb, the
current layer.
5. Choose View  Zoom  Previous from the menu bar, or you can enter Z ↵ P ↵.
In this exercise, you saw that when you select an object with no command active, the object's
properties are immediately displayed in the Properties Inspector palette under Color, Linetype,
and Lineweight. Using this method, you can also change an object's color, linetype, and line
weight independent of its layer. Just as with the Properties Inspector palette, you can select mul-
tiple objects and change their layers through the Layer pop-up list.
Now, you'll finish the bathroom by adding a sink to a layer named Casework:
1. In the Layers palette, create a new layer called Casework.
2. With the Casework layer selected in the Layers palette, right-click and select Set Current.
3. In the Properties Inspector palette, click the Color option for Casework, and then select
Blue from the pop-up list. Notice that the Layer list in the Layers palette indicates that the
current layer is Casework.
Next you'll add the sink. As you draw, the objects will appear in blue, the color of the
Casework layer.
4. Choose View  Zoom  All from the menu bar, or type Z ↵ A ↵.