Defining an element’s pen thickness, line type and line color

Before you draw an element, you can define its line thickness (pen thickness) and the line type on the Format toolbar. When Color stands for pen is switched on (this is the default), the color is set automatically with the pen.

Color stands for pen means that the color used to display an element on screen is associated with (and thus dependent on) the pen thickness of the element in question. Elements drawn with a certain pen (or pen thickness) are always presented on-screen with the same color, regardless of the colors assigned to the individual elements. You can specify which color represents which pen in the Options (Standard toolbar) on the Desktop environment - Pen colors page. You can switch the Color stands for pen option on and off in Show/Hide on the Standard toolbar.

If you are working with layers and layer attribute matching is active, the format settings are set automatically in accordance with the current layer.

The Format QuickSelect toolbar includes a drop-down list with the four most important settings for pen thickness, line type and line color. You can use Defaults, Pen Thickness, Line types and Color Assignments to configure which settings are presented for selection on this toolbar.