Canvas 12 User Guide - ACDSee

Canvas 12 User Guide
To add a property to an object or objects:
1. Open the Object Properties palette menu and select Add Property.
If you have Canvas GIS+, the palette menu contains additional options: Select by
Property, Table View, Statistics, and Calculate Value.
2. In the Add Property dialog box, enter a name in the Name field. In the Object Properties Table
View palette, a new column is created with this Name.
3. Select either Text or Numeric from the Type menu.
4. Enter the appropriate value in the Value field.
The Compute values and Expression feature are for users that have Canvas GIS+.
5. Select the Compute values check box if you want to create an expression.
6. Click the Expression button to open the Expression Builder dialog box. If you select Numeric,
the result of the expression must be numeric as well.
To delete a property:
1. Open the Object Properties palette.
2. Select the property in the palette.
3. Open the palette menu and choose Delete Property.
To create common properties for objects:
When two or more objects are selected, the list of properties that are common for all of those objects
is shown. Working with common properties is similar to working with a list of properties from one
object.
1. Select two or more objects to which you want to assign common properties.
2. Open the palette menu and select Add Property to open the Add Property dialog box (see "To
add a property to an object or objects:" on page 216).
To modify object properties:
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1. Select an object that has already defined properties.
2. Open the Object Properties palette menu.