/ 2026-04-21T03:53:47+00:00 / /lib/tpl/dazdoccenter/images/favicon.ico text/html 2015-05-08T22:54:02+00:00 /public/software/hexagon/2/referenceguide/object_properties_palette/start <h1 id="the_object_properties_palette">The Object Properties Palette</h1> <div class="level1"> </div> <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <div class="level2"> <p> The object properties palette, on top of the properties panel on the right side of your screen, regroups the properties of the selected object. </p> </div> <h2 id="object_properties">Object Properties</h2> <div class="level2"> <p> <img src="/_media/public/software/hexagon/2/referenceguide/object_properties_palette/object_property_palette.jpg" class="media" title="object_property_palette.jpg" alt="object_property_palette.jpg" /><br/> The object property panel. </p> <p> It has: </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Object name: which can be changed by typing in the corresponding field.<br/> </div> </li> </ul> <p> <img src="/_media/public/software/hexagon/2/referenceguide/object_properties_palette/object_name.jpg" class="mediacenter" title="object_name.jpg" alt="object_name.jpg" /> </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Activating the symmetry mode and its different axes.<br/> </div> </li> </ul> <p> <img src="/_media/public/software/hexagon/2/referenceguide/object_properties_palette/object_symmetry.jpg" class="mediacenter" title="object_symmetry.jpg" alt="object_symmetry.jpg" /> </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Activating smoothing and different smoothing ranges: in blue, the active ranges, in cyan, the already applied smoothing ranges.<br/> </div> </li> </ul> <p> <img src="/_media/public/software/hexagon/2/referenceguide/object_properties_palette/object_smoothing.jpg" class="mediacenter" title="object_smoothing.jpg" alt="object_smoothing.jpg" /> </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Information about the number of vertices / edges / faces: These are for information only, and cannot be edited.<br/> </div> </li> </ul> <p> <img src="/_media/public/software/hexagon/2/referenceguide/object_properties_palette/object_information.jpg" class="mediacenter" title="object_information.jpg" alt="object_information.jpg" /> </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Object position: which can be modified, either with an absolute value (according to the 3D universe origin) or relative value.<br/> </div> </li> </ul> <p> <img src="/_media/public/software/hexagon/2/referenceguide/object_properties_palette/object_position.jpg" class="mediacenter" title="object_position.jpg" alt="object_position.jpg" /> </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Object size: which can be modified, either with an absolute value (real dimensions in space) and relative (resizing with a percentage).<br/> </div> </li> </ul> <p> <img src="/_media/public/software/hexagon/2/referenceguide/object_properties_palette/object_size.jpg" class="mediacenter" title="object_size.jpg" alt="object_size.jpg" /> </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Rotation: lets you enter an angle of rotation for your object, either with an absolute value (real dimensions in space) and relative (resizing with a percentage), for example to turn the object 90° around the Z axis.<br/> </div> </li> </ul> <p> <img src="/_media/public/software/hexagon/2/referenceguide/object_properties_palette/object_rotation.jpg" class="mediacenter" title="object_rotation.jpg" alt="object_rotation.jpg" /> </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Absolute/Relative mode: how the palette displays and edits the position and size information.<br/> </div> </li> </ul> <p> <img src="/_media/public/software/hexagon/2/referenceguide/object_properties_palette/object_position_mode.jpg" class="mediacenter" title="object_position_mode.jpg" alt="object_position_mode.jpg" /> </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> The operation performed at the current level of dynamic geometry, if any, represented by the corresponding tool icon (click on the icon to launch the tool and to re-edit the corresponding operation).</div> </li> </ul> </div>