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# Tool Properties

After you have added drawing or analysis tools to a view, you can edit or customize the tool properties (e.g. colour, line width, visibility) as follows.

1. Click on the tool (e.g. arrow, polyline) with the left mouse button.

2. The tool will be selected, and in the sidebar you will notice the tool properties are now available to edit.

3. Edit the desired properties (e.g. colour, line thickness) and click the mouse anywhere in the view to save your selections.

The available tool properties will vary depending on the type of tool (e.g. text, polygon, cone etc). For example, for text you can edit the colour, font, alignment, background colour. For polygons you can edit the line width, line colour, fill colour and opacity.

Right Click

If you right-click on a drawing tool, the popup menu will offer various options including tool visibility settings, see the Tool Visibility topic for more information.

Default Tool Properties

For each tool type, the default tool colours can be changed at any time in the sidebar display settings.

Tool Visibility

Tool visibility options are available in the sidebar and the right-click menu, see the Tool Visibility topic for details.