To conform the settings of one element to those of another, select the element(s) with the properties you want replicate. Then right-click on the selected element(s) and choose Get Defaults From Selection from the pop-up menu. Or with the element(s) selected, open the Settings menu and choose Get Defaults From Selection. Both methods ready the cursor to impart the desired properties with the next tool use.

Tips:

• This option can be used to quickly change the default properties of an element or group of elements. This can be a tremendous time saver if different sets of properties are needed for drawing different types of wires for example. The wires would each be polylines but they would need different thickness, color, etc. It would be much easier to define a detail of the types of wire (or whatever) and use this option than to have to individually set each property every time you changed wire types.

• A group of elements will change the defaults for each of the element types. If multiples of the same element type are selected, the defaults will be taken from whichever element was drawn last.

• If the defaults are acquired from a symbol, the Symbol button on the Tools toolbar can be used to then draw more instances of the symbol.