How to modify Quick Properties in AutoCAD

Whether or not you are a regular user it is most likely that you have come across the Quick Properties in AutoCAD at some point.

Over the years it has developed a name for being that “annoying box”.

In earlier versions of AutoCAD, it tended to inconveniently pop out next to the cursor when you selected an object in your AutoCAD drawing.

In more recent versions it has been criticized for being hard to find.

Sadly many users now completely avoid the Quick Properties palette.

However, this could be at the cost of productivity as the highly customizable Quick Properties palette offers a number of benefits over it’s much more trusted though less smart counterpart the Properties palette.

For example, the Quick Properties palette, unlike the Properties palette, can be modified to.

• Alter its location and appearance.
• Show only the properties you are interested in.
• Appear only in certain given circumstances.

This article aims to cover each of these examples.

So if you are tired of repeatedly navigating the plethora of ribbons and menus AutoCAD offers only to edit the same old property.

Or if you find it tiresome to look through the entire surplus properties included in the standard Properties palette, this article could increase your knowledge and appreciation of the much maligned Quick Properties palette and make life easier.

Modify the Location of Quick Properties

As mentioned the Quick Properties palette is often criticized, either for being hard to find and not appearing or for inconveniently appearing when it is not needed.

This most likely depends on the version of AutoCAD you are using.

Earlier versions of the software tend to attract the former criticisms while recent versions tend to attract the latter.