===The Property Dialog & Object Parameter Types===
Each [[CubeCAD]] object has a number of properties that are characteristic to the object type and are listed in its '''Property Dialog'''. When you draw a new object, its property dialog opens up while you are drawing it. After the new object has been created, its properties dialog remains open until you close it. To open the property dialog of an object, double click on the object's surface in the project workspace or first select it and then right click on its surface and select '''Properties...''' from its contextual menu. You can also open an object's property dialog by right clicking on its name in the navigation tree and selecting '''Properties...''' from the contextual menu. The diagram on the right shows the property dialog of a Box object.
All object property dialogs share some common fields:
* Nodal information such as node indices and coordinates (this applies to nodal object types like polyline, polystrip, etc.)
CAD objects are characterized by their Local Coordinate Systems (LCS). Spatial information contains two sets of information: '''LCS Center'''â the X-, Y-, and Z-coordinates of the origin of the local coordinate system, and '''LCS Rotation''' â the right-sense rotation angles of the object about the X, Y, and Z-axes before the object is translated to the specified base center. As you will see later, objects in [[CubeCAD]] can be linked to each other. The linkage information part of the property dialog shows whether an object is linked to another "parent" object and if so, in what manner. The type and number of property fields are unique to each native [[CubeCAD]] object. The box object, for instance, contains Length, Width and Height values along with Lock Base and Cap Ends check boxes.
===Modifying Objects Using Edit Handles===