Shape Properties

Each shape has a set of properties, which you can alter - color, line style and weight, fill color and pattern, text properties, etc.
In ConceptDraw you can change these properties by using the corresponding tools, or the dialogs.

Line Properties
Fill Color and Pattern
Shadow
Behavior
Information
Double-Click Action
Hyperlinks

Line Properties

Lines are part of any ConceptDraw shape. You can change line properties in the Shape Properties dialog, the Line tab, which can be called from the Format / Shape Properties menu or from the shape's context menu.

Alternatively you can use the tools on the Formatting toolbar:
Line Color , Line Weight , Line Pattern , Arrow Style (for open figures, segments, connectors). These buttons offer several most common choices. For more options, choose the bottom item in the button menus - the Shape Properties dialog will appear with open Line tab.

The Line tab of the Shape Properties dialog allows you to change various line parameters - pattern, color, weight, arrowhead type and size.

For more information about the Shape Properties dialog see Dialogs - Modal Dialogs - Shape Properties, about the Formatting toolbar - see Toolbars - Formatting.

Fill Color and Pattern

For any closed shape you can assign a fill color and pattern. They can be changed in the Shape Properties dialog (the Fill section of the FIll tab), which can be called from the Format / Shape Properties menu or the shape's context menu.

Alternatively you can use the tools on the Formatting toolbar:
Fill Color and Fill Pattern . When you click on these buttons, menu appears with a number of choices.

For more information about the Shape Properties dialog see Dialogs - Modal Dialogs - Shape Properties, about the Formatting toolbar - see Toolbars - Formatting.

Shadow

You can apply shadow to shapes, sets its fill and pattern.
On the Formatting toolbar you can set the shadow color by using the Shadow Color button . The button menu offers a selection of colors.

Or you can use the Shape Properties dialog (Fill tab, Shadow section), which is called from the Format / Shape Properties menu, or the shape's context menu.

Note:áConceptDraw allows you to change the shadow offset. The offset is set for the entire document. Call the Document Properties dialog from the File / Document Properties menu. Select the Settings tab. In the Shape Shadow Offset section set the desired distance in the Right and Down fields (you may use any units of measure with the appropriate suffix, e.g. 1 in, 35 mm). Click OK.

For more information about the Shape Properties dialog see Dialogs - Modal Dialogs - Shape Properties, about the Formatting toolbar - see Toolbars - Formatting.
For information about the Document Properties dialog see Dialogs - Modal Dialogs - Document Properties.

Behavior

ConceptDraw lets you set behavior and some other parameters of shapes.

You can protect certain properties of shapes against modifying:
- protect shape width against changing;
- protect shape height against changing;
- protect the aspect ratio;
- protect the begin point of a connector against repositioning;
- protect the end point of a connector against repositioning;
- protect the shape from repositioning horizontally or vertically;
- protect the shape from rotation;

Also you can protect shapes from deleting.

Or you can turn a shape into a connector.

You may choose how to display selected shapes - whether to display their alignment boxes, resize or control handles.

All this can be done in the Shape Properties dialog. For more information about the Shape Properties dialog see Dialogs - Modal Dialogs - Shape Properties.

Information

To view or set information about a shape, select the shape and choose Format / Shape Properties. In the Shape Properties dialog, choose the Information tab.

In the Name field you can name the shape.

In the Description field, you can provide information describing the shape. If such shape is exported to HTML, these notes will be displayed as tips in the browser when the mouse cursor points to this shape.

The ID and SubID fields are used for reference only, and cannot be modified.
    ID is the individual number of the shape according to the order in which shape are created on the page.
    SubID is the sequential number of the shape within a group. It is changed when the operations like Send Backwards, etc. (see Changing the Front-to-Back Order).

Note:  The ID and SubID values are used when you describe one shape through another by using formulas. In the table, they are used as references to parameters of other shapes. For more specific information, refer to the Shape Parameter Table section.

For more information about the Shape Properties dialog see Dialogs - Modal Dialogs - Shape Properties, about exporting a document to HTML - see Internet - Exporting a Document to HTML Files.

Double-Click Action

When you double-click a shape, some action is usually performed: the text editing mode is switched on, or the hyperlink is opened, etc.
You can modify the double-click action for one or more shapes. Select these shapes and call the Shape Properties dialog, the Double-Click tab.

The following options are available:

• Perform no action
• Edit the shape's text
• Edit the shape's parameter table. For more information see Shape Parameter Table.
• Open the group in a new window (only if the shape is a group).
• Open the hyperlink. This option is set by default for shapes that have a hyperlink. For more information about hyperlinks see the Internet section.
• OLE verb - if it's an OLE object (Windows only), then double-clicking will open it for editing in the native application. This is the default option for OLE objects. For more information see OLE Objects.
• Perform a command in the user's context menu. If there are several items, each double-clicking will perform the next command in the list. For more information see Shape Parameter Table - Adding User-Defined Context Menu to a Shape.

For more information about the Shape Properties dialog see Dialogs - Modal Dialogs - Shape Properties.

Hyperlinks

ConceptDraw lets you link its shapes to documents, document pages, files or Internet locations, providing quick access to data of various kinds.

You can assign and edit hyperlinks of the shapes by using the Hyperlink dialog. Select the shape and use the Format / Hyperlink / Edit menu to call this dialog. It lets you create hyperlinks of different types or disable the hyperlink.

Creating and editing hyperlinks is described in the Internet section.

By assigning a hyperlink to a shape you also change the double-click action: double-click will open the hyperlink  (see Double-Click Action).

For more information about the Hyperlink dialog see Dialogs - Modal Dialogs - Hyperlink.