Pens Tab
- Last UpdatedAug 13, 2025
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The Pens tab allows you to set the line colour and style.

Standard options of line colour and style are set explicitly by selecting system-defined settings from the colour, line-pattern and thickness drop-down lists. Click Pick to display the Pick a Colour window. The functionality of the Pick a Colour window is explained, refer to Pens for further information.
To select a user-defined style, click Select to display the User-defined linear styles window. A style table is selected and then a selection is made from the list of styles. After selecting a user defined style, the check box is ticked by default. You can de-select this check box to use a system defined style. The functionality of the User-defined linear styles window is explained, refer to User-Defined Linear Styles for further information.
If you click Select next to Hatch Pattern, the User-defined fill styles window displays. The functionality of the User-defined fill styles window is identical to the User-defined linear styles window. Refer to User-Defined Linear Styles for further information.