Line Thickness

The thickness of the lines on shapes can be configured in Designer and changed in Runtime. This change of appearance can be used to indicate visual information to a Runtime operator. This can be changed for these shapes: ellipse, line, polygon, polyline, and rectangle.

Setting Line Thickness in the Properties Grid

In Project Explorer, select the Map or Display Layout containing the shape.
Select the shape to update the Line Thickness on.
In the Properties grid, set the Line Thickness value to the number of pixels thick you want the lines to be on the shape.

Change Line Thickness for a Single Shape Using Workflows

To change the Line Thickness property of a shape, you will first require an Action block in your Workflow. Drag and drop one into the work area if required.

Double-click the Action block to open the Action Browser.
Navigate to the Map or Display Layout containing the shape.
Expand the Map or Display Layout and select the shape.
In the Commands pane, select Set Line Thickness.
In the Expression pane, select Thickness.
Set the value to be the number of pixels thick you want the lines to be on the shape, then click OK.
Click OK again to set the command on the Action block.

Change Line Thickness for Multiple Shapes Using Workflows

To change the Line Thickness property of a shape, you will first require an Action block in your Workflow. Drag and drop one into the work area if required.

Double-click the Action block to open the Action Browser.
In the Objects pane, select Display Layout.
In the Commands pane, select Set Drawing Objects Line Thickness.
In the Expression pane, select Thickness.
Set the value to be the number of pixels thick you want the lines to be on the shape, then click OK.
In the Expression pane, select Shape IDs to choose the shapes being affected.
1. For each shape, select it then click the > button, or click >> to select all shapes.
2. Click OK.
Click OK again to set the command on the Action block.