how to change point style in AUTOCAD

Опубликовано: 23 Март 2026
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In AutoCAD, you can make straightforward focuses utilizing the POINT or PO order, these focuses are likewise called hubs.

To make the point basically type PO press enter and afterward click at a point on the drawing zone or determine the directions of where you need to come to the meaningful conclusion.

As a matter of course, the point will show up as a solitary dab in the drawing territory and you can take reference of these focuses to make your drawing.

The focuses won't be selectable as a matter of course, to make these focuses selectable enact hub choice in the item snap status bar alternative as appeared in the picture beneath.

Changing point type

The default point is the extremely little pixel estimated dab which is incredible for a large portion of the utilizations like making a reference.

However, you can likewise change the default point style utilizing PTYPE order.

Type PTYPE on the order line and press enter, Point Style window will open with a rundown of accessible point styles. You can choose some other point style from this rundown of focuses and snap alright to apply the point style.

On the off chance that you have just made focuses with an alternate point style and, at that point you change the point style at a later stage then every one of those point styles on the drawing region will likewise change to the new point style.

In the event that in any way, shape or form you need to conceal focuses from the drawing territory or in the event that you would prefer not to plot the focuses, at that point you can just choose the second point in the Point Style window which is spoken to by a clear box as appeared in the picture underneath.

On the other hand, you can likewise put the focuses on a no plot layer or you can utilize cover up or separate apparatuses of AutoCAD.

You can likewise utilize PDMODE order to change the point type straightforwardly from the order line.

The default estimation of PDMODE is 0 which makes a pixel measured point. You can change this to any an incentive from 0 to 4 to change the point type as appeared in the picture underneath.

Right now the incentive to 1 will conceal the point from drawing zone.

You can see a rundown of all the PDMODE point types and their related an incentive on this AKN page.

Changing point size

Of course, the point size will be comparative with the size of the screen and zoom order won't change the size of the point.

On the off chance that zooming in and zooming out changes the point size, at that point reset its size concerning the present drawing territory by utilizing RE order which recovers the drawing objects.

Be that as it may, you can likewise change this property to make purposes of an outright size which changes in size when you zoom in or zoom out.

Type PTYPE and press enter. Select "Set size in Supreme units" radio fasten and determine the size of the point which you need in the Point Size field as appeared in the picture beneath. Ensure you select any point type other than first and second point types.

Point style in AutoCAD

Snap alright and now you will see that your focuses will stay consistent in size in any event, when you zoom in, zoom out or recover your drawing.
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