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You typically apply the same data format to similar properties and then select
a data format that is appropriate for each property, such as the width, height,
and thickness of a door. The software includes several default data formats.
You can customize one of these, or you can create new data formats, to display
units in a specific manner. For example, when you want to show the length
of a wall in feet, you can select Length for Type, Feet for Units, and
Architectural for Format. Real numbers for costing properties, however, require
a monetary format. You can create different property data formats for these
situations.
The data formats available for property set definitions, schedule table styles,
and tags are those stored in the current drawing. When you copy property set
definitions or schedule table styles into a drawing, data formats used in the
definitions and styles are also copied into the drawing.
If you modify a data format, the display of the property data is affected in any
property set, schedule table, or schedule tag that uses the format.
Units in Property Data Formats
Property data formats control how units display in schedule tables, schedule
tags, the Edit Property Set Data worksheet, and on the Properties palette. Units
behave differently with real numbers in manual properties than they do with
automatic properties. For more information, see Applying Property Data
Formats on page 3765.
Units for Automatic Properties
Units for automatic properties are collected directly from the objects. An
automatic property, such as width, uses the units specified on the Units tab
in the Drawing Setup dialog by default. Using different property data formats
allows you to override the default format.
When you use a property data format, the AutoCAD units are converted to
display as defined in the property data format. You can specify a property data
format on the Definition tab of a property set definition.
Units for Manual Properties
Units specified for manual properties in the property set definition control
what is stored in the drawing. The Extended Data tab of the Properties palette
displays the units as defined in the property data format. When the type of
unit is Real, you can select a format and type of unit in the property set
definition to override the property data format when entering units. For more
3766 | Chapter 49 Schedules and Display Themes
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