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Entering Manual Properties and Fields for Objects
Use this procedure to enter values for manual properties for one or more
objects. For example, to enter a remark that applies to several doors in a
drawing, you can select the doors and enter the remark as data for Notes.
You can insert fields into manual properties. Fields enhance the documentation
capabilities within a drawing file because the values they display update
whenever the associated property changes. You can also enter AutoCAD fields
into manual properties attached to objects or styles.
NOTE Fields can be associated with hyperlinks. For example, if you insert a field
pointing to a drawing using a hyperlink in a manual property, and create a schedule
table that contains that property, you can jump from the table cell with the field
property in it to the drawing to which it is linked. For detailed information about
fields, see “Use Fields in Text” in AutoCAD Help.
1 Select the object(s) for which you want to add a manual property
or field, right-click, and click Properties.
2 On the Properties palette, click the Extended Data tab.
NOTE If no property set data appears, no property sets are attached
to the objects. To attach property sets, see Attaching Property Set
Data to Objects on page 3773.
3 Enter a value for a manual property.
ThenIf you want to…
select the property, and enter the value.specify an alphanumeric
value
right-click in the current value for the prop-
erty, and click Insert Field. Select a field from
insert a field
one of the available categories, specify the
desired format, and click OK.
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