To Insert Field Placeholders in Object Properties

Use this procedure to insert a field placeholder in the properties of an individual object.

You can add a field to the properties of an individual object by creating a manual property as a placeholder for the field, to be filled when necessary. This would be useful if you want to add information that is different for each object and needs to be updatable.

Creating the placeholder

Inserting a field in the placeholder

1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.
2. In the Style Manager, expand Documentation Objects, and then expand Property Set Definitions.
3. Either click an existing property set definition, or right-click, and click New.
4. Click the Definition tab.
5. Click to create a manual property.
6. Enter a name for the manual property, such as LinkedFile.
7. Verify that DEFAULT is selected for Start With.
8. Click OK.
9. Verify that Text is selected for Type.
   Note: Do not enter any text in the Default field.
10. Click OK.
11. Double-click the object in the drawing, and on the Extended Data tab of the Properties palette, click .
12. Select the property set containing the manual property, and click OK.
13. Right-click in the empty manual property, and click Insert Field.
    

14. Define and insert the field and its format.

    If you want to insert a…	Then…
    date/time, document, hyperlink, object, system variable, Diesel expression, or plot field	see “Use Fields in Text” in AutoCAD help.
    project field	see Selecting a Project Field.
    sheet set field	see Selecting a Sheet Set Field.
    keynote field	see Selecting a Keynote Field.
    database field	see Selecting a Database field.

15. Define and insert the field and its format.

    If you want to…	Then…
    insert a date/time, document, hyperlink, object, system variable, Diesel expression, or plot field,	see “Use Fields in Text” in AutoCAD help.
    insert a project field	see Selecting a Project Field.
    insert a sheet set field	see Selecting a Sheet Set Field.
    insert a keynote field	see Selecting a Keynote Field.
    insert a database field	see Selecting a Database field.

    In this example, you would likely insert a hyperlink to another file. selecting Linked for Field category and then selecting a file as the hyperlink.