The CAD models inserted into Inventor Publisher documents usually have properties associated with them, such as author, company name, and part numbers. You can review the imported component properties, or author new properties within the Inventor Publisher document.
Right-click a part or assembly node in the canvas browser, and click Edit Properties. Then review the imported and authored component properties in the Edit Properties dialog box.
To author a component property, in the Edit Properties dialog box, click Customize Fields, add the property in the Customize Fields dialog box.
Edit Properties dialog box
Access: Right-click a model in the browser or graphic window, and select Edit Properties.
Imported Properties Lists all properties imported with the component.
Authored Properties Lists custom component properties authored in the Inventor Publisher document. Click the Value field to enter a value for the custom property. To add a custom property, click Customize Fields.
- To import values of custom iProperties from an Autodesk Inventor model, create custom properties with the same names as in the source model file. When you add the custom properties to the parts list, the imported iProperty values automatically display in the parts list table.
- Values inserted for parent component properties can override values of child components in the parts list.
- Insert web addresses to custom authored properties. Web and Mobile output displays the property values as clickable hyperlinks.
Customize Fields dialog box
Access:
- In the Edit Properties dialog box, click Customize Fields.
- In the Edit Parts List Data dialog box, click Customize Fields.
- In the Create Parts List or Edit Parts List dialog box, click Customize Fields.
- Available Fields
- Lists available component properties. Select a property, and click Add to show the property in parts lists.
- Show these fields in this order
- Lists property columns displayed in the parts list. To remove a property from the parts list, select the property and click Remove. The property is moved to Available Fields. To change the order, select a property and click Move Up or Move Down.
- Create New Field
- Creates a custom property. Enter property name, and click Add to add the property to the Available Fields list.
Not available when you access the Customize Fields dialog box from the Create or Edit Parts List dialog box.
Note: If a property name is identical with a name of iProperty in the source Autodesk Inventor file, the iProperty value is automatically imported.
How to work with custom properties