Set up a Long Description Style

To assign a long description style

  1. In the Spec Editor, right-click the Long Description column heading. Click Edit Long Description Styles Assign Long Description Styles.
  2. In the Spec Editor Layout and Settings dialog box, under Long Descriptions, in The Long Description (Family) Style or the Long Description (Size) Style drop-down lists, click a style name. (The default for a new spec is No Style. To populate the list, see To set up a long description style.)
  3. Click OK.

To set up a long description style

  1. In the Spec Editor, click Spec menu Layout and Settings.
  2. In the Spec Editor Layout and Settings dialog box, under Long Descriptions, click Edit Long Description Styles.
  3. In the Edit Long Description Styles dialog box, select the component for which you want to create a long description style.
  4. Click Add Row.
  5. In the Long description formula editor table, do the following:
    • (Optional) Under Prefix, type a prefix. For example, you can enter the project name or an underscore ( _ ).
    • Under Property, click a property from the drop-down list.
    • (Optional) Under Suffix, type a suffix. For example, you can enter a space followed by a dash and another space.
    • In the Long Description Formula box and the Long Description Sample Result box, review your description.
  6. In the Edit Long Description Styles dialog box, click Save As and save and name the description so that you can reuse it as needed.
    Note:

    Rather than start over with each component, you can copy the long description from one part to another or to many others. Right-click a component name to copy, then right-click another component name to paste the description.

  7. Click Apply or OK.
    Note: Always save long description styles to the default location. Files stored elsewhere are ignored by the Specs and Catalog editor. The default location is C:\AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017 Content\\LDStyles.
     Toolbar: Layout and Settings

To batch assign long description styles

Note:

Close any open specs before making batch assignments.

  1. In the Spec Editor, click Specs menu Batch Assign Long Description Styles.
  2. Under Select Long Description Styles, click the Long Description (Family) style drop-down list. Click a style.
  3. Under Select Long Description Styles, click the Long Description (Size) style drop-down list. Click a style.
  4. (Optional) Click Edit Long Description Styles to create or modify styles.
  5. Click Add. In the Windows Open dialog, navigate to the specs to be updated. Repeat this step as needed to compile a complete list.
  6. Click OK. Depending on the number of specs in the list, the process takes more or less time.
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