To Add an Anchor Property Definition to a Property Set Definition

Use this procedure to add an anchor property definition to a property set definition. Anchor property definitions allow one object to get data from another object to which it is anchored. For example, an anchor property of a door in a 2-hour fire-rated wall could display the 2-hour fire-rating of the wall with an anchor property definition specified. The information displayed cannot be edited directly.

1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.
2. Expand Documentation Objects, and expand Property Set Definitions.
3. Select the property set definition that you want to change.
4. On the Definition tab, click .
5. Enter a name for the anchor property.
6. If you do not want to use the property name for the description, clear Use property name for description.
7. Select the property definition to be associated with this property set.
8. Click OK, and continue working on the property set definition on the Definition tab of the Property Set Definition dialog box.
9. If Use property name for description was not selected, enter a description for the new property by selecting the empty value, entering text for Description, and clicking OK.

   To change the name of the property definition, double-click the value for Name.

10. Select a format to specify the how the data displays.

    The format you select becomes the default format of a column when this property is added to a schedule table style. It can be changed at any time. The Example column shows how the default value is displayed using the selected format.

11. Clear Visible if you do not want this property definition to appear on the Extended Data tab of the Properties palette.
12. Enter a number for Order if you want this property definition to appear on the Extended Data tab in a particular order.
13. Click OK.