Use this procedure to specify whether a property set definition applies to objects or to styles and definitions. You also select the objects or the styles and definitions that can use the property sets created from this definition.
If the property set that you define contains properties that are the same for all objects created using a specific style, select a style-based property set. This eliminates the need to attach data for each instance of the object that you create. Objects created using the style with the property set assigned have access to the associated style-based property set.
In general, use automatic properties only within property set definitions that are applied to styles or definitions.
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The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view.
- Expand Documentation Objects, and expand Property Set Definitions.
- Select the property set definition that you want to change.
- Click the Applies To tab.
- Specify how the property set definition is applied:
If you want to apply it to… Then… objects select Objects. The list of objects becomes available. styles and definitions select Styles and Definitions. The list of styles and definitions becomes available. - Select the objects or the styles and definitions to which the property set applies.
If you want to… Then… define an object-based property set definition select the objects from the list in the left pane. define a style- or definition-based property set definition select the styles or definitions from the list in the left pane. select all objects or style and definitions click Select All. clear the current selection click Clear All. If all the objects or none of the objects are selected, your property set definition can be added to any object or style. The area above the list displays the objects that are currently selected.
- To specify classification criteria, expand a classification definition, and select one or more classifications.
For example, you can select a construction status of New and two preferred vendors. To meet the criteria, the classification in the object style must be New for construction status and the Vendor classification must be one of the two vendors selected.
Specifying multiple classification criteria in a property set definition
All classification definitions that apply to the same objects to which the property set definition applies are displayed on the right with a list of their classifications. If classifications are selected, the property set definition can be applied only to those objects or styles and definitions selected on the left that have all the classifications selected on the right.
- Click OK.