Edit Property Fields, Prompted Texts, Attributes Reference

What's New: 2021.1

Sets or changes the values of prompted entries and iProperties in a title block, border, or sketch symbol. The iProperties are edited in the Properties dialog box, which is displayed when you click iProperties in the Edit Property Fields dialog box.

Access:

  • In the browser, right-click a sketch symbol, border, or the Field Text entry of a title block, and then select Edit Field Text.
  • The dialog box displays automatically when you insert a title block, border, or sketch symbol containing prompted entries in the drawing.

Property Type list

Selects the type of property to display in the table. Properties of all other types are filtered out from the table. Choose All to display the list of all iProperties and prompted values.

Property Field

Lists the titles of iProperties and prompted values included in the selected title block, border, or sketch symbol.

Tip: To change the titles of prompted values, edit the definition of the object in the Drawing Resources folder. To change the order of prompted entries, right-click the object (for example title block or sketch symbol) in Drawing Resources, and select Reorder Prompted Entries.

Value

Shows the current value for each property and prompted entry. Double-click a value to edit, and then enter a new value.

Note: Only values for prompted entries can be edited in the Edit Property Fields dialog box. To edit iProperties, click the iProperties button.

Displays the iProperties dialog box. You can edit the iProperties, save the edits, and return back to the dialog box.