To Add a Material Property Definition to a Property Set Definition

Use this procedure to add a material property definition to a property set definition. Material property values are obtained from an object’s component materials or from property data specified for an object’s component materials.

A material property definition is a type of automatic property, because the value it displays is determined automatically, based on its definition, and cannot be edited directly.

1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.

   The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view.

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 material property.
6. Clear Use material name for description if you do not want to use the material property as the description of the property.
7. Select a material:

   If you want to…	Then…
   retrieve the name of a material specified for a component on an object or style	select a Material in the left pane.
   retrieve property data for the material specified for a component on an object or style	select Material Property in the right pane.

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 material 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.