Use this dialog box to edit description key properties.
You can also edit description keys in the Prospector item view. However, because the DescKey Editor is a separate window, it provides more viewing area and greater flexibility.
These properties are required in every description key.
Specifies what points match this description key during description key matching. Click in the cell and then enter a code. For more information, see Description Key Code Reference.
Specifies the format used to translate the raw description into the full description. Click in the cell and enter a format. Enter $* if you want the full description to be the same as the raw description. For more information, see Description Key Format Reference.
For more information about how point style, point label style, and point layer are used to display a point, see About Controlling the Appearance of Points in a Drawing.
Specifies the point style to be referenced by a point that is created using the description key.
To specify a point style:
Specifies the point label style to be referenced by a point that is created using the description key.
To specify a point label style:
Specifies the layer for the point.
To specify a layer:
Use the Scale Override properties of a description key to specify how the point symbol is scaled when a point is created using the description key.
Scale values specified in this part of the description key take precedence over any scale values specified in the point style referenced by the description key. If scale parameters have been set, hold your cursor over in the Code column, to display a tooltip with the scale parameters and values.
Select Apply To X-Y or Apply To Z before you specify a scale using Scale Parameter, Fixed Scale Factor, or Use Drawing Scale properties.
Specifies the position (1-9) in the raw description of the parameter that contains the value used to scale the point symbol when the description key is matched.
To specify a scale parameter:
For more information, see About Point Symbol Scaling and Rotation Using Description Key Parameters.
Specifies a fixed scale, used to scale the point symbol when the description key is matched.
To specify a fixed scale factor:
Specifies that the drawing scale is used to scale the point symbol when the description key is matched. Click in the cell then select Yes to use the drawing scale.
Specifies that description key scaling is applied to the X-Y axis of a point when the description key is matched. Click in the cell then select Yes to specify X-Y scaling.
Specifies that description key scaling is applied to the Z axis of a point when the description key is matched. Click in the cell then select Yes to specify Z scaling.
Use the Rotation properties of a description key to specify how the point symbol is rotated when a point is created using the description key.
Rotation values specified in this part of the description key take precedence over any rotation values specified in the point style that is referenced by the description key.
If rotation parameters have been set, hold your cursor over in the Code column to display a tooltip with the rotation parameters and values.
Specifies the position (1-9) in the raw description of the parameter containing the value used to rotate the point symbol when the description key is matched.
To specify a rotation parameter:
For more information, see To Adjust Point Elevation During Import and Transfer.
Specifies a fixed rotation used to rotate the point symbol when the description key is matched.
To specify a fixed rotation factor:
Specifies whether the values specified for the Rotate Parameter property or the Fixed Rotation property are clockwise angles or counterclockwise angles.