Part Properties Tab (Ancillaries Properties Dialog Box)

Use this tab to view or edit properties associated with this ancillaries.

General

Changing the reference surface and alignment in this dialog box changes the reference for the existing pressure network part. To change the reference surface and alignment only for new parts added to this pressure network, you can change the references on the Layout Settings tab of the Pressure Pipe Network Properties dialog box.

Reference Surface: Specifies the reference surface for the ancillaries. The surface provides level data to the pressure network objects.
Reference Alignment: Specifies the reference alignment for the ancillaries. The alignment provides chainage and offset data to the pressure network objects for labeling purposes.

Geometry

Insertion Point Easting: Specifies the easting of the ancillariee's insertion point.

Note: The insertion point corresponds to the location grip.
Insertion Point Northing: Specifies the northing of the ancillaries's insertion point.

Note: When the Insertion Point Northing or Insertion Point Easting are modified, the ancillaries remain connected to the pressure pipes, which stretch to accommodate the ancillaries's new location.
Insertion Point Level: Specifies the level of the ancillaries's insertion point.
Insertion Point Chainage: Displays the chainage of the ancillaries's insertion point.

Note: The Chainage and Offset values are relative to the Reference Alignment.

Insertion Point Offset: Displays the offset of the ancillaries's insertion point.

Part Data

These properties are read-only and show a variety of part characteristics.

Note: If a property listed in the Part Data section has a Value field that is blank, it means that the part does not have a value defined for that property in the part catalog. You can use the Catalogue Editor (Autodesk.Aec.Content.CatalogEditor.exe, located in C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2024\C3D) to edit the metadata for the parts and assign values and then you can recreate the parts in the drawing so they will have these property values and can be labelled with them. Edits that are made to the data in the Catalog Editor are not applied to existing parts in drawings.