Exercise 3: Assigning User-Defined Properties to Points

In this exercise, you will use point groups to associate user-defined properties with points in your drawing.

This exercise continues from Exercise 2: Creating a Label Style That Displays a User-Defined Property.

Assign user-defined properties to points

  1. Open Points-4c.dwg, which is located in the tutorials drawings folder.
  2. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, click Point Groups.
  3. In the item view, click the Storm Manholes entry. In the Classification column, select Manhole UDP.

Apply the user-defined property point label style

  1. In the Prospector tree view, expand Point Groups. Click Storm Manholes.
  2. In the item view, right-click in a column heading.
  3. Clear the check mark from all items in the list, except the following:
    • Point Number
    • Point Label Style
    • MH_Pipe In Invert
    • MH_Pipe In Material

    Clearing the check boxes turns off the display of columns you do not need to see for this exercise.

  4. Click the row for point 307.
  5. Click the Point Label Style cell to display the Select Label Style dialog box.
  6. In the Select Label Style dialog box, select Manhole UDP as the label style. Click OK.
  7. Repeat Steps 4 to 6 to apply the Manhole UDP for point 667.

Specify user-defined property values

  1. For point 307, click the MH_Pipe In Invert cell. Enter 93.05.
  2. Right-click the row for point 307. Click Zoom To.

    The value is displayed with the other point information in the drawing window.

  3. For point 667, click the MH_Pipe In Invert cell. Enter 93.00.
  4. Right-click the entry for point 667. Click Zoom To.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Importing Points with User-Defined Properties.

Parent topic: Tutorial: Adding User-Defined Properties to Points