To Add a Location Property Definition to a Property Set Definition

Use this procedure to add a location property definition to a property set definition. Location property values are obtained from property data on AEC polygons or spaces in or near an object. When a selected object has a property set that contains a location property, a Data Location grip is displayed along with its other grips. If the location property is defined to retrieve property data from a space object, for example, and the property data comes from the space underneath the grip, then the grip moves when the object is moved. If an MvBlock representing a piece of furniture is moved from one space to another, it has access to the space’s property data, which might include the occupant of a room.

A location 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. To create a location property definition, you select a property definition contained in a property set definition that can be applied to AEC polygons or space objects.

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 location property.
6. Clear Use property name for description if you do not want to use the location property as the description of the property.
7. Expand AEC Polygon or Space.
8. Expand a property set definition.
9. Select the property data you wish to retrieve.
10. Click OK.

    To change the name of the property definition, click Name and double-click the property definition in the table, or select Edit Location. If Use property name for description is not set, edit the description.

11. Select a property data format to specify the method used to display the data included in the definition.

    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.

12. Clear Visible if you do not want this property definition to appear on the Extended Data tab of the Properties palette.
13. Enter a number for Order if you want this property definition to appear on the Extended Data tab in a particular order.
14. Click OK.