Manage Extended Properties

When extended properties have been added to a file, project administrators can manage or remove them as needed:

1. Use the Models or Views tool to open the models or view you want to manage or remove properties for.

2. In the viewer, click Properties on the viewing toolbar, or open the Object Table .

3. Click the drop-down on the Add properties button and then click Manage properties.

   Properties that have been added to at least one model in the current view are listed on the Manage Properties dialog.

4. Use the Manage Properties dialog to edit the following details for individual or multiple properties:

   • If the property is applied to a Revit file, click the More menu in the Category column to specify the Revit categories the property is applied to.
   • Use the Property Palette Group drop-down list to change the subheading that the property appears under in the Properties panel.

5. To remove a property, select the checkbox on the left and click the Remove option above the table.

   

   Note: The property isn't removed until you've completed any other changes and clicked Save.

6. To restore a property that has been marked for removal, select the checkbox and click the Add back option above the table.

   

   Note:

   If you remove a property from a category, any values assigned to those objects will no longer be visible. If you then reapply the property to that category later, the values will be restored.

7. When you've finished editing and removing properties, click Save.

Edit Property Values

When extended properties have been added to a file and had values set for them, project members with Publish markup permission for the file can edit the property values.

You can edit property values in two ways:

1. Use the Models or Views tool to open the models or view you want to manage or remove properties for.

2. In the viewer, click Properties on the viewing toolbar, or open the Object Table .

3. To use the Properties panel to edit values:

   1. Select the objects that you want to edit the properties for in the viewer.
   2. In the Extended Properties area, click in the field next to the value you want to edit.
   3. Search for, select, or add a value, to edit the property as required.
   Note: When multiple objects with different values are selected in the viewer, the property value is displayed as < Varies >. You can edit the value for all selected objects by clicking < Varies >. To edit individual values, each model object must be selected separately.

4. To use the Object Table to edit values:

   1. Check that the properties you want to edit have been added to the Object Table as columns.
   2. Select either a single or multiple rows in the object table that correspond to the objects you want to edit the values for.
   3. Click in the column corresponding to the property that you want to edit.
   4. Search for, select, or add a value, to edit the property as required.
   Note: For numeric properties summarized within groups (Sum, Average, Min, Max), you can only set a value at the level of an individual object. The value is set for all selected objects. For other properties, the value can be set at the object group level, and is applied to all objects in the group.