Properties control how plant objects look and behave when placed in a drawing or model.
Properties also store non-graphical information that can be extracted from the drawing. Properties for a plant object class definition can be defined as one of the following data types:
- String. Permits a free-form text value for a property.
- Numeric. Verifies that only a positive or negative number is entered for a property.
- Boolean. Permits a choice between true and false.
- Symbol List (P&ID only). Defines a list of choices that control the symbol for a component in a P&ID drawing. This option is available only for P&ID objects when more than one symbol is associated with a class.
- Selection List. Defines a list of property values. If a value is not displayed in the predefined list, it can be entered as free-form text.
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Acquisition. Defines a rule stating that a component property acquires its value from another property. For example, a rule states that a hand valve acquires its size from the corresponding property of a line. The source can be chosen from class, project, or drawing properties.
Note: When you set up properties for a project, make sure no one else is accessing that project. If others are working in the project, your changes are not saved.
- Calculated. Defines a singular field to create data based on concatenating multiple fields' data and defined values into one value.