The data formats available for property set definitions, schedule table styles, and tags are those stored in the current
drawing. When you copy property set definitions or schedule table styles into a drawing, data formats used in the
definitions and styles are also copied into the drawing.
If you modify a data format, the display of the property data is affected in any property set, schedule table, or schedule
tag that uses the format.
Units in Property Data Formats
Property data formats control how units display in schedule tables, schedule tags, the Edit Property Set Data worksheet,
and on the Properties palette. Units behave differently with real numbers in manual properties than they do with
automatic properties. For more information, see “
Applying Property Data Formats
” on page 2058.
Units for Automatic Properties
Units for automatic properties are collected directly from the objects. An automatic property, such as width, uses the
units specified on the Units tab in the Drawing Setup dialog by default. Using different property data formats allows
you to override the default format.
When you use a property data format, the AutoCAD units are converted to display as defined in the property data
format. You can specify a property data format on the Definition tab of a property set definition.
Units for Manual Properties
Units specified for manual properties in the property set definition control what is stored in the drawing. The Extended
Data tab of the Properties palette displays the units as defined in the property data format. When the type of unit is
Real, you can select a format and type of unit in the property set definition to override the property data format when
entering units. For more information, see “
Adding a Manual Property Definition to a Property Set Definition
” on page
2081.
Creating a Property Data Format
Use this procedure to create a property data format. You can create a format using default properties or by copying an
existing data format. You can then edit the properties to customize the characteristics of the new data format.
NOTE Certain automatic properties cannot be formatted with property data formats because their values are formatted from
within the automatic query.
1
Click Format menu
➤
Style Manager.
The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view.
2
Expand Documentation Objects, and expand Property Data Formats.
3
Right-click Property Data Formats, and click New.
4
Enter a name for the new property data format, and press
ENTER
.
5
Select the new property data format.
6
On the Formatting tab, specify general formatting values:
Then…
If you want to…
enter a string to be placed in front of data for Prefix. For
example, tolerances might require a preceding plus/minus
symbol; a tolerance of 10 could be displayed as +10. A
currency string could be prefixed with a dollar sign.
specify a prefix
enter a string to be placed after data for Suffix. For example,
a door leaf thickness of 35 could have a millimeter suffix
(35mm).
NOTE If you override the unit type in a manual property set
definition, change the suffix here to display the units correctly.
specify a suffix
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Summary of Contents for 00128-051462-9310 - AUTOCAD 2008 COMM UPG FRM 2005 DVD
Page 1: ...AutoCAD Architecture 2008 User s Guide 2007 ...
Page 4: ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
Page 40: ...xl Contents ...
Page 41: ...Workflow and User Interface 1 1 ...
Page 42: ...2 Chapter 1 Workflow and User Interface ...
Page 146: ...106 Chapter 3 Content Browser ...
Page 164: ...124 Chapter 4 Creating and Saving Drawings ...
Page 370: ...330 Chapter 6 Drawing Management ...
Page 440: ...400 Chapter 8 Drawing Compare ...
Page 528: ...488 Chapter 10 Display System ...
Page 540: ...500 Chapter 11 Style Manager ...
Page 612: ...572 Chapter 13 Content Creation Guidelines ...
Page 613: ...Conceptual Design 2 573 ...
Page 614: ...574 Chapter 14 Conceptual Design ...
Page 678: ...638 Chapter 16 ObjectViewer ...
Page 683: ...Designing with Architectural Objects 3 643 ...
Page 684: ...644 Chapter 18 Designing with Architectural Objects ...
Page 788: ...748 Chapter 18 Walls ...
Page 942: ...902 Chapter 19 Curtain Walls ...
Page 1042: ...1002 Chapter 21 AEC Polygons ...
Page 1052: ...Changing a door width 1012 Chapter 22 Doors ...
Page 1106: ...Changing a window width 1066 Chapter 23 Windows ...
Page 1172: ...1132 Chapter 24 Openings ...
Page 1226: ...Using grips to change the flight width of a spiral stair run 1186 Chapter 25 Stairs ...
Page 1368: ...Using the Angle grip to edit slab slope 1328 Chapter 28 Slabs and Roof Slabs ...
Page 1491: ...Design Utilities 4 1451 ...
Page 1492: ...1452 Chapter 30 Design Utilities ...
Page 1536: ...1496 Chapter 31 Layout Curves and Grids ...
Page 1564: ...1524 Chapter 32 Grids ...
Page 1611: ...Documentation 5 1571 ...
Page 1612: ...1572 Chapter 36 Documentation ...
Page 1706: ...Stretching a surface opening Moving a surface opening 1666 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1710: ...Offsetting the edge of a window opening on a freeform space surface 1670 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1956: ...1916 Chapter 42 Fields ...
Page 2035: ...Properties of a detail callout The Properties of a Callout Tool 1995 ...
Page 2060: ...2020 Chapter 45 Callouts ...
Page 2170: ...2130 Chapter 47 AEC Content and DesignCenter ...
Page 2171: ...Other Utilities 6 2131 ...
Page 2172: ...2132 Chapter 48 Other Utilities ...
Page 2182: ...2142 Chapter 51 Reference AEC Objects ...
Page 2212: ...2172 Chapter 52 Customizing and Adding New Content for Detail Components ...
Page 2217: ...AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Menus 54 2177 ...
Page 2226: ...2186 Chapter 54 AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Menus ...
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