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Chapter 14 Symbols
To enter field information for a symbol after it is placed in a drawing
1 In the Content Librarian, click the Symbol page tab.
2 Click the Explorer button, or click Symbol, Explore on the Draw menu.
The Content Explorer appears.
3 Select one or more symbol definitions and right-click.
4 From the pop-up menu, click Edit Fields on Add.
NOTE Edit Fields on Add only works when a symbol is selected from the
Content Librarian to be placed in a drawing, not from the Symbol drop-down
list box on the edit bar.
To edit fields for one or more symbols
1 In the Content Librarian, click the Symbol page tab.
2 Click the Explorer button, or click Symbol, Explore on the Draw menu.
The Content Explorer appears.
3 Click the Symbols page tab or the Drawings page tab, depending on the
location of the symbol definitions you want to modify.
4 Select the symbol or symbols you want to modify, then click Edit Fields.
The Symbol Fields dialog box appears.
5 Edit the fields you want to change. Grayed areas can’t be edited. To edit a
symbol name, select only one symbol in step 2.
6 (optional) Check one or more of the Update check boxes (if you edit the
fields for only one symbol, the check boxes do not appear). If a box is
checked, the value in the corresponding text box replaces any values
previously assigned to that field for all the selected symbols. If the text box
is empty the field is deleted.
7 Click OK, then click Close.
The Update check boxes are important when you edit the fields for more
than one symbol at a time. If you select two symbols and then change a value
for a field that has been assigned to both symbols, AutoSketch automatically
checks the Update check box. This means the new value is assigned to that
field for both symbols, even if each symbol originally had different values in
that field. To prevent this, uncheck the box. When you don’t edit a value, the
corresponding Update check box remains unchecked and the original values
don’t change. You can delete a value by checking the Update check box with-
out entering a new value.