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Chapter 14 Symbols
To define database fields when creating a symbol definition
1 Select the entities from which you want to create a symbol.
2 In the Content Librarian, click the Symbol page tab, then click the Symbol
Create button at the bottom of the page. The Create Symbol Definition
dialog box appears.
3 Enter a symbol name in the Name text box.
4 Select a method for entering the basepoint from the Basepoint drop-down
list box.
5 (optional) Check the Save In Library check box to store the symbol in a
library.
6 (optional) To change the library in which the symbol is stored, click
Browse. The Open Symbol Library dialog box appears. Click an existing
library name or create a new one by clicking the Create New Folder button
and entering a library name, then click Open.
7 Click Next.
8 (optional) Enter a type and description for the symbol in the correspond-
ing text boxes.
9 (optional) Enter a hyperlink in the corresponding text box. For more
information on hyperlinks, see
the chapter titled “Using Web Tools,” which
begins on page 351 .
10 Click Fields. The Symbol Fields dialog box appears. If no fields are avail-
able for the current drawing, the button is grayed. For information about
creating fields and adding them to a drawing, see
“Creating Fields” on page
334 .
11 Click a field name and enter its value. If more than one field is available,
you can enter values for any or all of them.
12 Click OK.
13 Click Finish.
Managing Symbols in the Content Explorer
The Content Explorer allows you to perform a wide variety of symbol-related
functions. It’s a tool for managing symbol definitions and the symbol
libraries in which they are stored, much like Windows Explorer is a tool for
managing files and folders. Finally, it’s one of the means for setting a current
library and a current symbol.
The current library is the collection of symbols that appears in the symbol
page of the Content Librarian (if the Content Librarian is set to be visible).