Property Examples
To assign a value from a drop-down list to a property:
Create a form
with a drop-down list called DrawnBy
with a list of names.
Open the
Rules tab.
For Action,
select Edit Custom Property Rules
and click Next.
Double-click the property
in the
rules list.
Select DrawnBy
from the Inputs list.
Click Next.
The formula shown in the rules list:
DrawnBy
The custom property is set to the selected
value, Tom, for example, which could be linked to a note on a drawing.
To send dimensional information from the input form
to a property:
Create a form
with input fields for InputLength, InputWidth,
and InputDepth.
Open the
Rules tab.
For Action,
select Edit Custom Property Rules
and click Next.
Double-click the property
in the
rules list.
Select InputLength
from the Inputs list and enter &
" Long X " &.
Select InputWidth
from the Inputs list and enter &
" Wide X " &.
Select InputDepth
from the Inputs list and enter &
" deep".
Click Next.
The formula shown in the rules list:
InputLength & "
Long X " & InputWidth & " Wide X " & InputDepth
& " deep"