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Property Examples

To assign a value from a drop-down list to a property:

  1. Create a form with a drop-down list called DrawnBy with a list of names.

  2. Open the Rules tab.

  3. For Action, select Edit Custom Property Rules and click Next.

  4. Double-click the property in the rules list.

  5. Select DrawnBy from the Inputs list.

  6. 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:

  1. Create a form with input fields for InputLength,  InputWidth, and InputDepth.

  2. Open the Rules tab.

  3. For Action, select Edit Custom Property Rules and click Next.

  1. Double-click the property in the rules list.

  2. Select InputLength from the Inputs list and enter & " Long X " &.

  3. Select InputWidth from the Inputs list and enter & " Wide X " &.

  4. Select InputDepth from the Inputs list and enter & " deep".

  5. Click Next.

The formula shown in the rules list:

InputLength & " Long X " & InputWidth & " Wide X " & InputDepth & " deep"



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