5
Locate the tag to insert in the drawing.
6
Drag it into the drawing.
7
Select the object to which to attach the tag.
NOTE You can select an object within an external reference.
8
Specify the location of the tag in the drawing.
9
If necessary, edit the information in the property set of the tag, and click OK.
NOTE It is not necessary to tag objects in order to include those objects in a schedule table. Tags are a convenient
mechanism for attaching property set data to objects.
Property Set Data and Schedule Tables in Projects
Schedules are tables that list specific information about selected components in your building model. You can create
different types of schedules by attaching property set data to objects and object styles, and then extracting and displaying
the data in a schedule table.
For detailed information on property sets and schedule tables, see “
Schedules and Display Themes
” on page 2021.
The existing scheduling features have been enhanced to work optimally in a Drawing Management environment.
You can schedule each instance of each external reference individually. For example, if you have an element that
contains a typical door, you can reference that door element five times into a construct. When you create a door
schedule in the construct, all five instances of the door element are scheduled independently.
When you work in a non-project environment, you attach property data to objects in the drawing. When you use the
Drawing Management feature, you work extensively with external references and are able to perform the following
tasks:
■
Attach property set data to objects in external references: You can, for example, reference a construct
into a view, and attach property sets in the view to the objects from the referenced construct. Attaching property
sets to external references works for any nested levels—you can reference an element into a construct; a construct
into a view; a view into a plotting sheet; and, in the plotting sheet, attach property sets to objects from all other
project files.
■
Attach different property sets to individual instances of an external reference within a host
drawing: You can reference the same door multiple times into the same host drawing and attach different property
sets to each instance of the door. That way, you can reference the same floor plan construct multiple times in a
building and schedule each floor differently.
■
Combine property sets from the source element or construct drawing with property sets from
higher-level views or plotting sheets: You can create a property set with physical object properties in the
element drawing and a finish and cost-estimating property set in the plotting sheet and schedule both in the
plotting sheet.
Process Overview: Creating Property Sets and Schedule Tables in a Project
The main steps necessary to work with property set data and schedules in a project are as follows:
Step 1:
Create property set definitions and schedule table styles that contain the necessary project information.
For more information, see “
Project Schedule Properties
” on page 299 and “
Creating a Property Set Definition
with Project Property Definitions
” on page 300.
You can create property set definitions and schedule table styles at different locations in the project environment:
■
In the AutoCAD Architecture Schedule Tables.dwg file
■
In your own, user-defined property set definitions drawing
■
In the drawing template
■
In the drawing
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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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