To do so, drag an object from a saved drawing onto a tool palette, and then configure the tool properties.
The initial values for the tool properties are determined by the object that you drag and drop onto the
palette.
While you can create and configure object tools for other building systems objects using AutoLISP
programming, only tools for the aforementioned objects allow you to configure all relevant object properties
directly on the Tool Properties worksheet as shown below.
NOTE
In the Tool Properties worksheet,
indicates a property is available only when you are adding objects,
not when you are modifying them.
For general information on configuring tool properties, see:
■
on page 795
■
on page 795
For information on configuring properties that are specific to an object type, see:
■
Adding Schematic Lines in Orthographic Mode
on page 525 and
Adding Schematic Lines in Isometric
on page 528
■
Adding Schematic Symbols in Orthographic Mode
on page 527 and
Adding Schematic Symbols in Isometric
on page 531
■
on page 391
■
on page 403
■
on page 412
TIP
To facilitate annotation and scheduling, you can use the properties of device tools to specify property sets
and tags, so they are automatically attached to devices when they are added to drawings. A property set is a
user-defined group of related properties, such as a part number or a manufacturer’s name. A tag is a symbol that
can display the data in a property set attached to an object. For more information on annotation and scheduling,
see
Creating Construction Documents
on page 547.
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