The Edit Attributes dialog box

Layout Attributes dialog box

Using the Edit Attributes (How) dialog box, you can define custom attribute properties for the Layout format, Layout type, Display mode, Scale and Hierarchic code attributes in addition to the predefined values. What's more, you can define up to 20 custom layout attributes for which you can make a selection of custom attribute properties available.

Activate the Edit Attributes dialog box in one of the following ways

• The Layout module is open.
• The Layout Attributes dialog box (How) is open
  

  Activate the Layout Attributes dialog box in one of the following ways

  • The Layout module is open.

  • Menu bar: Create Layout Layout and Project Attributes

  • Toolbar: Basic Tools Layout flyout Layout and Project Attributes
  • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s): Layout Layout and Project Attributes
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  • Shortcut menu: ---

  Or:

  • The Layout module is open.
  • Allplan Exchange dialog box (How) is open.
    

    Activate the Allplan Exchange dialog box in one of the following ways

    • The Layout module is open.

    • Menu bar: Create Layout Allplan Exchange Layout Distribution

    • Toolbar: Basic Tools Layout flyout Allplan Exchange Layout Distribution
    • Palette: Tools Basic family Create area Allplan Exchange Layout Distribution

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  • Toolbar: ---
  • Palette: ---
  • Button: Layout and project attributes (at bottom left)
  • Shortcut menu: ---

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• Shortcut menu: click in the table head with the right mouse -> More...

Note: You can find more information in "Adding custom properties to predefined layout attributes" and "Defining your own attributes".

Table

Name

Name of the attribute, which you can find in the Layout attributes and Index attributes tables.

Type

Displays the attribute type.

Input type

Displays the input type of the attribute.

Default value

List with the predefined default values that can be assigned to the attribute.

The individual values are separated by ";".

Custom value

Box for entering custom values of the attribute. You can only edit these values for the Layout format, Layout type, Display mode, Scale and Hierarchic code attributes as well as for the 20 custom attributes.

Each attribute can have several properties, which need to be separated by semicolons.

Please note the number of maximum characters for:
- Layout format: 31 characters
- Scale: 31 characters
- Hierarchic code: 48 characters
- User-defined attributes: 63 characters

Buttons

OK

Carries out the current operation or confirms all changes. The current entries and/or settings are applied and saved.

Cancel

Cancels the current operation and discards all entries and/or changes.