Drawing properties

Drawing property text

Drawing property text is text that is associative to properties in the current draft, part, or assembly file, as well as properties in models attached to the current file. Property text is variable text that is referenced and maintained without manual editing. For example, you can use property text to display a file's name and last modification date, and this information will change when you save the file or select the Update Property Text command.

You can create or edit property text while creating or editing callouts, balloons, and parts lists. To add property text, use the Property Text button on the respective dialog boxes or command bars:

In some cases, you may want to change property text to plain text that is not associative to the drawing. To convert a specific drawing property text, first select the text in the drawing, then use the Convert Property Text command on the shortcut menu.

To convert all drawing property text to plain text at once, use the Convert All Property Text command.

Drawing View Properties

Drawing view properties define every display aspect of a drawing view or a 2D Model view. They are set and modified in the Drawing View Properties dialog box. This multi-tabbed dialog box displays options that vary with the type of view you are creating or modifying and whether it is a high quality view or a draft view.

Reference Parts

Sometimes you may want parts or subassemblies to be included on a drawing, but only for reference purposes. Reference parts typically provide a frame of reference for the components in the drawing view to a higher level assembly or to a completed product.

You can specify that a part or subassembly is a reference part when you are placing a part view of an assembly or you can edit the drawing view properties for the part view later. The Display As Reference option on the Display tab of the Drawing View Properties dialog box specifies that a part or subassembly is a reference part.

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