Symbol Property Display Setup

Click Symbol > Property Display Setup to open a Properties dialog box in which you can add or modify how the names, values, and locations of properties associated with the component or object (such as a title block) represented by the current symbol are displayed.

The Symbol Property Displays Dialog Box

This dialog box lists symbol display properties and controls their presence, visibility, and position.

• Add – Add a new property display entry to the list.
• Change Component Context – Open the Select Definition dialog box, through which you can select the component definition on which property displays are based. The properties of the selected component are then available in the Name cell properties list.
  Note:

  Because a symbol can be used by multiple components with differing properties, you can enter any property name. If a component using the symbol doesn't have a property with that name, the symbol property isn't used in that component.

• Location – Set the location (Left, Top, Right, Bottom, Center) of the property display relative to the symbol center.
  Note:

  You can further position a property display by rotating it (Ctrl-R), or by dragging it to another location. When you do this for a given property display, its Location value is set to Custom.

• Name – Type a property display name, or select an existing property display from a list. Click Change Component Context to determine which property displays appear for the selected component.
• Remove – Remove the selected property display.
• Visibility – Set the visibility (None, Name, Value, or Both) of a property display.
• Set Title Block Context – Make the list of default page properties, and others as specified, available for display. Default properties include ProjectPath, Project, Design, Title, Author and Date. This context is selected by default if the symbol has three or more propdisplays for default page properties.