Changing Custom Symbol Properties

  1. Click Select or press S.
  2. Select the symbol you want to change.
  3. Change the following properties, as desired:
    Cosmetic: The Space property determines how a symbol behaves in terms of scale and visibility. You can have it inherit the value (Model space or View space) from the symbol definition, or you can set the value for individual symbol insertions.

    • Same as original: Uses the value of the symbol definition.

    • View space: The symbol will resize when you change the view scale.

    • Model space: The symbol will remain the same size when you change the scale (in the Sheet Setup group in the Detail tab).

    Symbol Insert Parameters:

    • Attachment method: An unattached symbol is set to Free Placement. If you want the symbol to be attachable, set this property to Attach to geometry, Set normal to geometry, or Place normal and upward to geometry.

    • Flipped: Set this property to True to flip the symbol in its plane, like this:

      For an attachable symbol, set this property to True to flip an attached symbol to the opposite side of the selected geometry.

    • Rotation: Use this property to rotate the symbol counterclockwise in the plane where it was placed.

    • Scale: The size of the symbol is multiplied by the scale value. For example, if you set this property to 5, then the symbol size is multiplied by 5.

    • Text height: If you selected the Scale symbol to text height option when you created the symbol, you can set this property to change the text height that is used to scale this instance of the symbol.

    • Use original symbol style: The original scale and size are used for the symbol.