Location: Property Collectors toolbar button
Use the Property Collectors panel to create property collectors. Property collectors are used to assign physical properties to entities.
Panel Usage
The Property Collectors panel is organized into three subpanels for creating, updateding, and assigning properties. These subpanels are listed at the left-hand edge of the panel. The center of the panel contains input fields to define the properties, and the right-hand edge contains command buttons to create, edit, update, assign, or review properties (depending on which subpanel is active).
Subpanels and Inputs
The Property Collectors panel contains the following subpanels and command buttons:
Panel Inputs
Input
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Action
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prop name =
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Type in a name for the new property collector.
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color
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Click color to open a palette and select a color to assign to the property collector.
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type =
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This field serves as a filter of all property types available to the card image field, based on the current user profile. Click the button to open a list of valid property types.
Use this option to filter property types by element dimension or application.
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card image / no card image / same as (switch)
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To assign a card to the collector, choose between card image=, no card image, or card image same as.
| • | If you pick card image=, click the card image= button to pick the desired card image. |
| Note: | The type= field may be filtering the choices available to you. |
| • | If you pick card image same as, click the card image same as button to select a collector that already uses the desired card image. |
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material =
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Click this field to open a list of defined materials. Select one by clicking it to assign it to the new property collector.
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reject
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Undoes the most recent assign action.
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Panel Inputs
Input
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Action
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props
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Use this entity selector to pick the property collectors you wish to update.
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color
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Click color to open a palette and select a color to assign to the property collector.
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type =
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This field serves as a filter of all property types available to the card image field, based on the current user profile. Click the button to open a list of valid property types.
Use this option to filter property types by element dimension or application.
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card image / no card image / same as (switch)
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To assign a card to the collector, choose between card image=, no card image, or card image same as.
| • | If you pick card image=, click the card image= button to pick the desired card image. |
| Note: | The type= field may be filtering the choices available to you. |
| • | If you pick card image same as, click the card image same as button to select a collector that already uses the desired card image. |
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material =
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Click this field to open a list of defined materials. Select one by clicking it to assign it to the new property collector.
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Panel Inputs
Input
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Action
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elems
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Use this entity selector to pick the elements to which you wish to assign a property collector.
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type =
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This field serves as a filter of all property types available to the card image field, based on the current user profile. Click the button to open a list of valid property types.
Use this option to filter property types by element dimension or application.
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property =
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Click to open a list of existing property collectors. If none display, you must first create some.
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The following action buttons appear throughout the subpanels:
Button
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Action
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create
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Creates the new property collector.
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create/edit
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Creates the new property collector and opens the card edit panel.
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update
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Changes the selected property collectors to have the characteristics currently defined on the subpanel.
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update/edit
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Changes the selected property collectors to have the characteristics currently defined on the subpanel, and opens the card edit panel.
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reset
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Resets all the fields on the subpanel to the selected collector's original characteristics.
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assign
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Assigns the chosen property to the selected elements.
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unassign
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Removes all property assignments from the selected elements.
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review
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Select a property in the property = field, then click review to see its current characteristics.
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reject
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Undoes the most recent assign action.
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