Property Text source list (Source: From Active Document)


The source you choose in the Select Property Text dialog box determines the source of text placed in callouts, balloons, title blocks, and tables. It also determines which properties you can select in the Properties list.

For example, when the file referenced by the Select Property Text dialog box is set to From Active Document, you can choose from the list of properties defined in the following table. Many of these properties are common across other property text sources, including:

Property

Definition

Accessed

Displays the date that the document was last opened or copied. This information is read from the file system.

To extract date and time, add syntax from the following table: Date and time format of property text.

Attributes

Displays the attributes of the current document: Read-Only, Archive, Hidden, or System.

Author

Displays the user login name of the document author.

If you do not want to show login credentials, you can instead reference a similar property defined in this table, User Profile Name (created by).

Category

Displays the category or other classification. The list of available categories is stored in an external text file, Propseed.txt, which is located in the QY CAD Preferences folder. You can edit this file to add more categories to the default list.

Comments  

Displays comments about the current document.

Company

Indicates the company name.

Created

Displays the date the file was created or copied. This information is read from the file system.

To extract date and time, add syntax from the following table: Date and time format of property text.

Creating Application

Displays the name of the application that created the document.

Document Number

Displays the drawing number. The list of available document numbers is stored in an external text file, Propseed.txt, which is located in the QY CAD Preferences folder. You can edit this file to add more document numbers to the default list.

File Name

Displays the name of the document and the file extension, for example, .par, .asm, or .dft.

File Name (full path)

Displays the name of the document with file extension and file location.

File Name (no extension)

Displays the name of the document without the file extension.

Gage

Displays the sheet metal gage.

Keywords

Displays a list of words that identify the document when you browse or search documents. The list of available keywords is stored in an external text file, Propseed.txt, which is located in the QY CAD Preferences folder. You can edit this file to add more keywords to the default list.

Last Author

Displays the Windows login name of the person who last updated the document.

If you do not want to show login credentials, you can instead reference a similar property defined in this table, User Profile Name (modified by).

Last printed date

Displays the date the document was last printed.

Manager

Indicates the manager of the author or project.

Modified

Displays the date the document was last modified. This date is updated each time the file is saved.

Note:

This behavior does not apply to documents managed by Teamcenter.

To extract date and time, add syntax from the following table: Date and time format of property text.

Number of Sheets

Displays the total number of sheets in the document.

Origination Date

Displays the creation date of the file referenced by the parts list, callouts, or annotations. This date is maintained by a QY CAD property and is paired with Author.

To extract date and time, add syntax from the following table: Date and time format of property text.

Project

Displays the name of the project for which the document is being created. The list of available project names is stored in an external text file, Propseed.txt, which is located in the QY CAD Preferences folder. You can edit this file to add more project names to the default list.

Revision Number

Displays the revision number of the document. This revision number is read from the Project tab of the File Properties dialog box. This field can store more characters than Revision Number On Summary Page.

Revision Number On Summary Page

Displays the revision number that is stored in the File Properties dialog box that you see when you right-click a QY CAD file in Windows Explorer, and then click Summary tab-Advanced button.

Saving Application

Displays the name of the application that most recently saved the document.

Sheet name

Displays the name of the drawing sheet.

Sheet number

Displays the sheet order number in the current drawing.

Sheet scale

Displays the working drawing sheet scale of the sheet where the property text is displayed.

The scale values are stored in the Drawing View Scales section of an external text file, Custom.xml, which is located in the QY CAD Preferences folder. You can edit this file to add more scale values to the default list.

For more information, see Add custom drawing view scales to QY CAD.

Status

Displays the current document state or point in its life cycle. The Status property identifies status by number rather than by the text string used by the Status Text property.

The cross reference between number and text is as follows:

Status

Status Text

0

Available

1

In Work

2

In Review

3

Released

4

Baselined

5

Obsolete

Status Text

Displays the current document state or point in its life cycle. The Status Text property identifies status by text string rather than by the number format used by the Status property.

When displayed on the drawing, Status Text values may be any one of the following: Available, In Work, In Review, Released, Baselined, Obsolete.

For more information about document status as it relates to the document life cycle, see the Help topic about the Status Tab of the File Properties dialog box.

Subject  

Gives a general description of the current document.

Template

Displays the name of the document template that was used to create the document.

Title

Displays the title of the current document. The list of available titles is stored in an external text file, Propseed.txt, which is located in the QY CAD Preferences folder. You can edit this file to add more titles to the default list.

User Profile Initials (created by)

Displays the information defined in the Initials field on the User Profile page of the QY CAD Options dialog box for the current user.

You can show the initials of the document creator and editors by selecting the (created by) and (modified by) properties. The current value of the property text is applied when the document is saved or updated.

User Profile Initials (modified by)

User Profile Mailing address (created by)

Displays the information in the Mailing address field on the User Profile page of the QY CAD Options dialog box for the current user.

You can track the changes made to the mailing address by selecting the (created by) and (modified by) properties. The current value of the property text is applied when the document is saved or updated.

User Profile Mailing address (modified by)

User Profile Name (created by)

Displays the information defined in the Name field on the User Profile page of the QY CAD Options dialog box for the current user.

You can show the name of the document creator and editors by selecting the (created by) and (modified by) properties. The current value of the property text is applied when the document is saved or updated.

User Profile Name (modified by)
Date and time format of property text Property text from drawing views

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