Drawing Properties

Command: DWGPROPS

The Dwgprops command opens the Drawing Properties dialog box, showing the general information and user defined properties stored with a drawing.

Drawing properties include: general information, summary, statistics and user defined custom properties.

Drawing properties can be added as a field in multiline text entities.

To open the Drawing Properties dialog

do one of the following:

• Choose Drawing Properties... in the File menu.

• Type dwgprops in the command bar and press Enter.

Defining default properties

1. Open the Drawing Properties dialog.

2. Open the Summary tab page.
   
   

3. Fill out the property fields

4. Click the OK button.

Adding custom properties

1. Open the Drawing Properties dialog.

2. Open the Custom tab page.
   
   

3. Click the Add button.
   The Custom Property dialog displays.
   
   

4. Type a name in the Name field.
   The custom property name is listed under Document in the Field dialog.

5. Type a value in the Value field.
   The value displays in multiline texts where the custom property is inserted as a field.