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NOTE If you create a manual property, it is helpful to enter neutral characters, such as "--," as the default value. When you create a schedule table, the characters fill the cells for which you have not entered values. You can edit the characters in each cell later. If you leave the default value blank in the property set definition, the corresponding cells are blank. You cannot select and edit blank cells. 13 Clear Visible if you do not want this property definition to appear on the Extended Data tab of the Properties palette. For more information, see "Hiding Properties" on page 2091. 14 Enter a number for Order if you want this property definition to appear on the Extended Data tab in a particular order. For more information, see "Sequencing Property Definitions" on page 2090. 15 Click OK. NOTE When you attach property set data to an xref drawing or block using RefEdit and the property set includes Auto Increment-Integer or Auto Increment-Character, then you must set the default value to the first number to be used in the xref or block to avoid creating duplicate numbers. Adding a Field to a Property Set Definition Use this procedure to add a field to a property set definition. Fields contain updatable values or hyperlinks, and are selected from a list. You can create a manual property as a placeholder for a field. In that case, you enter the field in the property once it is attached to an object or style. If you enter a field as a default value for a manual property in the definition, all objects or styles that have the property attached already contain the field. 1 Click Format menu ➤ Style Manager. The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view. 2 Expand Documentation Objects, and expand Property Set Definitions. 3 Select the property set definition to which you want to add a field. 4 On the Definition tab, click . 5 Enter the name for the property. NOTE If this property will be used with schedule tags, do not enter spaces in the property name. 6 Select *DEFAULT* for Start with. 7 Click OK. 8 Enter a short description of the property. The default description is the same as the property definition name. This text is for a column header in a schedule table that uses this property. NOTE The description does not change if you edit the property name. You can edit the description. 9 Under Type, select Text. 10 If you want to create a field placeholder property that can be filled when the property set is attached to an object or style, do not enter a value for Default. For information about adding fields to properties attached to objects, see "Entering Manual Properties and Fields for Objects" on page 2063. 11 If you want to set a default field used for every object or style attached to the property set, right-click the Default column, and click Insert Field. 2082 | Chapter 46 Schedules and Display Themes