Field

Field

Ribbon: Insert – Data > Field
Menu: Insert – Field…
Text format dialog:
Context menu of Text and Multiline text: Insert field
Attribute definition dialog:
Attribute redefinition dialog:
Command line: FIELD

Field is special object that contains properties of other object (primitive, file, document, etc.). Field can be updated automatically as the field value changes. Field can be inserted to text, multiline text, block attribute.

NOTE: Field value displays with grey background, but background does not appear in print.

NOTE: A field without value display like (——).

FIELD command creates a multiline text object with only one field. Command opens Field dialog box. Set field type and format at the dialog. Then specify start point to insert the field. Field assigned the current text style.

Field can be inserted in text and multiline text through Insert field… in context menu and in attribute definition, in multiline text through the button.

“Field” dialog box

Fields vary in type. Field types are divided into categories. Available field types are shown in Field names list. Field category is filter for Field names list.
Often field shows the property of any text object. Available formats for text fields: Uppercase, Lowercase, First capital, Title case, and none if you don’t need to change text format in field.
Field can show the numeric value of the property. For example, polyline area: select Object field name from Objects category.

Then click button and select needed polyline. Select Area property format and presition.
Named object field from Objects category displays names of blocks, views, dimension styles, layers, text styles, linetype styles.

NOTE: ##### symbols show fields of deleted objects.

Some fields can be context-depended, their value depends on context location – bookmark sheet name, name of plotter for different sheets.
Contextual fields in blocks and external references are not updated when you insert them into a drawing, the field displays the last cached value. Therefore, if you want to use a contextual field in a block, you must insert the field as an attribute.

Fields Categories and Types

All objects are divided into field categories: Date & Time, Document, Plot, Other, Objects. All category shows fields of all categories.

Date & Time:

Document:

Plot:

Other:

Objects:

SheetSet Cathegory:

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