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To define database fields when creating a symbol definition

1 Select the entities from which you want to create a symbol.

2 In the Content Librarian, click the Symbol page tab, then click the Symbol

Create button at the bottom of the page. The Create Symbol Definition dialog box appears.

3 Enter a symbol name in the Name text box.

4 Select a method for entering the basepoint from the Basepoint drop-down list box.

5 (optional) Check the Save In Library check box to store the symbol in a library.

6 (optional) To change the library in which the symbol is stored, click

Browse. The Open Symbol Library dialog box appears. Click an existing library name or create a new one by clicking the Create New Folder button and entering a library name, then click Open.

7 Click Next.

8 (optional) Enter a type and description for the symbol in the corresponding text boxes.

9 (optional) Enter a hyperlink in the corresponding text box. For more information on hyperlinks, see the chapter titled “Using Web Tools,” which begins on page 351 .

10 Click Fields. The Symbol Fields dialog box appears. If no fields are available for the current drawing, the button is grayed. For information about creating fields and adding them to a drawing, see “Creating Fields” on page

334 .

11 Click a field name and enter its value. If more than one field is available, you can enter values for any or all of them.

12 Click OK.

13 Click Finish.

Managing Symbols in the Content Explorer

The Content Explorer allows you to perform a wide variety of symbol-related functions. It’s a tool for managing symbol definitions and the symbol libraries in which they are stored, much like Windows Explorer is a tool for managing files and folders. Finally, it’s one of the means for setting a current

library and a current symbol.

The current library is the collection of symbols that appears in the symbol page of the Content Librarian (if the Content Librarian is set to be visible).

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