Property Editor - Properties Grid Index

The property grid is where you enter or select property values for the currently selected document or documents. Any changes are written to the iProperties in the selected documents when you click Apply or OK in the iPropWiz Property Editor. The grid enables efficient movement between property rows, and can contain different value editors including lists and expressions depending on the data type of the property.

The property grid columns are outlined in the following table. Glyphs indicated the columns that can be hidden and sorted .

Click the column header to sort the grid based on the values in the column. Click the column header a second time to reverse the sort order.

See the Property Editor Options page for more information on column visibility.

Property order

Reflects the order the properties are listed by default. This is defined in the iPropWiz Configuration Editor.

Data type

The data type of the Autodesk Inventor iProperty. The icon indicates the data type of the property.

Note: (New: Oct 2023 - V7.23+) The following table adds information on the editability of property types in model state documents.

Icon	Data Type	Note	Model State Behavior
	Text	-	Editable. See note on expressions below.
	Number	-	Editable.
	Date	-	All model states share date value
	Yes/No	Set value by selecting from a Yes/No list.	Editable.
	Design Status	Set value by selecting from a Design Status list.	All model states share design status

Note: (New: Oct 2023 - V7.23+) Autodesk Inventor prevents the property expression for a text property from varying between model states. You can still apply a property expression to a property in the iPropWiz configuration editor, but editing expressions in the property grid is disabled when document selection is set to a model state mode.

Custom property

Custom properties are identified with a glyph.

Drives other properties

This column displays a glyph indicating the property's participation in one or more property expressions. Move the cursor over the icon to display a list of all properties that are driven by this property's value.

Driven by expression

This column contains a glyph when the property is driven by a property expression. Move the cursor over the glyph to see the property expression. See the Property Grid - Property expressions page for information on controlling a text property with a property expression.

	Property is driven by a fixed property expression.
	Property is driven by a user defined expression.
	Property is driven by an expression selected from a list.

Property name

The assigned name for the property.

Note: Standard Autodesk Inventor properties can be renamed when included in an iPropWiz configuration. To see the actual Autodesk Inventor iProperty name, hover the mouse cursor over the Property cell.

Required

Properties that require a value are indicated with a glyph in this column. An error indicator is also shown in the Value cell if no value has been assigned. Hover over the error indicator to view more information on the error.

Property value

You set the property value here.

See the Property Grid - Navigation page for information on navigating in the grid.

See the Property Grid - Value editing page for information on editing methods available in the grid. This includes general editing information when either a single or multiple documents are selected.

See the Property Grid - Text values page for information on assigning values to text type properties.

See the Property Grid - Property lists page for information on selecting a value from a list.

See the Property Grid - Property expressions page for information on controlling a text property with a property expression.

See the Property Grid - Date values page for information on assigning values to date type properties.

See the Property Grid - Numeric values page for information on assigning values to number type properties.

Edit property expression

When available, this cell show an edit glyph . Click the glyph to open the Expression Editor. See the Property Grid - Property expressions page for information on controlling a text property with a property expression.

Tip: You can change the width of the Property and Value columns by clicking and dragging the divider between the Property and Required column headers.