Model Properties

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Element properties can be viewed in the Properties module. By selecting a model element or a group of elements in the Viewer, the user can review property values, select elements based on specific property values, and perform actions such as Delete, Edit, Add New Properties, or Copy Values. Properties can also be grouped by criteria such as Property Set Name, Owner, Property Type, and more.

For models published from BEXEL Manager version 25.0 or later, units are displayed alongside property values.

1. After selecting a model element in the viewer, its properties can be viewed in the Properties module

2. By right-clicking a specific property, additional options appear in a context menu

3. Selecting Add Element Properties option opens the New Property window for defining the Name of the property, the Property Set it belongs to, Type of the property and the Value of the property

4. Selecting the Create New option will close the context menu, and the new property will be added to the Properties module

Note

Properties added in BEXEL CDE are displayed in blue for easy identification

5. Selecting Edit Property Values opens the Edit Property Value window.
The appearance of this window may vary depending on the property type—such as Text, Number, Date, Boolean, etc.

6. Selecting Delete Element Properties opens a confirmation dialog, notifying the user that this action will permanently delete the selected properties.
By choosing Yes, the property is permanently removed from the selected element

Note

The following property types can be defined: Angle, Area, Boolean, Color, Date and Time, Length, Mass, Numeric, Text, Time Span, and Volume.

7. To select all model elements that share a specific value for the selected property, the user can choose the Select By Property Value option

8. Note: The number of selected model elements (highlighted in yellow) in the Viewer is automatically updated

9. Selecting the View Property Values option opens a new window displaying all values of the selected property, along with the number of elements in which each value is defined. Results can be filtered based on all project elements, selected elements, or visible elements

10. Items from the list are selectable. The user can also choose how to apply the selection using the following options: New Selection, Add to Selection, Intersect with Selection, Subtract from Selection

11. Properties and their values can also be copied to the clipboard using the Copy to Clipboard and Copy Value to Clipboard options

Example: Text copied using the Copy options

Copy to Clipboard: Cost Level 5 B2010 Exterior Walls
Copy Value to Clipboard: B2010 Exterior Walls

12. Use the Collapse All and Expand All buttons to collapse or expand properties by their property sets

13. The + button opens the New Property dialog, where the user can create a new property

14. The user can filter property sets by clicking the Filter button

15. In the Column Chooser, the user can select which property information will be displayed in the Properties module

16. Each column can be individually filtered by selecting the Filter option