What is the difference between "Selected Item(s)" and other categories in the property panel? #8578
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What is the difference between the two category fields listed when selecting some elements? Some objects do not give me this "Physical Object" category. I know that the "Selected Item(s)" category is the |
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The content of an element consists not of just direct element properties (defined on its ECClass), but also related instances - aspects, other elements, aspects of other elements, etc. Direct element properties always all into the "default" category, which we label "Selected element(s)". For related ones, there are two options, described here. In short, when defining a "related properties rule", you specify if they should be displayed as if they belonged to the same instance (e.g. aspects) or to a related instance (e.g. properties of the related physical type). In case of the former, the related properties are nested inside the default "Selected Item(s)" category. In case of the latter, properties are placed into a separate root category. On top of that, properties can have their own categories. In that case, a separate category is created for them and nested under one of the root categories. HTH |
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If I'm using the default presentation rules, does this mean my element has a related element that is a physical object? |
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Looks like it |
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The content of an element consists not of just direct element properties (defined on its ECClass), but also related instances - aspects, other elements, aspects of other elements, etc.
Direct element properties always all into the "default" category, which we label "Selected element(s)". For related ones, there are two options, described here. In short, when defining a "related properties rule", you specify if they should be displayed as if they belonged to the same instance (e.g. aspects) or to a related instance (e.g. properties of the related physical type). In case of the former, the related properties are nested inside the default "Selected Item(s)" category. In case of the latter, p…