2011

To alter the properties of queried drawing objects
1 In
Map Explorer (page 2068), under Current Drawing, right-click Current
Query, and then click Define.
2 In the Define Query dialog box (page 1838), load or create a query.
3 Under Options, click Alter Properties.
4 In the Set Property Alterations dialog box (page 1863), select the property
to alter.
For example, to change the color of queried objects, select Color.
5 In the Expression area, specify how to alter the property.
■ To modify every queried object in the same way, select the new value
for the property.
For example, if you are altering the color of objects and you want to
change the color of all queried objects to red, click Values and select
Red.
■ To modify each object using a value that is stored in an associated
data source, select the data source, such as
Property (page 1265), Data
(page 1267), or SQL (page 1270), and specify the location of the data.
For example, if you store color values in an object data table, click
Data and select the table and column that contains the color values.
Use this method only if the data values stored in the data source
exactly specify the value to use. For example, to alter the color of
objects, the data source must specify a valid color value.
■ To modify each object based on other properties or on associated data,
select the data source and
define a range table (page 1272).
For example, if you store installation dates in an associated data source,
you can modify the color of objects based on their installation date.
To do this, first select the data source for the installation dates, then
define a range table that specifies which colors to use for each range
of installation dates.
■ You can
add text to queried objects (page 1278) or add a hatch pattern
to objects
(page 1283).
6 Click Add to add the property alteration to the Current Property
Alterations list.
7 When you finish defining the property alteration, click OK.
8 Make sure that Alter Properties is selected when you execute the query.
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