Pick List Manager

Used to define Pick Lists. A Pick List is a set of values associated with an item type property definition. Pick lists can have text, numbers and integers as values. For example an item type for Doors can have a Pick List named Material associated with its property definition, Type. Material pick list can have different values like Glass, Wood, Steel. A pick list named Door Number, can have values 5, 12, 20 and so on and a pick list named Weight can have values like 25.5, 50.28, 36.6 and so on.

Note: Pick Lists are supported only in V8 DGN (*.dgn) and DGN Library (*.dgnlib) files.

You can access this dialog from the following:

You can access this dialog by selecting Utilities >Edit Pick List in the Item Types Dialog

Ribbon: Drawing > Attach > Item Types > Pick List

Ribbon: Modeling > Content > Item Types > Pick List

Pick Lists with text, number and integer values

In the Item Types dialog you will now see Number and Integer options along with other options in the Property Definition pane. When you select Type as Number in the Property Definition pane, pick lists with numbers as values will be displayed in the Pick List drop-down menu. When you select Integer, pick lists with integer values will be displayed in the Pick List drop-down. When Text is selected, all pick lists are displayed in the Pick List drop-down.

When 'Integer' is selected in Type, Pick List drop-down shows only pick lists with integer values

Pick Lists

Setting	Description
Add New	Allows you to add a new pick list.
Move up	Allows you to move a pick list up in the list box.
Move down	Allows you to move a pick list down in the list box.
Rename	Allows you to rename a pick list.
Delete	Allows you to remove an already created pick list.
Export Pick Lists	Allows you to export pick lists to excel files from the active DGN.
Import Pick Lists	Allows you to import pick lists from an excel (.xls and .xlsx) file into the active DGN.
Filter PickList	Allows you to search for a pick list by name.

Values

You can add values to a pick list here.

Setting	Description
Ascending order	Allows you to sort the values alphabetically from A to Z.
Descending order	Allows you to sort the values alphabetically from Z to A.
Delete	Allows you to remove an already created value.
Filter Values	Allows you to search for a value.

Setting	Description
Save	Allows you to save a newly created pick list to the file.
Cancel	Closes the Pick List Manger dialog. If there are any unsaved changes then it shows an alert asking you to choose to save the changes and then close the dialog or close without saving.

Note: To delete a value, select the value and press <Delete>.

Key-in:

 DIALOG

PICKLISTS <

 OPEN

 CLOSE

| TOGGLE >

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

CREATE PICKLIST

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

CREATE VALUE [ Pick List Value ]

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

DELETE PICKLIST

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

DELETE VALUE

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

EDIT PICKLIST [ Pick List Name ]

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

EDIT VALUE [ Pick List Value Name ]

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

EXPORT EXCEL [ path\filename.xlsx ]

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

IMPORT EXCEL [ path\filename.xlsx ]

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

MOVEDOWN

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

MOVEUP

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

SAVE

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

SELECT PICKLIST [ Pick List Name ]

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

SELECT VALUE [ Pick List Value Name ]

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

SORTVALUESATOZ

Key-in:

 PICKLISTS

SORTVALUESZTOA

Pick Lists from DGNLibrary files

To Create a Pick List

To Add a Pick List to an Item's Property Definition

To Export a Pick List

To Import a Pick List

Parent topic: Item Types