The Part Properties are a collection of information assigned to a component in the model or drawing. The Part Properties are stored in the file and may be edited, cut, copied and pasted between components at any time.
You are enabled to access the Part Properties of the components through a variety of commands available in the context menus and in the program menu bar. The top level component Part Properties, however, are always available to you in the Edit Part Properties tab of File Properties.
The program retains the Part Properties when you reference a component in an assembly, or create a layout, in order to keep to a minimum the need to edit the Part Properties. For this reason, it is good practice to edit the Part Properties as soon as you create the relevant model or import a component in an assembly.
Other data that complete the Part Properties collection are the position and quantity of the components that you are enabled to edit with the Item Position Property and Quantity Property commands.
The Document Data are a collection of information relevant to the file, accessible through the Document Data tab of File Properties.
The standard configuration of the Part Properties data set includes information such as the part name, description, heat and surface treatments, measurement unit and type of item.
The standard configuration of the Document Data set includes editable information such as the document name, description and a comment field. Moreover, the program displays information about the file such as name, path and extension.
In 3D models, you are enabled to edit the Part Properties of assemblies and their components. Note that if you import a component in an assembly, the component retains its Part Properties.
In layouts, you are not required to edit the Part Properties of the components, since they are copied from the original model.
In drawings, you are enabled to edit the Part Properties of groups.
Document Data only apply to the current file, be it a 3D model or a drawing; you are enabled to edit only one set of data per document.
The Part Properties data are needed by the ballooning and part list commands. These commands do not operate correctly if the Part Properties data are not assigned to the components.
In 3D models, set the Inside thinkteam description option to enable searches in the model structure.
Depending on your customization, moreover, Part Properties and Document Data may be used by the program to fill automatically the Title Block fields.
Component position and quantity are used by both the balloons and the Part List.