Corel DESIGNER Help | Add, edit, and manage object data

Add, edit, and manage object data

To add or edit data for multiple objects

Corel DESIGNER offers a number of templates that you can use to create your project database. For example, the ActiveCGM and WebCGM templates provide common ActiveCGM, WebCGM, and WebCGM S1000D fields, while the InteractiveSVG template provides fields for creating interactive effects. For more information, see Apply CGM data to objects and Apply InteractiveSVG data to objects. You can also create custom data fields if required. For more information, see Add, edit, and manage data fields.

After choosing a template and creating the data fields you need, you can start assigning data to the objects in your drawing. The data fields that you apply to objects are stored in the project database.

You can use one object’s data entries to update another object’s data entries. This function does not replace an object’s data entries; rather, it appends fields and data where appropriate.

To choose a database template

• In the Object Data docker (Window

Object Data), choose one of the following templates from the list box:

• All

• ATA GREX

• ActiveCGM

• General

• InteractiveSVG

• S1000D issue 4.0

• S1000D issue 5.0

• WebCGM

You can also view all existing database entries by choosing All from the list box.

To add or edit data for an object

1 Select the object using the Pick tool

2 In the Object Data docker (Window

Object Data), enable the check box beside the data field that you want to assign.

The following icons indicate the field type:

• Text

• Number

• Action

• Event

3 Click twice in the Value column, type text for the field, and press Enter.

4 Double-click in the Constraint column for the field, and specify a constraint value in the Object data field editor dialog box.

5 Repeat steps 2 to 4 to add data to other fields.

You can also
Display or hide action and event fields	Click the Show/hide behaviors button .
Display or hide text and number fields	Click the Show/hide data button .
Display active fields only	Click the Show active fields only button .
Display or hide CGM hotspots	Click the Show/hide CGM hotspots button
Copy data from an object to the selected object	Click the Copy data from button , and click the object from which you want to copy data.
Clear all fields	Click the Clear all fields button .

To add or edit data for multiple objects

1 Select the objects using the Pick tool

2 In the Object Data docker (Window

Object Data), click the Open spreadsheet button

3 In the Object Data Manager window, click a cell, and type the appropriate data.

4 Press Enter to assign the entry to the cell, the fields, and the objects.