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Smart Tags
Smart tags display property information in a tooltip style window as you move your cursor over objects in the
Scene Area. You don’t need to select objects first. The smart tags disappear after a few seconds.
By default, smart tags show the name and type of the object, but you can use the Options Editor to define which
properties are shown. Each definition that you configure enables you to display an additional category/property
combination in smart tags. You can choose whether to hide caterory names in smart tags or not.
NOTE When you move your mouse over an object that doesn't have the requested property, Autodesk Navisworks
searches up the selection tree for a parent object that contains that information, and displays it instead, thus maximising
the useful information you get.
To toggle the display of smart tags
■ Click Smart Tags on the Workspace toolbar.
Menu: Tools ➤ Smart Tags
To add a smart tag definition
1 Click Tools ➤ Global Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, expand the SmartTags node, and click the Definitions
option.
3 On the Definitions page, click Grid View
to display smart tag definitions as table rows.
4 Click Add Element . A new row is added to the top of the table.
5 Click the Category column, and select the property category from the drop-down list, for example ‘Item.’
The options available depend on the property categories in your model.
6 Click the Property column, and select the property name from the drop-down list, for example, ‘Material’.
The options available depend on the selected property category.
7 Click OK.
NOTE You can add as many definitions to your smart tags as you like.
To delete a smart tag definition
1 Click Tools ➤ Global Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, expand the SmartTags node, and click the Definitions
option.
3 On the Definitions page, click Grid View
to display smart tag definitions as table rows.
4 Click the Category or Property for the definition that you want to delete.
5 Click Remove Element
.
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