The Assign Tool
When the information of a column is the same for many line items, you can use the Assign feature to quickly fill in all the cells. The most common usage we see in support is needing to assign tags or alias values to several items in a worksheet or drawing at once.
The Assign tool is available in both Cap and Worksheet. Below are instructions for Cap Complete.
How to Use Assign in Cap Complete
1. On the Office ribbon, in the Tags section select Assign.
2. Check any of the user-defined tag fields and type in the information you would like to assign.
3. If you want the value to be visible in the drawing, under Visibility, click On beside the appropriate user-defined tag column. If the Visibility status is set to On, the user-defined tag value will be made into a displayed attribute within Cap Complete.
4. Under Attributes Display Properties, enter the custom text size and layer in which the user-defined tag values will be displayed. The layer that you wish to place the value on must already exist within the drawing to appear in the drop-down list. If no selections are made under Attributes Display Properties, the chosen user-defined tag values will assume the same characteristics as the item’s normal tag (layer, color, height, font, etc.).
5. Click to determine a specific area within a drawing where you would like assigned tags to apply.
This information will be visible through the Cap Info dialog box while in a drawing. When you do a worksheet take off, by turning on the equivalent column within the worksheet, you will see the information you assigned carry over to Worksheet.
Note: You can assign a user-defined tag to a Cap Standard. Assign in Cap Complete is used for individual parts within the standard.