Format a Door or Item

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You can customise doors/items (including drawing tools) after or before placement. The actual property sheets discussed here are almost identical, except that...

before placement, the title bar includes the word Tool and the the background colour of the properties sheet is blue;
after placement, the background colour of the property sheet is light grey.

It is recommended, that if you are editing a door's overall dimension, do this before placement. Otherwise it is a matter of personal choice.

The Keyboard Shortcut F12 can be used to customise the door and again to add to the list.

Format Before Placement

The Format Tool property sheet has a blue background and shows the properties of the door you are about to add to a drawing or to a list.

This is called a Drawing Tool which are just like a staging areas where items are prepared for addition to a drawing or list. When you select a door from a library, all the data for that door/item is placed into the Door Tool. Then, provided the Door Tool is active (command button depressed) when you click on the drawing (or list), the door described by the current Door Tool data is inserted at the point on the drawing where you have clicked (or in the list).

Select the door/item using any of the Door Filters and then...

click on the Door Tool command button (as shown);
or
use the right click menu

Format After Placement

The Format property sheet has a light grey background and shows the properties for a placed door/item.

Select the door/item on the List by...

double clicking on the door in the list;
or
right click for menu selection, as shown.

Add Extra Item

When you use the 'Add Extra Item' command, a line item is added with (no label).

Enter a descriptive name e.g. Freight

When you 'Format Item' the property sheet has a light grey background and you can enter pricing details, as shown.

When you close the property sheet, the Total Price will recalculate.