EDIT LONG DESCRIPTION STYLE EDITOR

[Anonymous]

Hi ALL,

I am new to Plant 3D. I would like to ask if there is a way to move up or down any property name on the long description formula editor. Or insert new property above or below any existing name.

Thank you in advance.

LD EDITOR

[jw7018]

Not to my knowledge, but you can quickly remove the rows above to the point you wish to add desired input. Then add the desired rows back in, below the added row. 

[jabowabo · Accepted solution]

You can't do this in the GUI but the .lds files are really just .xml files. You can use a text editor or .xml editor to open the file and modify the order if you like.

Each entry looks like this - you can just reorder the 'LDItem' parts as you wish. NOTE: Make a backup in case you make a mistake 😉

 <LongDescriptionFormula>
 <Name>Flange</Name>
 <FormulaText>LDItem ('',"ShortDescription",'') || LDItem (' ',"Size",'ND') || LDItem (' ',"EndType",'') || LDItem (' ',"Facing",'') || LDItem (' ',"PressureClass",'LB') || LDItem (' ',"CompatibleStandard",'') || LDItem (' ',"MaterialCode",'') || LDItem (' SCH ',"Schedule",'')</FormulaText>
 </LongDescriptionFormula>

 EDIT: The default location of the .lds files is here: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D 2018\R22.0\enu\SpecEditor\LDStyles (modify path per your version)

[HomebrewskiBass]

Do you happen to know of any tutorials for using the Long Description Editor for Plant3D? Been making specs for a while now, but so far manually typing in information for each individual part.