In this example, you will use property categories to create a report on different area calculations for the selected object groups.

1. To open Organizer, click Manage on the ribbon and then click Organizer.
2. Create a property category.

   Add all model objects to the property category, and create subcategories for the different area calculations you need. You can use object or assembly type of categories according to your needs. To use assemblies, select the Include the highest assembly level in the model option in the category properties.

   

3. Create a property to report the calculated areas.

   Open the Settings dialog in Organizer,

   

   and create the property using the following settings:

   • Name: Area_calculated
   • Property: Area_calculated
   • Unit type: Area
   • Data type: Number with decimals
   • Property type: UDA

   

4. Add the property to the property template you are using to show it as a column in Object Browser, and click Modify.

   

5. Create separate formulas for the categories.

   

   

   

6. Add the property and the formulas you created to the Area definition categories to write the UDA values to the model objects.
   1. Add the Area_calculated property in the category properties of the root-level Area definition category.

      

      Search for the property in Object properties, select it, and click Modify.

      

   2. Add a value to the property in the category properties of each lowest-level subcategory.

      

      • Type: Formula
      • Value: Select a formula you previously created.

      

      

      

7. Synchronize Organizer to calculate the new UDA values and write them to the model objects.

   

8. View the report in Object Browser.

   The Area_calculated column in Object Browser shows the areas of the objects according to the categories they belong to.