By a simple drag and drop we drop the icon ''.Drop-down menuto the desired location in the column ''.Properties''. Or ''Double click'' on the icon ''.Drop-down menu''.

The property will be filled in using a drop-down menu.

We will name the property in the field ''.Name of the property'', example ''DESIGNATION''.

A value can be filled in the field ''.Default value''.

 

To set the drop-down menu, click on the button    to the right of the drop-down menu. Once selected, the list appears in the menu.

The list is always calculated with respect to the text file. It is not saved in the XML mask.

By activating the '' boxActivate the edition of the drop-down menusYou can allow each user to choose an item from the list or to fill in text that is not in the drop-down menu.

If you want to modify the list, just select ''.Modify the menu...'', this opens the text file.

 

  If you create new drop-down menu files, you have to save them in UTF-8 encoding format in order to recover accents and special characters in the drop-down list.

Here is the result of the display in SOLIDWORKS.

 

  The text file is not modified when this property is set.