.. _project/properties/numbering_prop

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Auto numbering properties
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For managing projects during manufacturing, erection, commissioning and maintenance phase; a 
codification criteria has to be defined in the engineering phase, otherwise, the work is uneficient 
and the project a caos. 

QElectroTech allows defining auto numbering patterns in the project properties for the codification of `elements`_, `conductors`_ and 
`folios`_. 

Every time that a new folio is added to the `project`_ or an `element`_ or `conductor`_ is drawn in the `workspace`_; the `folio`_, `element`_ or `conductor`_ is codificated according to the selected patter in `auto numbering selection panel`_.

.. figure:: ../../images/qet_element_prop_auto_numbering.png
   :align: center

   Figure: Project management properties window

Display auto numbering properties from menu bar
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   1. Select **Project > Project properties** menu item to display the project properties PopUp window.
   2. Go to **Auto Numbering** project properties section.
   3. Go to **Conductor**, **Element** or **Folio** tab to display the desired auto numbering patterns.

Display auto numbering properties from panel
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The project auto numbering properties can be displayed from `auto numbering selection panel`_.

   1. Press |configure| **Configure** button from `auto numbering selection panel`_ to display **Auto Numbering** project properties section at a PopUp window.
   2. Go to **Conductor**, **Element** or **Folio** tab to display the desired auto numbering patterns.

.. note::

   If the `auto numbering selection panel`_ is not displayed, it can be displayed from **Settings > Display > Selection properties**.

.. seealso::

   For more information about auto numbering pattern definition refer to:

      * Folio numbering section
      * `Conductor numbering section`_
      * `Element numbering section`_

.. |configure| image:: ../../images/ico/16x16/configure.png

.. _element: ../../element/index.html
.. _elements: ../../element/index.html
.. _conductor: ../../conductor/index.html
.. _conductors: ../../conductor/index.html
.. _folio: ../../folio/index.html
.. _folios: ../../folio/index.html
.. _project: ../../project/index.html
.. _workspace: ../../interface/workspace.html
.. _auto numbering selection panel: ../../interface/panels/autonumbering_panel.html
.. _Conductor numbering section: ../../conductor/properties/conductor_numbering.html
.. _Element numbering section: ../../element/properties/element_numbering.html