Most objects in Ecolego such as blocks, materials and index lists have some common properties.

• Name - The name identifying the object.
• Full name - A descriptive name of the object.
• Symbol - Used to pretty-print equations in the information window and report window. Can be automatically derived from the name.
• Unit - The unit given to the object. For a list of pre-defined units, see units.
• Description - A text describing the object.

• Editing properties