How do you make a list of prop objects?

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Good day, is there any article or info about how a list of prop objects is planned in games?
It's just that in games you can often see that prop objects are repeated in different locations / rooms / caves ... It's
interesting at what stage they do it, how they determine which object will look good in all places in the game where it will stand and whether they even make a list of these props :)