Using Advanced Naming

There are three types of object names.

• Default names — these are generated automatically.

• Fixed names — these are defined in the Properties for objects and set as fixed. See Editing the Properties of Objects for more information.

• Generated names — these are based on the naming compositions set up in the advanced naming functionality in Capital Project Manager. Each name composition has a condition that determines the objects for which can be used to generated names. When a name is being generated, each name composition is tested against the named object in the order the compositions are defined. The first name composition to match the object is used to generate a name.

Different types of condition entries are used to test the named object. Property and attribute value conditions can be used to match their value to a fixed string. For example, the condition "color"="Blue" matches all objects with the property set to "Blue".

It may be the case that some objects will not be renamed when you apply advanced naming to them because they do not match any conditions for the naming compositions.

Design properties can also be included in naming compositions so the values that you have specified for design properties influence the names that are generated. See Saving the Designs in a Project for more information about specifying design properties.

Note

Device connectors whose names are constrained by a footprint or library part cannot be renamed using advanced naming.

If you want to use the advanced naming conventions, you can use the Generate Advanced Names dialog to generate them for specific selected objects.

Procedure

1. Select the objects for which you want to generate names, right-click on one of them and select the Generate Selected Names option from the pop-up menu. Alternatively, select the objects, press Space Bar and enter Generate Selected Names.

2. The Generate Names facility appears. The objects already have names and you must select which types of names you want to replace with newly generated names. Check the box next to each type of name that you want to replace (Default Names, Generated Names and Fixed Names).

3. Specify the following:Reset Object Indices — Check this box if you want to replace the indices for the counters on the objects. New indices start at the next number after the counters last value. For example: If you replace the indices for three objects with the indices 1, 2 and 3, the new indices will be 4, 5 and 6. If you replace the indices again, they become 7, 8 and 9.

Reset Counters — Check this box if you want to reset the indices for the counters on the objects to begin counting from 1. For example: If you reset a counter for three objects that currently have the indices 7, 8 and 9, the indices become 1, 2 and 3.

4. Click OK to generate new names for the selected objects.

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Property Objects Dialog Box and Field References

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