Auto Create Additional Component

Configure this constraint to automatically create additional components with the specified part number on components matching a query.

Usage

Copy

Create Additional component with part number Part Number and quantity  1.0 at Connector matching <any>

Arguments

Click the colored arguments to configure the constraint. Red hyperlink arguments are mandatory, and green arguments are optional.

See “Auto Create Component Constraints Overview” for argument configuration information common to all Auto Create Constraints.

Argument	Description
CopyPart Number	Use to configure various ways to specify the part number for the component you want to auto create. Click the argument to display a popup menu: Edit or New — Opens the Text Expression Dialog Box, to create or edit a query expression to drive the selection of the part number. In the Text Expression dialog box, click the Advanced Editor button (), to open the Edit Query Expressions Dialog Box and create or edit advanced queries. Part Selection — Opens the Part Selection Dialog Box, to set a specific part number to use. A predefined query from the list. See “Query Expression Context” to filter items in the list.
Copy1.0	Specify the quantity of Additional components you want to auto create at each component. Default is 1.0. If the quantity specified is not suitable for the type of component being created (for example, 1.4 clips) then the quantity is automatically adjusted.
Copyat Connector	Select to specify the type of component where the Additional components will be created. Clip Connector Device Grommet Multi Location Component Other Component Ring Terminal Splice
Copy<any>	Use to specify a query expression condition to drive the selection of the components where the additional components are to be created. Click the text to open a popup menu: Edit or New — Opens the Condition Dialog Box, to create or edit a query expression. In the Condition dialog box, click the Advanced Editor button (), to open the Edit Query Expressions dialog box and create or edit advanced queries. See also “Query Expressions”. {any} — Click to apply to all matching objects. Select a predefined query from the list. See “Query Expression Context” to filter items in the list.

Examples

This constraint example places a label with part number “Label-01” on all connectors in the design.

Figure 32: Constraint Example

Parent Topic:

Auto Create Components

Related Topics

• Condition Dialog Box [Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide]

• Advanced Editor [Capital Project Manager User Guide]

• Part Selection Dialog Box

• Object Type Information (OTI) [Capital Project Manager User Guide]

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