Edit Properties: Highway

Dialog Box

To access: From the Design Browser or Diagram window, select the highway to edit:

• Press the space bar and enter Properties.

• Right-click and select Properties.

• Double-click the highway (in the Diagram window only).

Used to edit the attributes and properties of a highway.

Objects

Field	Description
General tab
Name	A unique label to identify the highway, which defaults to HW appended with an incrementing number. Enter a new name or click the ellipsis button (...) to select from a list of pre-specified highway names maintained in the project’s Object Type Information in Capital Project Manager. Select Fixed if you want the name to be fixed. The contents of this field are displayed in red if they are not unique within the current project. Select the Visible option to display the name next to the highway on the diagram. Click to display the Edit Name Text Attributes Dialog Box to specify how the name is displayed on the diagram. Mandatory.
Short Description	Enter a line of descriptive text to provide more information about the highway. Select the Visible option to display the short description next to the highway on the diagram. Click to display the Edit Name Text Attributes Dialog Box to specify how the short description is displayed on the diagram. Optional.
Properties	To add a property to the highway, click New, enter a Property Name in the New Property Dialog Box, and then click OK. The new property is added to the list. A property consists of the following fields: Name A unique identifier for the property. Read-only. Value The value assigned to the property. Optional. Type The data type of the value. Mandatory. If you enter a Value that is not supported by the selected Type, the Value is displayed in red text and the OK button is unavailable. The following types are available: String A mix of letters, numbers, or special characters. Integer A whole number. Float A number including a decimal (floating) point. To delete a property from the list, select the property, click Delete, and then click OK to confirm. Optional.
Graphical tab	Specify how you want the highway graphic to appear on the diagram.
Primary Color	Specify the color of the lines of the highway. Select the color from the dropdown list; it is previewed in the window to the right of the field. As well as color names, the list contains the following options: Default The default color used for the object by the system. Background The same color used for the background of the diagram. The color changes when the background color is toggled. Foreground If the diagram background is white, the object is black, and vice versa. Manual The Choose Object Color dialog box is displayed to select a color. Mandatory.
Thickness	Specify the thickness of the lines of the graphical shape. Mandatory. Click the dropdown list and choose Default or Override to use a different thickness, and then choose the type of thickness from the second dropdown list that is displayed: Logical These thicknesses do not have a physical unit of measurement. They provide a logical progression of thickness with a default of 1. A line with thickness 2 is displayed twice as thick as a line with thickness 1, and so on. When you zoom in or out of a diagram, the line thickness does not appear any different. You select the thickness from the middle dropdown list. Physical (unit of measurement) The physical unit of measurement that has been specified as the Unit in the style set applied to the diagram. The line thickness is displayed in relation to the grid size of a diagram. When you zoom in or out of a diagram, the line grows or shrinks to stay in scale with the grid. When you select a unit, the middle dropdown list changes to a free text field to specify the thickness. The value can be any floating-point number up to three decimal places. See Physical Line Thickness in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide for a definition and links to related task flows.
Line Style	Specify the style of the lines of the highway. Mandatory. Click the dropdown list and choose Default or Override to use a different style, and then choose the style from the second dropdown list that is displayed.
Secondary Color	If the line style is a broken line, this specifies the second color used in the lines of the highway. Select the color from the dropdown list; it is previewed in the window to the right of the field. As well as color names, the list contains the following options: Default The default color used for the object by the system. Background The same color used for the background of the diagram. The color changes when the background color is toggled. Foreground If the diagram background is white, the object is black, and vice versa. Manual The Choose Object Color dialog box is displayed to select a color. Mandatory.

Parent Topic:

Conductor Dialog Boxes

Related Topics

• Editing a Highway

Capital Logic Designer User Guide, 2512

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