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Edit Properties: Virtual

Harness Dialog Box

To access: From the Design Browser, select the virtual harness to edit, press Space Bar and enter Properties, or right‑click the selected entity and select Properties.

Used to edit the attributes and properties of a virtual harness.

Objects

Field Description
General tab
Name A unique label to identify the virtual harness, which defaults to H appended with an incrementing number. Enter a new name or click the ellipsis button (...) to select from a list of pre-specified virtual harness names maintained in the project’s Object Type Information in Capital Project Manager. 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 virtual harness on the topology 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 virtual harness. Select the Visible option to display the short description next to the virtual harness on the topology 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 virtual harness, click the New button, 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 it and click the Delete button, and then click OK to confirm the deletion. Optional.
Attributes Specify the values for virtual harness attributes in the Value column. Select the Visible option to display the attribute value next to the virtual harness on the topology diagram. Click to display the Edit Graphical Attributes Dialog Box to specify how the value is displayed on the diagram. Mandatory.
Graphical tab Specify how you want the virtual harness graphic to appear on the topology diagram.
Primary Color Specify the color of the lines of the virtual harness. 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 where you 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 virtual harness. 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.
Rules tab
Show Inherited Specifies what is displayed in the Object Rule Rule Contents window. Select to display all constraints that apply to the virtual harness, including constraints that have been set for the whole diagram and constraints included in rules that have been added to the virtual harness. Note that you cannot edit the constraints when this option is selected. Clear to display only the rules added to the virtual harness and constraints that have been set specifically for the virtual harness. Mandatory.
Object Rule Rule Contents Window Displays the Constraints (Capital Wiring Integrator) that apply to the virtual harness. Optional. If Show Inherited is selected, you cannot edit any of the constraints. If Show Inherited is cleared, you can edit the individual constraints added to the virtual harness but not the rules. A rule is indicated by and you can click the description to display the constraints in that rule (Read‑Only mode). A constraint is indicated by . Red text indicates a value that must be edited or is invalid. Green text indicates editable text.
Add Rule Ref Displays the Rule Selection dialog box to select a rule to apply to the virtual harness. The selected rule is added to the Object Rule Rule Contents window. Optional.
Add Constraint Displays the Constraint Selection dialog box to select a constraint to add to the virtual harness. The selected constraint is added to the Object Rule Rule Contents window to edit it. Optional.

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Capital Wiring Integrator Dialog Box and Field Reference

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