Edit Properties Dialog

Box

To access: Right-click on an object in the Project Browser Window, Logical Designs Browser (Function Tab), Design Browser (Design Tab), Configuration Setting Browser Window (Configuration Tab) or Diagram Window and choose Properties.

Use this dialog box to edit the attributes and properties of design and diagram objects.

Description

The dialog box consists of various tabs that display depending on what object you have selected:

Objects

Field	Description
General Tab	Use this tab to specify the values of system-defined attributes for the selected object.
Name	A label for the object (within this design). Type a name or click the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the field to select from a list of pre-specified object names maintained in the project’s Object Type Information in Capital Project Manager. Select the Visible box if you want the specified name to be displayed with the object in the diagram. Click the Edit Attributes () button to display the Edit Name Text Attributes Dialog Box where you can specify graphical attributes for the display of the name on the diagram. See Specifying the Name of an Object in a Design or Diagram.
Short Description	Automatically displays the short description associated with the selected name for the object if it is already defined in the object type information. If no predefined information exists then it allows you to enter and edit the Short Description. This attribute is available for use in styling and for search queries. Optional. Select the Visible box if you want the specified short description to be displayed with the object in the diagram. Click the Edit Attributes () button to display the Edit Name Text Attributes Dialog Box where you can specify graphical attributes for the display of the short description on the diagram. See Displaying an Object's Short Description Attribute in a Diagram.
Slot Type	Displayed only for a slot. Specifies the type of slot: Equipment - this indicates that the slot contains normal devices (that is, not ground devices or junction boxes). Ground - this indicates that the slot contains ground devices. Junction Box - this indicates that you can route signals through this slot. See Specifying a Slot Type.
Library Part	Displays the library part that you have assigned to the object. Click the Add (...) button to display the Part Selection Dialog Box where you can select a library part. The Update () button updates the details for the library part in the Edit Properties dialog box with any changes that you have made in the component library. The Remove () button removes the library part from the object. The View () button displays the details for the library part. The details display in a read-only version of the Part Selection Dialog Box. See Assigning a Library Part to an Object, Updating the Details of an Object's Library Part, Removing a Library Part from an Object or Viewing the Library Part Details for an Object.
Length	Displayed only when editing a bundle. Specifies the physical length of the bundle. This is initially determined by the length of the bundle in the diagram. The bundle length is used when calculating the cost of any synthesized wiring. Overriding the length can therefore change the result of routing logical signals because the system selects the cheapest route. To override the length, choose Override and change the value in the field. Select the Visible box if you want the physical length to be displayed with the bundle in the diagram. Click the Edit Attributes () button to display the Edit Name Text Attributes Dialog Box where you can specify graphical attributes for the display of the physical length on the diagram. See Specifying the Physical Length of a Bundle.
Configuration: Module	Displayed only for a wire, shield or multicore. Specifies the module code for the object. Click the ellipsis (...) to select a pre-defined module code. See Editing the Module Code for a Wire, Shield or Multicore.
Configuration: Option	Displays the option expression that you have assigned to the object. Not displayed for some objects, such as wires. Click the ellipsis (...) button to display the Edit Option Expression Dialog Box where you can specify an option expression. Select the Visible box if you want the specified option expression to be displayed with the object in the diagram. Click the Edit Attributes () button to display the Edit Name Text Attributes Dialog Box where you can specify graphical attributes for the display of the option expression on the diagram. See Assigning an Option Expression to an Object.
Configuration: Level	Displayed only when editing a wire. Specifies the harness levels that are assigned to this wire. Harness levels are assigned to wires to indicate that those wires exist in the derivative harness that the level represents. When wiring is synthesized, the system assigns wires to appropriate harness levels to support the defined functional options. Click the ellipsis (...) button to display the Edit Levels Dialog Box where you select the harness levels. See Specifying the Harness Levels on which a Wire Exists.
Bundle: (Bundle Region Node Offsets)	Displayed only when editing a bundle region. Indicates the offset from the bundle start node and bundle end node to each of the bundle region nodes. Bundle Start - From - the offset from the bundle start node to the region start node. Bundle Start - To - the offset from the bundle start node to the region end node. Bundle End - From - the offset from the bundle end node to the region start node. Bundle End - To - the offset from the bundle end node to the region end node. See Editing the Offsets of a Bundle Region from the Bundle Ends.
Specification	Displayed only when editing a net or wire. Read-only for a logical source net, editable for a wire. Color - the color of the net or wire. Material - the material of the net or wire. Spec - the specification of the net or wire. CSA - the cross-sectional area of the net or wire. See Defining Specification Attributes for a Wire.
Part Number	Displayed only when editing a harness level. Specify a part number for the harness level. This part number is not used in Capital Component Manager. If you have combined harness levels, a part number cannot be specified for a child harness level. See Specifying a Part Number for a Harness Level.
Attributes Table	Lists the attributes that exist for the object. Select the Visible box if you want the attribute value to be displayed with the object in the diagram. Click the Edit Graphical Attributes () button to display the Edit Graphical Attributes Dialog Box where you can specify graphical attributes for the display of the attribute value on the diagram. See Editing an Object Attributes and Graphical Display.
Show All Attributes	If selected, all attributes for the object display whether you can edit them or not. If not selected, only attributes that you can edit display.

Field	Description
Properties tab	Use this tab to add and edit user-defined properties for the selected object.
Properties Table	Lists the user-defined properties that exist for the object. It contains the columns listed below. See Adding a Property to an Object and Deleting a Property from an Object.
Name	The name of the property. This is editable only when you first add the property to the object.
Value	The value of the property. This is the value that displays with the object in the design if you tick the Visible box
Type	The type of value that the property can have. The following options are available: String - a mixture of letters, numbers and special symbols. Integer - a whole number. Float - a decimal number.
Visible	Select the Visible box if you want the property value to be displayed with the object in the diagram.
Attributes	Click the Edit Attributes () button to display the Edit Graphical Attributes Dialog Box where you can specify graphical attributes for the display of the property value on the diagram.
New	Allows you to add a new property to the object. Displays the New Property dialog box where you specify the name of the property. When you click OK, the property is added to the Properties Table.
Delete	Deletes the property selected in the Properties Table and removes it from the object.

Field	Description
Graphical Tab	Use this tab to specify how the selected object displays graphically on the diagram. See Specifying How an Object is Displayed Graphically in a Diagram.
Primary Color	The color of the object as it displays in the diagram. 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 displays, where you can select a color.
Thickness	Specify the thickness of the lines of the graphical shape. Mandatory. To use the default thickness, select Default from the drop-down list. To use a different thickness, choose Override from the first drop-down list and select the type of thickness from the final drop-down list: 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 drop-down list. Physical (unit of measurement) The physical unit of measurement that you have specified as the Unit in the style set applied to the diagram. The line thickness displays 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 drop-down 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	The style of the lines of the object in the design. Select the line style from the drop-down list box.
Secondary Color	A secondary color, (for highways and conductors in Capital Logic Designer/Capital E/E Publisher, and bundles in Capital Systems Integrator only) is the color of the gap in a broken line style as it displays in the diagram. This setting is unavailable until a broken line style is selected.
Fill Pattern Selection	Display of this option depends on the object type. Specifies whether a fill pattern is used in a polygon or closed object. To select a fill pattern, click the Change field; the Fill Pattern Selection dialog box displays where you select the fill pattern. You also specify the foreground color and background color that you want to use for the fill pattern. As well as color names, the lists contain the following options: 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 displays, where you can select a color.

Field	Description
Rules tab	Use this tab to edit the rules and constraints that apply to the object whose properties you are editing. See Rules Tab in Properties Dialog Box in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide for full descriptions of the fields. See Rules and Constraints for an overview of the concepts.

Field	Description
Routes tab	Use this tab to specify the route code for a connector. If there are multiple harnesses entering the connector, you can specify a different route code for the connector on each harness. Also use this to specify whether bundles entering the connector are poke home bundles. See Including a Slot with a Harness and Specifying a Route Code for a Connector.
Harness	The name of the harness entering the connector. Read-only.
Connector	The name of the connector. Read-only.
Bundle	The name of the harness bundle entering the connector. Read-only.
Route Code	The route code is not used in Capital Systems Integrator but is used in Capital Harness Designer, for example, to distinguish between slot connectors when there is more than one slot connector combined with a slot. If you have not defined route codes for the library part or have not assigned a library part, you can manually specify a route code for the connector when on the harness specified in this row. Optional. If route codes have been defined for the library part used for the connector, this field is not editable and displays the appropriate code from the library part. Read-only.
Poke Home	Whether the bundle specified in this row is a poke home bundle (selected) or not (unselected). Mandatory.

Field	Description
Variance tab	Use this tab to view option-specific values that you have set for the net’s attributes. You set these values on the net in Capital Logic Designer. See Specifying Option-Specific Values for Net Attributes and Properties in the Capital Logic Designer User Guide. The Variance tab does not display for an object if there are no options defined in a project or if you have not set the project preference for Mandate Applicable Options and the design does not have any applicable options. The attributes that can have option-specific values are: WireColor WireCSA WireMaterial WireSpecification
Attribute	The attribute for which you have specified option-specific values.
Options	The options for which you have specified the value in the Value column.
Value	The value that you have specified for the options in the Options column.
Type	The type of value that the property can have. The following types are available: String - a mixture of letters, numbers and special symbols. Integer - a whole number. Float - a decimal number.

Field	Description
Variant tab	Visible only when one bundle is selected. Not visible when multiple bundles are selected. Use this tab to specify different physical lengths for the selected bundle when different option expressions or functional variant module codes are applied to it. See Specifying Variant Physical Lengths for a Bundle.
Variant Bundle Length Table	This table lists the different physical lengths of the selected bundle when different option expressions or functional variant module codes are applied to it. An additional blank row is added when all existing rows contain an option expression or module code.
Delete variant length	Deletes the variant bundle length row from the table.
Variant Expression	Specifies the option expression or functional variant module code that you must apply to the bundle in order for the specified Variant Length to be used. Either type the option expression/module code manually or click the ellipsis (...) at the right end of the field to display the Variant Expression Editor Dialog Box where you can create the option expression or select a module code. Different rows cannot contain identical option expressions or module codes.
Variant Length	Specifies a variant physical length that is only used when the specified Variant Expression is applied to the bundle. Different rows cannot contain identical lengths.

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