Editing the Attributes and Properties of Objects

Editing an Object Attributes and Graphical Display

You can edit the attributes of an object. An attribute is a quality or characteristic of an object within Capital. Object attributes are built-in to Capital and particular tool behavior is inferred by their presence and value.

Attributes are listed in the Attributes table on the General tab of the Edit Properties Dialog Box for an object. They must not be confused with properties on an object.

A property is a user-defined name/value pair assigned to an object (for example, Connector Plating Material = Tin on a wire). No use is made of the properties within Capital other than the ability to display and report them.

The attributes that display in the Attributes table for an object vary depending on the type of object.

If an attribute is editable for the object, its name and value display in black in the Name and Value column, otherwise they are grayed out. If you enter an invalid value, it changes to red.

The Show All Attributes option is selected by default. Unselect this option to display only the editable attributes on this tab.

Procedure

Right-click the 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; the Edit Properties Dialog Box displays.
On the General tab, edit the attributes in the Attributes table as required.Note If you have created harness names in Capital Project Manager, you can click the ellipsis (...) button by the Harness attribute value to select one. In Capital Logic Designer, you can specify the Harness attribute for an object either on the General tab of the Edit Properties dialog box or using the Edit Harness Attribute dialog box.

Note Editing Multiple Objects Simultaneously. If you have selected multiple objects of different object types, all of the attributes for all of the selected objects display, but you can edit only those attributes that apply to all of the selected objects. If there are multiple values for an editable attribute, Multiple Values is displayed in the Value field with a drop-down list of the different values. You can select one of these values to apply it to all selected objects or you can leave the field as Multiple Values so that the objects retain their different values. If a library part is assigned to any of the selected objects, the attributes cannot be edited.

If you want an attribute value to be displayed with the object in the diagram, select the Visible box for that attribute and click the Edit 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.
When you have edited the attributes, you must click the OK button to exit the Edit Properties dialog box and to commit your changes.

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Editing the Attributes and Properties of Objects