Adding a Property to an Object

If the object being edited has attributes, properties are listed on a Properties tab of the Edit Properties dialog. If the object does not have attributes, there is a Properties section on the General tab of the Edit Properties dialog.

Procedure

1. Right-click on the object and select Properties; the Edit Properties dialog is displayed.

2. Click either the Properties tab or General tab as appropriate. Under the Properties section, click New; the New Property dialog is displayed. In the Property Name box, either select a property name from the drop-down list or enter the name of a new property and click the OK button.Note The property names in the drop-down list are predefined for object types in a project in Capital Project Manager. See the Capital Project Manager help system for more information on creating them. When a project is defined in Capital Project Manager, the valid values for a the property can be specified. If you enter a property value that is not valid in Capital Systems Modeler or Capital Systems Integrator, a warning is generated.

3. The property is added to the properties box. In the property's row, click the following columns to change their values:Name - the name of the property. This box cannot be edited.

Value - the value of the property. This is the value that is displayed 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.

Editable (only in Capital Symbol Designer) - check the box if you want the Value and Type fields to be editable in other applications.

Visible - check the box if you want the specified Value to be displayed with the object on the design. If style set options have been defined for the property, those options are used to define the appearance of the value. Otherwise, the Attributes defined in this table define the appearance.

Attributes - click Edit to display the Edit Text Attributes facility where you can set the following attributes for the Value text that is displayed for this property on the diagram: Justification - where you want the text to be displayed in relation to the object.

Clip If selected, specifies that the text is clipped at the edge of its bounding box.

Shrink to fit If selected, specifies that the font of the text reduces as necessary so that the text fits in its bounding box.

Overflow If selected, specifies that the text ignores the edge of its bounding box and flows out of it.

Wrap text Specifies whether the text wraps onto multiple lines when it reaches the edge of the text bounding box (selected) or whether the text ignores the bounding box and continues on one line (unselected). When this is selected, if a word is too long to fit on a single line, it is wrapped by character. Mandatory.

Rotation - rotates the text to change the angle at which it is displayed. By default this is 0 which displays the text running left to right following the horizontal axis: . Enter a different value manually or select a value from the dropdown list, for example, 270 .

Auto flip - if selected, the text flips automatically so that it is never displayed upside down when it is rotated or flipped. If not selected, a flip or rotation can result in the text being displayed upside down.

Color - the color of the text. To change the default color, select Over-ride from the drop-down list on the left. This enables the box on the right that you can click to display the Choose Text Color facility.

Opacity - select one of the following from the drop-down list: Transparent - object lines are visible behind the text.

Opaque - object lines are not visible behind the text.

Font - select the font used for the text from the drop-down list.

Height - enter the height of the text in the box and select the unit of measurement from the drop-down list.

4. Click OK to apply the specified property values and exit the facility.

Parent Topic:

Editing an Object's General Properties

Capital Systems Modeler User Guide, 2512.2606

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