Assigning or Editing an

Object's Options

This topic describes how to assign / edit an object's options.

Procedure

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

2. In the Configuration section, enter the option expression in the Option field. You can either enter the expression manually or click the ellipsis button (...) to display the Edit Option Expression Dialog Box.After a device has been placed using variant-based placement, the General tab of the Edit Properties facility for a device displays the Expression field under the heading Placement to distinguish the option expression from regular option tagging. Note The options that are available for assignment to the object in the Edit Option Expression dialog box are initially created for the object's project and then assigned to the object's design using the Applicable Options facility in the Capital Project Manager application. See the Capital Project Manager help system for more information on creating and assigning options and evaluated designs.

If no options have been assigned specifically to the design, the system displays all of the options that have been created for the project.

If you attempt to enter an invalid option expression in the Expression box, the text is displayed in red and the OK button is unavailable.

If you attempt to enter an invalid expression in the Edit Option Expression dialog box, an error message is displayed.

3. Check the Visible box if you want the option expression to be displayed next to the object on the diagram. You can set the attributes for the text that is displayed by clicking the Edit Attributes button and specifying the following: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.

Click the OK button to exit the Edit Attributes dialog box.

4. Click the OK button to exit the Edit Properties facility.

Parent Topic:

Editing an Object's General Properties

Capital Systems Modeler User Guide, 2512.2606

Unpublished work. © 2026 Siemens