Editing

the Display-details of the Object's Short Description

You can edit how the short description for an object is displayed on the diagram.

Procedure

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

2. If the object has a name that has been specified as a valid name in Capital Project Manager and the valid name has a short description associated with it, the short description can be displayed with the instance of the object on the diagram. Check the Visible box next to the Short Description field if you want to display the short description.

3. Click theEdit Attributes button to display the Edit Name Text Attributes facility where you can set the following attributes for the name that is displayed 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 - the height of the text. You select the unit of measurement from the drop-down list.

Click the OK button to exit the Edit Name Text Attributes dialog.

Parent Topic:

Editing an Object's General Properties

Capital Systems Modeler User Guide, 2512.2606

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