Projects and Designs > Options and Option Relationships

Options Dialog

To access: Press Space Bar and enter Options with the project open.

Used to define option relationships within a project.

Objects

Options Browser

Located at the left of the dialog. Blank when no options exist. Displays a tree of options () and variant options () grouped within option folders (). When you edit options at project level, option combinations () are listed too. When you select an option folder, option combination or option in the tree, details for the selected item are displayed in fields on the right of the dialog. You can drag and drop items in the tree to: Change their order. Dragging an option or folder to a space between two other items moves it there. Dropping an option or folder over another folder adds it as the last child node of that folder. This order of option folders and options controls the order of options when they are listed in other dialogs in Capital applications.

Add an option to an option combination. In this case, the option is copied in the tree.

Filter

Located at the bottom of the Options Browser panel. Enter alpha/numeric text to dynamically filter the list of codes to display only the ones containing your search text. Codes in folders (and sub folders) are filtered. The filter matches the text anywhere in the code. For example, if you enter “2”, the filtering displays all codes containing “2”, such as “OPT21” “22222” or “OPT332”.

Delete selected objects

Keyboard shortcut: Delete Deletes the option folders, option combinations and options that are selected in the Options Browser.

Create a new option

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+O Creates a new option in the Options Browser. If a folder or option is selected in the tree, the new option is added below it. You cannot add an option below an option combination.

Create a new Option Folder

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+F Creates a new option folder in the Options Browser. If a folder or option is selected in the tree, the new folder is added below it. You cannot add a folder below an option combination.

Create a new Option Combination

Creates a new option combination node in the Options Browser. If a combination is selected in the tree, the new combination is added below it.

Sort Options / Sort Selected Folders

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+S Sorts the selected folders and their contents alphanumerically. The resulting order is presented in all dialogs where the options are displayed. You can sort all folders and options in the tree by selecting the root Options folder and clicking this button. The sorting action behaves as follows: Options and variant options are considered equivalent for the purpose of sorting.

Each selected folder (including the root Options folder) is sorted recursively, that is, sub-folders in selected folders are also sorted.

If no folder is selected, the sorting behaves as though the root Options folder is selected.

If only options or empty folders are selected, this button is unavailable.

Folders and options (or variant options) are sorted as two groups whereby folders always appear above options.

Clicking this when content is already sorted alphanumerically reverses the sort order.

When option descriptions are displayed, the sorting is based on those descriptions and not on the option names. Folders are still sorted by name.

Name

Specifies the identifier for the selected option folder, option combination or option in the Options Browser. Mandatory.

Description

Specifies a descriptive string for the option selected in the Options Browser. Optional, enabled only for an option.

Group

Specifies particular relationships between the options in the folder selected in the Options Browser. Optional, displayed only for an option folder. The following options are available: Mutually Exclusive Indicates that none of the options within this folder can be selected together in a vehicle.

Mandatory Indicates that at least one of the options within this folder must be selected in a vehicle.

Variant

Specifies whether the option selected in the Options Browser is a variant option (selected) or not (unselected). Mandatory, displayed only for an option.

Inclusive

Lists the options that are required with the option selected in the Options Browser. Optional. Click to display the Choose Options Dialog where you select the inclusive options. To remove an option from the Inclusive window, select it and click .

Exclusive

Lists the options that cannot be used with the option selected in the Options Browser. Optional. Click to display the Choose Options dialog where you select the exclusive options. To remove an option from the Exclusive window, select it and click .

Valid Selections

Lists the options in the option combination selected in the Options Browser; each option is a column in the table. A row represents a valid selection of the options. Click to add a row to the table. Click to delete a row from the table. Within a row select the options that you want to be included in that valid selection. The Name column specifies unique identifiers for the valid selections.

Parent Topic:

Options and Option Relationships