Specifying the Name Property

of an Object

You can specify the format and diagram display characteristics of an object's name.

Procedure

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

2. If required, type the new name of the object in the Name box. If valid names for the object type have been created in Capital Project Manager, you can select a name by clicking the ellipsis button (...) to display the Name Selection dialog.Note With the exception of ports, you can rename an object to have the same name of another object in the same diagram.  If you do this, the name is displayed in red and a warning is displayed when you click the OK button. If you are editing the properties of a signal, you can edit the name only if the signal is not associated with a functional source signal from the associated Capital Systems Modeler design. If a shared object has been frozen, you cannot change its name.

If you have assigned a library part to the object and usage definitions have been created for the library part in Capital Project Manager, the Name Selection dialog lists only the names that are used in the usage definitions by default. You can display all available names for the object type by unchecking the Filter on Usage box at the top of the dialog. See the Capital Project Manager help system for more information about usage definitions. If you are editing the general properties for a signal and it connects to a function that has a usage definition in Capital Project Manager, the Name Selection dialog lists only the names that have been added for the corresponding port in the usage definition. If a signal is connected to more than one device with a usage definition, the list of signal names displayed depends on the port types to which it is connected. The port types can be IN, OUT, IxO, IxO Terminated, NC, PWR and GND. These are defined in Capital Component Manager. See the Capital Component Manager help system for more information about defining port types. In Capital Symbol Designer, you can specify the port type U that means that no port type is specified.

3. Check the Visible box if you want the specified name to be displayed with the object in the diagram. The name is displayed once for each object. However, in the case of signals, you can display the name next to more than one segment of the signal. See Displaying a Signal Name For Multiple Segments of a Signal for more information. If name text has been added to segments previously and has not been deleted, checking the Visible box will display the name text for each instance of name text that has been added.

4. 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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