Use this tab to define the properties of the highlighted routing path or the highlighted routing point.

Overview of the main dialog elements:

Displayed DT:

The displayed DT is displayed in the graphical editor on the component. If you have defined in the project settings that devices are to be automatically numbered when symbols are inserted, then a DT is automatically suggested here. You can accept this DT or overwrite it manually.

In addition you can use the popup menu or the [...] button to create or select a DT.

Full DT:

This field displays the full DT (i.e. structure identifier of the current environment + displayed DT) of the component / item. Use the [...] button to open the Full DT dialog. You can edit the structure identifiers there and select, e.g., another mounting location.

Technical characteristics:

Here you enter the technical characteristics for the function / device.

Function text:

Here you enter the function text for the function / device.

Aside from the manually entered function text, there are other (automatically determined) function texts that you will find in the table of properties:

• Function text (automatic): Displays the content of the manually entered function text or, if it is empty, the path function text. If you edit this function text in the Properties (global) processing mode, the content is returned to the function where the function text was entered originally. When this property is displayed on a project page, the line breaks are removed.
• Function text (common): Displays the function text (automatic) of the function or, if it is empty, the function text (automatic) of the associated main function.

Routing length:

Enter here the length of the routing path or routing point. If no value is entered, the length will be calculated automatically from the page scale and the graphical length of the routing path.

Function definition:

This field displays the currently selected function definition; click [...] to select, if necessary, another function definition from the Function definitions dialog.

For routing points you specify through the function definition whether it is a simple routing point or a structure routing point.

This field is synchronized with the Definition field in the Symbol / function data tab.

Main function:

Since general functions are cross-reference-capable, they can display both main and auxiliary functions: Activate / deactivate this check box to modify the setting.

If the check box is checked, the function is a main function and can contain parts information.

If the check box is not checked, then the function is an auxiliary function. The Parts tab is hidden in this case, since auxiliary functions contain no parts information.

When using an existing DT that already contains a main function, when using an existing already placed main function, as well as when placing an already placed main function, this property will be deactivated automatically on the target function.

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Properties group box

See also

Dialog Full DT

Defining and Formatting Device Tags