Equipment Manager - Create/Modify

The Create/Modify tab of the Equipment Manager allows you to either create a new equipment component or modify an existing one.

Accessed from:

Equipment and Cable Ribbon > Equipment Tool Group

When creating a new component, you have two different types of equipment options:

Parametric from template: You are prompted with a file selection dialog to select an existing equipment component file to use as a template. The equipment component files are saved as .xml files. From the template file, you can make any changes to the properties then perform a Save As to save the component under a new name.
Cell-based: Create an equipment component from an existing cell which contains the graphical elements for the component. You will be prompted to select the cell library and the specific cell to use. Once this has been defined, you can define properties for the component.

Setting	Description
Preview	This section displays a preview of the equipment component in either the Top, Front or Iso view. You cans select which view to use from the drop down list.
New	Click the icon and select which type of Equipment type to create from the following options: Parametric from template: Prompts you with the Open dialog. From here, you can navigate to the directory. Cell-Based: This option allows you to create an equipment component from an existing cell. When this option is selected, The Equipment Properties section provides options to select a existing cell to use for the component: Click the Browse icon to display the Cell Selection dialog, where you can select the cell library and specific cell to use for the component.
Open	Click to display an Open dialog, where you can select an existing equipment type template file to load. The equipment component types are saved as XML files. When you click the icon, the Open dialog displays allowing you to navigate to the file location and open it.
Save	Prompts you to save the new or modified equipment component as an XML file in the Save As dialog. When saving a component to the Components Center the following prompt is displayed: Click Yes to display the Save to Components Center dialog for additional options to define before the component is saved. When an equipment component is saved to the Components Center, the UDA values are saved to the ComponentsCenterUDA.xml file located in the following location: ...\Configuration\Workspaces\%WorkSpace%\Standards\BRCM\std_dataset\equipment
Add	Adds a new sub-level o the same type as selected under the main Object node. This option is not available when the main (Level 1) object node is selected. Note: This option is also available from the right-click menu.
Copy	Allows you to copy the selected object which can then be pasted either under the same object node it was copied from, adding another object of the same type, or pasted under a different node if needed. Note: This option is also available from the right-click menu.
Paste	Pastes the copied object under the selected node. This option is only available if an object was first copied. Note: This option is also available from the right-click menu.
Delete	Deletes the selected object. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion process. Note: This option is also available from the right-click menu.
OK	Saves the changes and closes the dialog.
Cancel	Closes the dialog without saving the changes.

Equipment Properties

The Equipment Properties section displays property values which can be defined. The properties which display are directly related to the type of Object which is selected. Some equipment components will only have the single Object/Level, while others will have multiple levels to define. Having more object levels provides a better capability to customize and reuse a component for a project.

Note: Additional levels can be added to any of the sub-levels, but not the main Object/Level 1 level.

Setting	Description
Object/Level 1	Level 1 will usually contain some basic component information such as shown below: To define/edit the value for a property, either enter a new value directly into the field, or select a value from the drop down list if one is available. To add a new property, click below the last property and click the Browse icon to open the Edit Equipment Attributes dialog. From there you can select a new property/attribute to add and define a default value for it.
Object/Level 2	Level 2 properties will usually define the dimensional parameters of the component: When defining dimension parameters for an equipment component, the distance values can be either entered directly into the field, or you can click the Browse icon and use the mouse to click a start and end point on the component to define the parameters (such as Width, Height and Depth). To add a new property, click below the last property and click the Browse icon to open the Edit Equipment Attributes dialog. From there you can select a new property/attribute to add and define a default value for it.
Object/Level 3	Level 3 properties will usually define an attribute specific to the component: To add a new property, click below the last property and click the Browse icon to open the Edit Equipment Attributes dialog. From there you can select a new property/attribute to add and define a default value for it.

Setting

Description

Object/Level 1

Level 1 will usually contain some basic component information such as shown below:

To define/edit the value for a property, either enter a new value directly into the field, or select a value from the drop down list if one is available.

To add a new property, click below the last property and click the Browse icon to open the Edit Equipment Attributes dialog. From there you can select a new property/attribute to add and define a default value for it.

Object/Level 2

Level 2 properties will usually define the dimensional parameters of the component:

When defining dimension parameters for an equipment component, the distance values can be either entered directly into the field, or you can click the Browse icon and use the mouse to click a start and end point on the component to define the parameters (such as Width, Height and Depth).

Object/Level 3

Level 3 properties will usually define an attribute specific to the component:

How To Create New Equipment

Define Equipment ID with Macros

Save to Components Center Dialog

Create an Equipment Component and Save to Components Center

Parent topic: Equipment Manager