OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

Snaps Tooltips File

External settings file used to control the display of tooltips for object snaps.

The file is located in the ProStructures installation folder at …\Prg\tooltips.ini.

Note: ProStructures must be restarted for any changes to the tooltips.ini file to take effect.

Form Syntax

The contents of the tooltip are controlled with the first line of in the [Display] section, beginning with Form=.

  • Plain text can be inserted and will be displayed.
  • All content must be entered on a single line in the INI file. Use \n to insert a linebreak in the tooltip display.
  • Variable content can be read from the highlighted object in the model useing the available variables listed in the file in the [AvailableFields] and [Specially for Bolts] sections. Place the variable name between two percent signs (%) to replace with the value.

Example

[Display]
Form=Postion=%POSITION%\nPickPoint=%PICKPOINT%\nType=%TYPE%\nShapeName=%NAME%\nZcoordinate=%ZCOORDINATE%