Create Custom and Configuration-specific Properties in Treehouse

You can add custom and configuration-specific properties to a Treehouse node. This functionality is identical to the functionality available in the SOLIDWORKS software.

Custom Properties

To create custom properties:

  1. In Treehouse, right-click a node and click Properties .
  2. In the dialog box, click the Custom tab.

    If you select more than one node, you see Multiple Values as the value in the Value / Text Expression and Evaluated Value columns when there is more than one value for these fields.

  3. For new nodes or for nodes that you created by using Saved as New Document, enter values for File Name and File Location.

    You cannot change File Name and File Location for existing nodes.

  4. Populate the following columns:
    Property Name Enter or select a value.
    Type Select a value.
    Value / Text Expression Enter or select a value.
    Evaluated Value Calculated value based on Value / Text Expression.
  5. Optional: To link the property value for a part to the BOM quantity, select the property from BOM quantity.
  6. Optional: To add, delete, or move a property up or down in the list, click Edit List.
  7. Optional: To delete a property, select the row to the left of Property Name and click Delete.
  8. Click OK.

Configuration-Specific Properties

You cannot add configuration-specific properties if you select two or more nodes.

To create configuration-specific properties:

  1. In Treehouse, right-click a node and click Properties .
  2. In the dialog box, click the Configuration Specific tab.

    If you select more than one node, the Configuration Specific tab is not available.

  3. For new nodes or for nodes that you created by using Saved as New Document, enter values for File Name and File Location.

    You cannot change File Name and File Location for existing nodes.

  4. To add the property to a configuration, select the configuration from Apply To.
  5. Populate the following columns:
    Property Name Enter or select a value.
    Type Select a value.
    Value / Text Expression Enter or select a value.
    Evaluated Value Calculated value based on Value / Text Expression.
  6. Optional: To link the property value for a part to the BOM quantity, select the property from BOM quantity.
  7. Optional: To add, delete, or move a property up or down in the list, click Edit List.
  8. Optional: To delete a property, select the row to the left of Property Name and click Delete.
  9. Click OK.