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Location properties

Location management: Properties

Contextual menu of a location outline: Location properties

SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D > Contextual menu of a location: Properties

 

1.     Select a location.

2.     Click the Properties icon to open the location properties dialog.

 

The dialog automatically opens during the creation of a new location.

Properties tab

Mark

The location mark is automatically calculated according to the electrical project settings.

Mode: If you select the Automatic mode, the mark is automatically calculated according to the configuration settings. If you select Manual mode, you must enter the mark manually in the Mark setting.

Mark: Displays the automatic mark or used to enter the manual mark.

Root: Displays the root associated with the locations (L).

Number: Displays the order number assigned to the location. You can change this number but you cannot use an existing number.

hierarchy

Parent: The name of the main location which a child or sub location is dependent on.

Associated book: Associates a location to a book.

Description

The first translatable data of the location. You can enter a description in all languages managed in the electrical project.

User data / Translatable data

The user data is available across the entire electrical project. It is used to store personal information, which can be displayed in the drawings. There are two types of user data: translatable user data (translated during project translation), and non-translatable user data.

 

The default location applied to drawings is taken from the location applied to the book that the drawings are created in.

 

The Customize... button lets you access and define the location user data.

Manufacturer parts tab

Use this tab to assign a manufacturer part to a location.



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