Location properties

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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.

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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.