Parameter Properties

Parent page: WorkspaceManager Dialogs

The Parameter Properties dialog.

Summary

This dialog allows the designer to specify the properties of a parameter, when attached at the project or variant level. Parameters can be used to provide additional design information. Project-level parameters, for example, can be used in global fashion, as the source for special string parameteric data to be added to schematic sheets and/or the PCB document - the latter of which does not support localized parameters.

Access

The Parameter Properties dialog can be accessed from the following places:

• For a PCB project (*.PrjPcb), clicking the Add or Edit buttons, on the Parameters tab of the Options for PCB Project dialog (Project | Content | , from the Schematic or PCB editor's main menus).
• For a PCB project (*.PrjPcb), clicking the Add or Edit buttons, in the Edit Project Variant dialog - accessed from the Variant Management dialog (Project | Project Actions| , from the Schematic or PCB editor's main menus), when adding a new variant, or editing an existing one.
• For an Integrated Library project (*.IntLib), clicking the Add or Edit buttons, on the Parameters tab of the Options for Integrated Library dialog (accessed by right-clicking on the entry for the project in the Projects panel, and choosing the Project Options command from the context menu).

Options/Controls

• Name - use this field to give the parameter a meaningful name, perhaps reflective of its purpose.
• Value - use this field to give the parameter its value.