Text Properties - Text

To display/modify text properties,

  • left-click on the text and press hotkey F2 to begin editing the text, or

  • right-click on the text, select Text Properties... from the displayed context menu and select the Text view. To select more than one piece of text for modification, hold down the 'shift' key, then left-click on each piece of text and right-click on the final one to display the context menu.

  • Or left-click on the text to highlight it (or for multiple text, left-click on each piece of text while holding down the 'shift' key), select Format -> Text Properties... from the Main Menu bar and select the Text view.

  • Double left-click on the text.

     

    The Text Properties dialog appears:

     

 

Text, such as device designation or a reference signal-text, can consist of only one line (no scroll bar is displayed on the right edge of the dialog box). Entry is completed by pressing the Enter key (or by clicking the OK button on the dialog box).

 

Line breaks:Line breaks, i.e. starting a new line with texts consisting of several lines can be done by pressing CTRL+Enter (a scroll bar is displayed on the right edge of the dialog box). It is completed by clicking on the OK button on the dialog box.

 

Note

If reference text is edited, the signal of the whole net will be changed.

It is not possible to change multiple signals.

 

Text

Text type

Displays the selected text type, which can be chosen from a drop down list.

Source

Note

This list is only valid for following symbol types:

(This list is deactivated for all other symbol types which are not allowed)

  • Normal symbol

  • Connector symbol

  • Attribute text template symbol

  • Device symbol

  • Table symbol

  • Node template symbol

 

When an attribute with several owners is assigned to a placeholder, the desired owner can be selected in the selection list. Example can be found here.

Text

Displays information on the text type (unless text of different types has been selected), which can be chosen from a drop-down list.

 

The Text field is only displayed / active with variable texts. Texts such as Device Designation, Higher Level Assignment, Location, Component Code, etc., i.e. texts which need a text node to be defined but will be filled later on while working in project, cannot be defined/filled in DBE mode.

 

Existing text can be changed. This area is only active if one piece of text is selected. If more than one piece of text is selected, then only the font, level and visibility can be modified.

Hotkeys F3/F5

F3: Select texts from translation database

F5: Toggle between Edit and Preview mode

 

These hotkeys are only displayed, if text has been selected which can be modified. These hotkeys are not displayed with fix, unchangeable texts. They are only active, if entries have been made in the 'Description' column in the 'Language' database. If no Language database exists, this button is inactive.

 

The columns can be sorted in ascending or descending order. This allows for selection of text from the text database.

 

Required text is selected by:

  • clicking in the gray box to the left of the text and clicking on the OK button, or

  • by simply double-clicking in the gray box

 

Sorting of the text is controlled with Settings -> General -> Language. If only one language was selected in the settings, then only one language would be displayed in the Translation Table dialog. A modification of the language(s) or reloading the configuration data will update the graphic texts.

 

Multi-line symbol text is possible for translatable symbol text.

 

Multiple-line text from a Promis text database is converted using a script (^ becomes \r\n). It can be edited in the dialog box in Database Editor mode. To achieve a line break, you have to enter Ctrl+Ret.

 

See also Translation Table

Separator

A separator can be defined for attribute text template symbols, which is used when several identical attributes exist. This is particularly useful, for example, with conductors in connections.

 

Different wires, which are in a connection, can be displayed one under another.

 

When editing attribute text template symbols in the database, the separator can only be defined for the text types in the Text Properties using a string, which can also contain for example the special characters '\n' (i.e. line break) and '\t' (i.e. separated using tab key).

 

List of the text types that can be defined with a separator:

  • Conductor in connection (#1003)

  • Cable type in connection (#1005)

  • Cable in connection (#1012)

  • Higher level assignment of cable (connection) (#1014)

  • Location of cable (connection) (#1015)

  • Wire group (#1024)

  • Wire (#1025)

  • Cross-section (#1026)

  • Color (#1027)

  • Assembly device designation (#1079)

  • Assembly location (#1080)

  • Assembly higher level assignment (#1081)

  • Assembly item designation (#1082)

 

...as well as for all user-defined affiliated text types with attributes that have one of the following objects as an owner:

  • Cable

  • Cable conductor

  • Cable conductor end

  • Cable end

  • Cable type

  • Cable type end

  • Conductor type

  • Conductor type end

  • Hose/Tube

  • Hose/Tube end

  • Hose/Tube inside

  • Hose/Tube inside end

  • Hose/Tube inside type

  • Hose/Tube inside type end

  • Hose/Tube type

  • Hose/Tube type end

 

If no separator is defined on the symbol text, a comma is used.

 

Example in Project Mode

Separated by a comma:

 

Separated using a line break:

Type of Hyperlink

Select the desired type of hyperlink. The following types are available:

  • Internet

  • File

 

When changing the entry to <no entry>, the assigned hyperlink will be deleted for the selected text.

Target

The desired target, to which the hyperlink should point, can be selected from the selection list.

Click on the push button to open the dialog from which the desired file can be selected.

 

This push button can only be selected if the type File was selected beforehand as the Type of Hyperlink.
Effects

Invisible

Text can be defined as either visible or invisible by clicking in the checkbox.

 

Visibility can be changed for any texts.

Lock position

This option prevents text that is not assigned to a symbol from being moved.

 

When editing in DBE this option checked has functional effect, i.e. texts can be moved upon editing on the symbol or model sheet.

 

In the project, the option can be changed on placed symbols, independent of the database definition. When a symbol with such a text assigned is moved in project mode, the text is moved along with the symbol, but it cannot be separately be moved in relation to the symbol's origin.

 

When such texts are selected in addition to other objects, it is possible to move but those locked texts are ignored.

 

When displaying such locked texts, optical differences occur. When the texts are selected, the left lower handle is represented by a key icon.

 

Example
 

Single-line

For text nodes it is possible to define whether multi-line texts shall be displayed as single-line.

 

When outputting, all line breaks in the text are replaced by a blank space.

 

This applies to multi-line symbol and model texts.

Reset text box

It is possible to define a text box at texts, that represents the max. width/height of the text.

 

This text box is represented as a rectangle, that will then contain the text. A line break of the texts takes place automatically.

 

This box is defined by modifying the text handles (e.g. increase/decrease in size, etc.).

 

To delete such a text box, this option must be checked. This option is only active, when a box is already defined.

 

Notes

  • The texts are broken at the defined box width, preferably after a blank, a tab or a one of the following characters: . ? ! ; : -

     

    If none of these characters is found within the defined width, the line break is made in the middle of the word.

  • Only as many lines are output as fit into the defined box height. The remainder of the text is cut off.

  • Definition of a text box is possible for all text types.

  • The text box can already be defined for the symbol text in the database editor. But only, if text contents in the database editor are displayed, and not if number or description of the text types is displayed.

  • In Database Editor mode, the text box on a symbol- or a model sheet is represented as a dotted rectangle.

  • Even though it is possible to select some texts on a component sheet (in database editor mode), a text box cannot be defined.

Pictogram

When checked, the translatable passage is displayed as pictogram, if defined.

 

See Pictograms Can Be Used as a Language

Linear measure without unit

When checked, the length unit at texts with length specification is suppressed.

 

Note

It is only checked, when the text displays an attribute of the type 'linear measure'.

Level

Defines the drawing level on which the text will be placed.

  • Levels range from 1..256

  • ... can be hidden and displayed globally

 

Can be applied to all texts (symbol, graphic and dimension).

Position

 

 

The position (X-position; Y-position) of the text is displayed on the sheet (as offset from the original symbol) by use of two text fields.
Ballooning

Arc/Oval/Rectangle/Ellipse

All texts, except for fix symbol texts, can be defined as ballooning texts.

 

The ballooning text can be displayed within

  • a circle (arc),

  • an oval,

  • a rectangle or

  • an ellipse.

Display subsidiary line to owner

This option defines whether a subsidiary line is to be displayed to the owner.

 

The following applies:

  • If the owner is a pin, the line is displayed to the pin.

  • If the owner is a symbol, the line is drawn depending on the checked/unchecked setting Subsidiary line to graphic (under Settings -> Graphic -> Text -> Effects:).

  • It is impossible with commentary or sheet texts.

Line

A Line will be inserted on the top/in the centre/at the bottom of the text box by clicking this option.

Table Element:

This option is only available when editing text of symbols of type ' Table'.

 

Table text must be assigned to the table's header, row or footer.

  • Header

    Specifies an unchangeable part of the table and can be compared with normal text.

  • Row

    Specifies a recurrent part of the table. This part is copied x times and therefore enhances the table.

  • Sub row

    Every connector has a table that lists its source pin, connection target and wire information per connection. When there are tow conductors/wires on a pin, an additional row ("sub row") is displayed.

     

    When no sub row table element is defined for the table symbol in the database, the values are separated by commas.

  • Footer

    Specifies the table's footer. This part is moved downwards according to the number of rows.

 

Note

When placing the following text types:

  • 7 (Signal name),

  • 3 (Pin number),

  • 1002 (Connection Target),

  • 1003 (Conductor in connection) and

  • 1012 (Cable in connection)

they are automatically assigned the Table elementRow.

 
Example

 

(See also: Formboard)

Specifies the side in terminal plan

This option is only displayed when editing terminal plan text types.

 

Text marked with (*) can exist on the internal as well as on the external side of the terminal plan.

 

This applies to all text types of a terminal plan sheet or of a terminal plan row, which have an attribute assigned.

Internal/External

Specifies on which side of the terminal plan sheet/terminal plan row the text type is to be defined.