External Fragment Variables Editor

The option opens a dialog box for setting values to external fragment variables. It is available in the Inserting fragment into Drawing - 2D fragment, 3D fragment - 3D fragment when drawing an assembly element, or in the context menu for an existing assembly element.

Depending on the set value of the External Variable Editor parameter of the Set Document Parameters command (the External Variables tab) in the fragment document in the assembly, this option will call the built-in variable editor, an external program, or a user dialog created using control elements.

The internal variable editor contains a window with a list of the fragment's external variables. The editor window consists of three columns.

Name. Displays the name of the marked (external) variable. The field is not editable.

Comment. It displays a comment on the variable. The comment is set in the Variable Editor command. The field is not editable.

Value. You can change the value of an external variable.

Available option:

<Ctrl><R>                Read parameters.        

<Ctrl><W>                Write parameters.        

<Up>                        Move row up.        

<Down>                Move row down.        

<PgUp>                Next page.        

<PgDown>                Previous page.        

<Ctrl><PgUp>        Move to the top of the list.        

<Ctrl><PgDown>        Move to the end of the list.        

<Ctrl><Z>                Save changes and exit.        

<Esc>                        Exit without saving.

The list of variables parameter becomes available if there is a fragment of the user's dialog in the document. If this flag is set, the built-in external variable editor works, otherwise the user dialog works (described below). When the View flag is set, the window displays an image of viewing the contents of the fragment document.

When drawing a 2D fragment, the Page fields are added to the external variable editor window (selecting the drawing page whose contents will be applied to the assembly drawing as a fragment), and the Fixing Vector (selecting the binding vector used when inserting the fragment). When you change the values of the fragment's variables, the preview window is updated automatically.

The user dialog must be created in the fragment document using controls (the Control command). This dialog appears instead of a list of variables and can consist of multiple bookmarks or contain nested dialogs.