Copying and Pasting Properties
You can copy and paste properties for primitive drawing elements (graphical objects) and components.
Primitive drawing elements (graphical objects)
You can copy and paste the common properties of the following primitive drawing elements (graphical objects):
- Arcs
- Circles
- Lines
- Rectangles
- Polygons
- Text
- Images
Components
For components, you can copy either the value of properties or the value and attribute of properties. Properties are copied only when property names match.
Parameters, quantities, signals, and property displays are copied along with properties and their attributes.
Property displays are copied to same location as the source if they are on the left, bottom, right, top or center. Custom location property displays are copied to the default bottom location.
There are two types of components: components that have user-defined parameters, and those that do not have user-defined parameters. User defined properties are created in two ways:
- Properties created by users in equations such as FML and FML_INIT
- Properties that are dynamically created depending on certain parameters. An example is the GS component, where coefficient parameters are created dynamically based on the values of numerator(n) and denominator(d).
The options available in the User Defined Properties of Component pane differ according to the type of component, as shown in the following table.
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Component type |
User-Defined Properties Information |
Examples |
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Component has user-defined parameters |
Components for which copy properties allow replacing only existing parameters.
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GS, NXMY, NDTAB, and DES |
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Components for which copy properties allow either replacing existing parameters or adding parameters to the existing list. Note: Only components that have equations allow adding more to their existing properties. |
FML, FML_INIT, EQUBL, and State components, such as STATE_01, STATE_10, STATE_33, and STATE_Flexible |
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Component does not have user-defined parameters |
The User Defined Properties of Component pane is unavailable when there are no user-defined properties for the component. |
R, L, G, C, E, D, 2, DELAY, DIFF, and GAIN |
Related Topics
To Copy and Paste Selected Properties for Components
To Copy and Paste Common Properties for Primitive Drawing Elements