7.8.1. Variable manager - The most important information at a glance

Function: In the Variable manager [Variable Manager] docking window, you can create new variables or change attribute values of variables that have already been created.
Show / Hide
You can show or hide the Variable Manager docking window using the corresponding button in the standard toolbar [Default] or the menu items in the View menu [View].

Standard [Default] toolbar

View menu [View]

Restore default [Restore default view] view: Helpful if you have made a lot of changes to the positions of the docking windows and want to restore the default view.
You can move the docking window and adjust its size. A detailed description of the placement method can be found under Section 3.1.5.4, “Placing method for dockings ” in ENTERPRISE 3Dfindit (Professional) - User
View mode / Edit mode
The variable manager [Variable Manager] is divided into two main areas: the tabular display of all variables with attributes and the editing area.
You have the option of changing the attributes in the Attributes below [Attributes at the bottom] or Attributes right [Attributes on the right] mode.

Table above | Editing area below in "More [More] " view mode

Table left | Editing area right ( "Attributes right [Attributes on the right] " in "More [More] " view mode)

The editing area contains the display modes Less (display of the Name and Formula [Equation] attributes) and More (all attributes).

Example: "Attributes below [Attributes at the bottom] " with "Less [Less] " view mode

When you want to edit variable attributes, select the desired variable either in the characteristic attribute table or in the variable manager's table.
Sorting in Variable Manager ^[84]
By clicking on the header, you can sort the variables alphabetically (forwards and backwards). You can restore the original sorting using the context menu command Restore native order in a column header.
Color code
The color code indicates the storage location, details of which can be found at Section 7.8.10, “ Variable manager - The individual parameters ” -> Storage location [Save location].
- Table variable
- Table variable and designer variable
- Designer variable
- Marked line
Functions:

	Note
All variables that are used anywhere in a project (regardless of whether PARTproject or PARTdesigner ) must be created in the variable manager [Variable Manager]! Otherwise, a corresponding error message appears during the QA check (test directory [Test directory] or test project [Test project] ). Example: "Error in Short description, Variable TYP is not defined." Tip: By clicking on the table header of the Name column, all variables are sorted by name. This allows you to recognize immediately if a certain variable is missing.

Note

All variables that are used anywhere in a project (regardless of whether PARTproject or PARTdesigner ) must be created in the variable manager [Variable Manager]!

Otherwise, a corresponding error message appears during the QA check (test directory [Test directory] or test project [Test project] ).

Example: "Error in Short description, Variable TYP is not defined."

Tip:

By clicking on the table header of the Name column, all variables are sorted by name. This allows you to recognize immediately if a certain variable is missing.

^[84]Concerning sorting in characteristic attribute table see Section 7.8.6, “ Sort variables (in characteristic attribute table) ”.

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