Presentation of statements

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Presentation of statements

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Statements are created in the main part of the extended filename setting tab, in the Condition and THEN ADD sections.

 

Figure 1066:  The two statements that are discussed in the "Statements" topic are shown here.

Figure 1066:  The two statements that are discussed in the "Statements" topic are shown here.

 

The collection of statements that constitute an extended filename settings is presented in a table in the lower part of the Extended filename tab, as shown in the figure above.

 

The table consists of six columns, which are described by the table below.

 

Column

Possible content

Explanation

Value from

DM = Drawing Manager field name

BA = Block name | Attribute name

The value that will be compared is fetched either from the Drawing Manager or from an attribute in the drawing sheet.

Field or attribute

Drawing Manager field name

Block name | Attribute name

Specification of which field in the Drawing Manager or which attribute in the drawing sheet that the value should be fetched from

Operator (IS)

EQUAL TO

NOT EQUAL TO

STARTING WITH

NOT STARTING WITH

ENDING WITH

NOT ENDING WITH

CONTAINING

NOT CONTAINING

8 operators are available for the comparison, for instance EQUAL TO or STARTING WITH.

Compare with

A text value

A text value that the specified field or attribute is compared with

Add value from

Drawing Manager field name

Block name | Attribute name

If the condition is true, a value from the drawing manager or from a an attribute of a block is added to the filename

Add text

A text value

If the condition is true, the text that is specified here is added to the filename