Configuration (AnVarEdit)

File selection	Here you select the source of the variant file. Default setting is via file system. If HELiOS is active, you have two additional selection options, with DB, via document master, and with DB, via part master.
Language	This field displays the current working language. Click the icon to open the Select language dialogue window. Here you can select your working language. The Select language dialogue window
Industry	Here you can switch between the two branches of industry, Standard Plant Engineering and Air ducts. The third, option is meant for non-Plant Engineering variants and do not contain any part type- and industry-relevant information. For these variants (currently planned) the buttons for part type, article number and constant attributes will be inactive, as these data will be industry-dependent. When creating and editing variants in Plant Engineering, please only use the industries Standard Plant Engineering and Air ducts.
Value for	Here you select, for structured variants, the variables group that you want to load into the table for editing. The selection options depend on the structure description of the base variant belonging to the current variant. These definitions are contained in the base variant description file.
Name	This field displays the name of the currently loaded variant (this field is locked against entries for base variants!). When you derive a new variant, the name is initially "Unnamed". You can simply overwrite this entry with the desired name.
Options	This field indicates the type of the current variant: HiCAD variant in case of a simple variant Derived from <Name of base variant> in case of a structured variant which is no base variant, Base variant in case of a base variant.
Part type	The part type within the selected industry can be selected with a click on the button. Constant attributes that are preset for the part type and are to apply to all data records can now be edited. If you click the button these constant attributes will be listed. Attribute assignment The fields for article number and variables are locked here. These will be edited separately via the button , or the Variables +Attribute button, respectively.
Designation	This field is used for the definition of the constant attribute BENENNUNG (=DESIGNATION).
Article number configuration	The article number can be configured via the button . This button enables the configuration of the attribute value for the Article number attribute. (when performing a part data synchronisation with the HELiOS Database, the content of this attribute will be assigned to the HELiOS part attribute BESTELLVERMERK (=ORDER_NOTE). Article number configuration Click Select attribute (or press CTRL+A). A list of part attributes (except for the Article number) preset for the current part will be displayed. If you double-click a row or mark the row with a left-click and select OK, the corresponding attribute name will be inserted in <> bracktes at the current cursor position in the input field of the Article number configuration dialogue. The name is the placeholder for the actual attribute value. If you click Save (or press CTRL+S), the content of the input field will be saved as an article number configuration to a file, provided that this sequence of characters does not exist yet.For each part type, a corresponding file exists in the subdirectory PlantParts\CatSearch, e.g. 1010011.DesignationConfig.txt. You can select yet another of the article number configurations that are saved for the current article number configurations. Click Load (or press CTRL+L) ,then double-click a row or mark the row with a left-click and select OK. The corresponding configuration is then entered in the input field. When you then click Apply, you will be asked whether you want to save the article number configuration entered in the input field, if it has not been saved yet. If you now click the button for constant attributes, you will see that the article number configuration that you have just applied has been entered in the list. The corresponding input field is now greyed out.
Variables+Attributes	If you click the Variables+Attributes button, all variables defined in the variant will be listed, with their corresponding data types (Integer, floating point or string) and HELiOS attributes. Variables + Attributes You can change the names of variables, delete variables, insert new variables, or assign database attributes to variables. To access the editing and processing functions for variables, right-click the row of the variable that you want to change. Alternatively you can also activate the context menu via the Change button. You can then edit the previously marked row. Please note that the editing must not only refer to variables which influence the part geometry! Such a variable can, for example, represent the weight of a part. The only purpose of these variables is to provide the assigned database attributes with the their values.If you change the name of a variable that is required for the geometry of a part, the variant will no longer be usable. Names of variables or attribute assignments can also be changed by double-clicking the corresponding row. To assign a database attribute to a variable, or change an existing assignment, select the Attribute assignment function of the context menu. Enter the name of the desired database attribute. If you want to insert a variable, you can also adjust the data type (DBL for Floating point, INT for Integer, STR for String). The length of a new variables name must not exceed 4 characters. If you exit the Variables + Attributes dialogue window with mit OK, the changes will be applied. A deleted variable will obtain the name “—“ (it can however be restored by renaming). Only after saving the variant, the appropriately named variable will be deleted. This will only become visible, when the file will be opened again afterwards.