Setting Properties on a Cell

A cell-level property applies to every instantiation of the cell. It is also inherited by all objects below the cell in the hierarchy, unless its definition specifies that it cannot be inherited.

Cell-level properties override global properties and can be overriden at the instance and occurrence levels.

To set a property on a cell

1. Choose View – Parts Table to display the table view of the Hierarchy Editor.
2. Choose View – Properties.
   Property columns are displayed for all the properties that are defined in the property dictionary or in the prop.cfg file.
3. In the cell row, click the column of the property you want to set and either type in the value or select it from the drop-down list.
   Properties of type enum have a drop-down list of values from which you select a value. Properties of other types, such as integer or string, have an editable field. For example:
   
   

The property value appears in the property column of the cell in the Cell Bindings section. Because the property is also inherited by the hierarchy below the cell, the property value also appears in the property columns of all the cells that are under that cell. A property does not get inherited by the hierarchy below the cell if the property definition specifies that it cannot be inherited.

Viewing Instantiations

To see a list of the instantiations to which the property applies,

1. In the Cell Bindings section, right-click the cell.
2. From the pop-up menu, select Explain.
   The Explain dialog box appears. The Instantiations section lists the instantiations of the cell.

To see the hierarchy below the cell to which the property also applies,

1. Choose View – Tree to display the tree view of the configuration.
2. Double-click the cell or click its expansion icon.

Related Topics

Properties Setting on the Design

Setting Properties on a Global Basis

Setting Properties on an Instance

Setting Properties on an Occurrence

Removing Properties

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