Displaying and Editing Features Properties

You can display and edit the properties of a pad.

Before you begin:

To perform this task, superimpose two pads, and then create a hole on top of them.

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Displaying and Editing Representation Properties
Displaying and Editing Bodies Properties

  1. From the specification tree, select the top pad.



  2. Select Edit > Properties or right-click Properties.

    The Properties dialog box appears. It contains these tabs:


    • Mechanical
    • Feature Properties
    • Graphic
    • Reference



    The Mechanical tab displays the update status of the pad. The following attributes characterize features:


    • Deactivated: selecting this option prevents the application from taking deactivated features into account during an update operation.
    • To Update : indicates that the selected feature is to be updated.
    • Unresolved : indicates that the selected feature cannot be computed by the application. You cannot control the last two options. The symbol displayed in front of each attribute may appear in the specification tree in some circumstances. For more about updates, see About Updating Your Design.

  3. Select Deactivated to deactivate the pad.

    A new box is displayed, providing information related to the children of the pad. The application warns you that the operation will affect the child of the pad, that is the hole.

    Two options let you adjust the deactivation operation. By default, all children of a feature are deactivated, as To all impacted elements is selected.

    If you wish to restrict the number of features you want to deactivate, you need to select To selected impacted elements and select, or multi-select the elements of interest.

  4. Click the Feature Properties tab.

  5. Enter 'New Pad' as the new name for the pad in the Name box.



  6. Click Apply to display the new name in the specification tree.

  7. Click the Graphic tab to change the color of the feature.

    The graphic properties available for editing are:

    • Fill Color (colors the current object) and Transparency
    • Global Properties

    To have details about how to change graphic properties, see Infrastructure User's Guide: Editing Objects: Editing Graphic Properties.

  8. Click OK to confirm the operation and close the dialog box.

    The geometry no longer shows the deactivated features and the specification tree displays red parentheses on them to symbolize their status.