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To select the component in your
document whose attribute is to be propagated, right click the object in the
specifications tree and select Properties from the menu. Alternatively,
select the object and click Edit - Properties. |
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In the example below, the Properties dialog
box is displayed with the Waveguides tab open and the Propagate button
visible. In this case, we have a 3-way switch placed on a WR284 line.
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In the Properties dialog box, use the drop
down arrow in the Nominal Size field to change the value to WR430. Click
the Propagate button. The Attribute to Propagate dialog box
opens showing the attributes that can be propagated. Click on Nominal Size.
The objects in the propagate path for the attribute 'Nominal Size' will
highlight. If a different attribute is then selected, the new path will
highlight. |
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Click OK in the Attribute to
Propagate dialog box to return to the Properties dialog box. Click
Apply or OK. The nominal size of the 3-way switch will be
overridden to WR430 and all objects in the network with a 'nominal size'
attribute will be changed to WR430. See Rules, below, for requirements and
limitations on propagating an attribute. |
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Rules
This function allows you to propagate a size value over a
network path. Propagation may occur in all directions from the propagating
object with the following exceptions which limit the extent of the
"network":
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Objects of a different discipline than the propagating
object.
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Objects with no nominal size, or equivalent size
attribute.
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End of a network path (i.e., no connectivity).
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Off-sheet connectors.
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Branch to Main Route.
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Main Route to Branch.
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Object in a different logical line (Line ID).
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Nozzles.
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Reducers - one side is affected.
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Switching Valve (3-way) or a Switching Valve Function
(4-way).
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