You can use constraint properties to show how a constraint
block is used, and the parametric diagram illustrates the usage. To
define a parametric diagram, first create a constraint property and
then "type" it with the constraint block.
Procedure
- From the appropriate package in the browser,
right-click the package and select .
- Select the ConstraintProperty button
.
- Drag the Constraint Property onto
the diagram.
- Open the Features window, and set its Type to
the correct Constraint Property.
- Rename the Property to its usage, and repeat
for other relevant blocks for the calculation. Each block has a set
of Constraint Parameters which show relationships between
the blocks when they are joined with Binding Connectors.
Next, you need to add new pieces of data needed in the parametric
diagram to bind the parametrics.
- Double-click on a part of the parametric
diagram, select Features, and the Attributes tab.
- Click the <<New>> item,
and add mathematical attributes with the correct name and appropriate
type. Click OK.
- Drag the data attributes from the browser
onto the parametric diagram and connect it to the appropriate constraint
parameter with a value binding.
- To show how the data is bound to each constraint,
select the ConstraintParameter button
, and draw this connection point on a constraint.
- Select the BindingConnnector button
, and draw the connection between the data source and the
constraint to bind a value to its constraint.