This form is opened either from the Master Tool Settings - Standards - Common Variables editor or the Utilities - Standards - Standards Designer tool (this is called Design Components Designer when you have a Design Component open - in this case the Options page is different).
Standards Designer
You can see from the example above that the form can be made up of two panels. The left-hand panel consists of a tree-list showing the variable groups and variables in the current standard. The right-hand panel consists of several tabbed pages. When the form is used to edit a Common Variable MTS only the right-hand panel is displayed, with only the Variable and Range Checking tabs.
Available tabs:
Standard
This edit bar menu gives the following options:
- Add New... - Add a new group or variable using the Add New form
- Save - Save the current modifications to this standard
- Import - Import variables that have been exported from another Standard (via a Standard.ips file)
- Export - Export these variables to a Standard.ips file
- Print - Print all of the group and variable information for this standard
- Cancel - Exit the Standard Designer without saving any changes
- Save and Exit - Exit the Standard Designer after saving any changes
Variables
This edit bar menu gives the following options:
- Add from Library - Add variables to the current standard from the Impact Common Variable library using the Add from Library form
- Add from Project - Add variables to the current standard from an existing standard
- Save in Library - Save the highlighted variable group and its associated variables to the Common Variables library using the Save in Library form
- Update - Re-read the highlighted linked Common Variable from the MTS and update it
- Update All - Re-read all linked Common Variables from the MTS
- Unlink - Remove the link between the highlighted variable and the MTS
- Revert - Re-establish the link that was broken with the Unlink command
- Delete - Delete the highlighted group or variable
- Move Up - Move the highlighted group or variable up one place in the tree list
- Move Down - Move the highlighted group or variable down one place in the tree list
- Dependencies... - Display the Variable Dependencies for the current standard
The right-click context menu will give similar options to these described above.
Utilities
This edit bar menu gives the following options:
- Test Standard Wizard - Tests the current standard using the Standard Wizard form
- Reselect Material - Select another material for this standard using the Select Material form
- Check formulas - Check that all standard formulae are valid
- Check Standard - This option currently has no effect
- Unlock Standard - If the standard is password protected this option opens the Standard Password form where you should enter the correct password