4.9. Appending component data<br>

## 4.9. Appending component data

### 4.9.1. Data appending fundamentals

Most of the components on which the program operates have defined data or parameters. The data table is used to edit these data.

¨ To switch the data table on / off select “View / Show / Hide data table” (F12, )

The left-hand column of the data table shows the names of the fields, while the right-hand column displays the values. Fields assigned to fittings additionally include symbols indicating whether these data fields are displayed () or hidden (). In the program settings you can indicate whether the fields assigned to fittings are to be displayed by default or not, meaning that groups in the data table can be represented as closed or open (see section 7.3.1).

! Some of the fields have hints assigned to them, which appear on the screen when you position the mouse pointer on the field (without pressing the mouse keys).

The contents of the data table varies, and the fields that appear in the table depend on the component marked. If several components of the same type have been selected, the table contains fields common to all marked components. If components of different types have been marked, the data table will not contain any fields.

! Marking many components of the same type and editing them simultaneously may speed up data appending substantially (see section 4.9.7).

! To append data you have to mark (select) components. To avoid unintended displacement of components, it is advisable to lock them (LOCK mode) before starting data appending (see section 4.6.2).