Manage Scheduled Parameters in Scheduled Families tool in the Scheduled drop-down helps manage scheduled parameters in any scheduled families in the current model.
After the button is clicked, it pops up a dialog as follows. All schedules in the current model are listed out in the top Schedule drop down box in the left pane. The schedule of concern needs to be chosen from the available list. After a schedule of concern is chosen, its scheduled shared parameters and scheduled families will be listed out in two other list boxes, Scheduled Shared Parameters and Scheduled Families for reference. The Matrix of Scheduled Parameters and Families pane on right lists out a matrix about all those scheduled shared parameters and their scheduled families so as to determine whether to load some scheduled shared parameters into some families as scheduled.
If some shared parameters such as aaaa, cccc, test #10 and test #11 have already been loaded into some families such as MSingle_Glass 1, they will be checked by default but disabled in the matrix to indicate that they have been loaded already and cannot be removed. Those * As Instance check boxes indicate whether the corresponding parameters are of Instance (checked) or of Type (not checked) when being loaded. For those enabled check boxes, users can choose to load some scheduled shared parameters to some scheduled families or not through checking or un-checking the boxes. As prompted on the title, each family header can be clicked to check or un-check all boxes on that row (in the family) at once, indicating all parameters will be loaded into the family as of Instance or not loaded at all after the OK button is clicked.
Buttons from Left to Right in Right Bottom Corner
- Export: to export all scheduled parameters in the current schedule to a Shared Parameter File (SPF) file.
- Import: to import all shared parameters from any SPF into all the families as scheduled in the current matrix.
- Load: to load those checked parameters into those checked families and update the matrix right away.
Here is the UI after the above sample being loaded. Please note the family list have been reordered so that what have been loaded and what may need to are more visual friendly.
- OK: to load remaining checked parameters into remaining checked families finally. Here are two images showing what look like before and after those parameters are loaded into those scheduled families.
- Cancel: to dismiss the dialog without doing anything further to scheduled families or their parameters.