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Table's Sections
The Shape Parameter Table has a number of sections. Each section describes a certain property of the shape (for instance, its position, dimensions, text, etc.). You can hide any section or make it visible again. To show/hide the sections, use the View Sections dialog (select Sections in the View menu).
Some sections may be missing if the shape does not have the corresponding attribute or function (for instance, control handles or the context menu).
To add sections, use the Insert Sections dialog. To call it, select Insert Section from the Edit menu.
Here is the list of sections the table may have: Transform, Geometry, Endpoints, Controls, Connect, Variables, Line Properties, Fill Format, Protection, Text Transform, Character Format, Paragraph Format, Text Block Format, Text Field, Miscellaneous, Actions, Glue Info, Custom Properties.
One of the sections is active (its title bar appears in blue). You can edit the contents of the cells in the active section.
To activate a section, just click its title bar or any of the cells inside it.
Each section can be minimized to its title bar. To minimize a section, activate it and then click on its title bar.
If the section is minimized, you can click on the title bar again to expand the section.
For some sections (such as Geometry, Controls, Connect, Variables, Font Format, Paragraph Format, Actions), a row of cells may describe a single element of the shape (such as a control handle, a linear segment of a figure, and so on). It this case, operations on the whole row are possible: Add Row, Delete Row. They are available from the Edit menu, or from the context menu.
"Transform" Section
This section contains parameters which define the position, size and orientation of the shape.
Note that the coordinate system is based on the alignment box of the shape: the coordinate origin is in the top left-hand corner, the horizontal coordinates increase as you move from left to right, and the vertical coordinates increase as you move from top to bottom.
Since a shape may be part of a parent group, the following parameters describe its position within the group (with relation to the coordinate system of the group):
GPinX, GPinY, Аngle, LocPinX, LocPinY - for a 2D shape
BeginX, BeginY, EndX, EndY, Angle, LocPinX, LocPinY - for a 1D shape.
Note: If a shape isn't part of any parent group, it is taken to belong to the group formed by the entire page.
Here are the fields of the section:
Width: Describes the width of the alignment box of the shape.
In the Formulas mode, you can see the data in tenths of millimeters; in the Values mode, the content is displayed in the current unit of measure.
As a rule, the Width parameter is used as a variable in formulas for other fields.
For 1D shapes, this field usually contains the following formula:
_HYP(EndX-BeginX;EndY-BeginY).
If the shape is part of a group, its width is described through the width and height of the parent group.
For example: _HYP(Parent.Width*0.308575;Parent.Height*0.283963).
Height: Describes the height of the alignment box of the shape.
In the Formulas mode, you see the data in tenths of millimeters; in the Values mode, the data is displayed in the current unit of measure.
As a rule, the Height parameter is used as a variable in formulas for other fields.
As a rule, this field holds a number.
If the shape is part of a group, its height is described through the width and height of the parent group.
For example: _HYP(Parent.Width*0.267234;Parent.Height*0.081973).
Angle: Describes the angle of the shape with respect to its parent group.
In the Formulas mode, you see the angle in radians; in the Values mode, the angle is displayed in degrees. The angle value may range within [-180 deg, 180 deg].
For 1D shapes, this field usually contains the following formula:
FlipX*_PI()+_ATAN2(EndY-BeginY;EndX-BeginX).
GPinX: Specifies the X offset of the rotation centre of the shape with respect to its parent group.
In the Formulas mode, you see the data in tenths of millimeters; in the Values mode, the data is displayed in the current unit of measure.
GPinY: Specifies the Y offset of the rotation centre of the shape with respect to its parent group.
In the Formulas mode, you see the data in tenths of millimeters; in the Values mode, the data is displayed in the current unit of measure.
LocPinX: Describes the X offset of the rotation centre of the shape with relation to the coordinate origin of the shape.
In the Formulas mode, you see the data in tenths of millimeters; in the Values mode, the data is displayed in the current unit of measure.
The default formula is Width*0.5.
LocPinY: Describes the Y offset of the rotation centre of the shape with relation to the coordinate origin of the shape.
In the Formulas mode, you see the data in tenths of millimeters, in the Values mode, the data is displayed in the current unit of measure.
The default formula is Height*0.5.
FlipX: The flag for horizontal flipping. This is a binary value:
- FALSE - the shape isn't flipped ;
- TRUE - the shape is flipped.
FlipY: The flag for vertical flipping. This is a binary value:
- FALSE - the shape isn't flipped ;
- TRUE - the shape is flipped.
When referencing to the fields of the Transform section, you don't need to include the name of the section. The fields are addressed in the following form:
[<shape_name>.]<field_name>
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