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Entities

Until now, we have assumed that those attributes that you need to pick from existing lists are already there for you to pick. Though this could be true in most cases, chances are for some, for example a manufacturer or a connector type, to be missing in the corresponding list. If that is the case, you will need to add it.

Hit the [Entities] button in the Tool Bar. A second toolbar will appear providing access to the different Entity Lists: Manufacturers, Signal Types, Connector Types, Wire Types, Device Types and Status.

Hit the button corresponding to the Entity you want to work out, for example, "Connector Types". This will take you to the associated Entity List.

The "Do" column contains an "Edit" links that will take you to a Edit form in which you will able to change entity Name and Description.

In the case of Signal Types, there are additional fields: Bidirectional and Color. The later refers to the background color used in Circuit View to highlight different signal types; you change that by choosing a color from the colors box. The "Bidirectional" field will be covered in section "Advance Data Entry".

In the case of the Status list, there is a Color field too. This refers to the font color used in the GUI to highlight wires and device status. We will cover this too en section "Advanced Data Entry".

If you need add a new entry to any of the lists, hit the [Add] button in the corresponding Edit form.

You can also delete an entity. When you do so, all objects having that entity value will be updated automatically to "Undefined". Notice that each Entity list has its own "Undefined" entry.

Some entries are "build-in" and can not be deleted. That is the case of "Undefined" and the device type FRAME. If you try to delete a build-in entity you will get an error.