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Substitution fields for products?

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By RichardM - 4/21/2021 6:34:41 PM

Are the Substitution fields for products (for use in block schematics and rack layouts) referenced by the equipment list headers?

Can substitutions be made for custom product attribute categories?

I found the help article on Project and Document substitutions, but didn't see any info on Product substitutions.
http://blob.stardraw.com/www/products/stardrawdesign7_3/help/Substitution_Fields.htm
By Rob Robinson - 4/21/2021 7:26:28 PM

Hi Richard,

Yes, the Substitution field can relate to any Product Attribute, even custom ones so if, for example, you were to create a custom Product Attribute called "IP Address" you would use the Substitution text [IP Address].

Note also that if your UDP symbol contains text of the format [xxxx] and no existing Product Attribute of the name "xxxx" exists, then a new Attribute called "xxxx" will be created for that ProductInstance, with an empty value.

You might find it useful to see the movie "Text Attributes", #17 at https://www1.stardraw.com/stardraw2/sd7/movies