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Step 9 of 13: Prepare the Datamanager for Product Options and a Dynamic Property

PL5.9: Preparation Steps for Options and Properties in Datamanager

Written by Alexandra Göttert

Complete the previous steps first. This begins the optional refinement of controlling several small components — brake hand release, brake bowden cable, forced ventilation, 3rd rope retainer, and the AE-SMRS64 encoder — with product options driven by a dynamic property, to reduce the gear's polygon count when they're not needed.

  1. Brake Hand Release

  2. Brake Bowden Cable

  3. Forced Ventilation

  4. 3rd Rope Retainer

  5. Encoder AE-SMRS64

Prerequisites

  • The gear's LOD settings are saved.

Steps

1.) Add a record for each new global sub grouping (product option). In DigiPara Liftdesigner Datamanager, add a record for a new global sub grouping for each component you want to control: Brake Hand Release, Brake Bowden Cable, Forced Ventilation, 3rd Rope Retainer, and Encoder AE-SMRS64.

Since these options will be controlled by rules rather than toggled by hand, extend each option's description with the suffix (auto) — DigiPara Liftdesigner then displays the option grayed out to signal it's automatically controlled.

2.) Create a dynamic property using the associated profile group table. Add a record for a new product option's dynamic property in L_ProfilGrpPropConfigItemTab, referencing the relevant GP_USER_PG_nn parameter from the Gear Performance table. The pasted variable reference always starts with L_.

3.) Set the dynamic property's display type to ComboBox for a Yes/No choice. Add a record for the new dynamic property, and set its display type to ComboBox, giving users a choice between predefined values — in this case, Yes or No — instead of a free input field.

Result

Five new product options exist, each named to show it's rule-controlled, backed by a dynamic property that offers a simple Yes/No choice.

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