Modify Linear Damper
(Standard Interface) Right-click component → Modify Shared Dialog Box
Modifies the reference to the property file and, therefore, the linear damper characteristics associated with the damper you selected. This is comparable to changing dampers in the physical world.
For the option: | Do the following: |
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Damper | Select the damper you want to modify. Tips on Entering Object Names in Text Boxes. |
Property File | Select a property file. Tips on Entering File Names in Text Boxes. |
Symmetric | Enabled when you modify component pairs (or brothers): ■yes - Modify properties of both components in a pair. ■no - Only modify properties of the selected component. When you modify a single component, this option is disabled because a single component is by nature asymmetric. |
 | Select to display a dialog box where you can add multi-line comments to any entity, to describe its purpose and function. Your template-based product displays different comments dialog boxes, depending on the entity type for which you want to record comments: ■If recording comments for modeling entities in Standard Interface, your template-based product displays the Entity Comments dialog box. ■If recording comments for any other entity type, your template-based product displays the Modify Comment dialog box. Learn about Recording Comments. |
 | Select to view property file information. By default, your template-based product displays this information in the Information window, but you can choose to display the information in a text editor. Learn about: |