Design Tooltip Expression

Block Model Tooltip Expressions can be used to interactively identify blocks in the Design Window or the Animation Window.

Set

On the Design right-click menu, in the Project Explorer: Right-click on a Block Model layer and select Design Tooltip Expression | Set to create or edit a tooltip expression for the blocks you have loaded. You can also select the same option when you right-click on a layer in the Design Data pane.

  1. In the Set Design Expression dialog, click the drop-down control to create a new expression or edit an existing expression in a Quick Edit window.

  1. Alternatively, click the ellipsis to open the Expression Editor in a persistent window:

  1. Click Accept to set the tooltip expression for the Block Model layer.

Clear

To clear the tooltip expression that has been set for a layer: In the Design Data pane, right-click on the Block Model layer and select Design Tooltip Expression | Clear.

Caution: You will NOT be prompted to confirm or cancel the operation.

Note that you can set tooltip expressions for scheduling solids and other design layers.

Tooltips shown in the Animation Window are somewhat separate from tootips shown in the Design Window. When you create tooltips for the Animation Window and the Design Window, the Expression Editor will allow access to different things: Scenario information for Animation and Layer information for Design.

Animation tooltips deal with Source solids and Destination solids and are used to identify Source and Destination locations in your Scenario.

See: Design Tooltip Expression