Create Property Group

Properties can be assigned to groups to ease their management.

NOTE: You need to have at least one Property Group to create Properties.
TIP: See the guide video on YouTube: Create a property group

The Properties options are located in the ATR CustomTools Profile Options.

Select the desired ATR CustomTools product from the table below to display further and product-specific instructions to find the Properties options.

CT product Instructions
SOLIDWORKS Add-in

Click Tools, ATR CustomTools, Options.

The ATR CustomTools Options dialog box appear with the Profile Options tab active. Select the Properties node to see the options.

ATR CustomTools Viewer

Click the Options command located in the ribbon.

The ATR CustomTools Options dialog box appear with the Profile Options tab active. Select the Properties node to see the options.

ATR CustomTools Administration

Login to your ATR CustomTools database, select the ATR CustomTools profile node from the Database View and then click the Profile Options command located in the Profile Settings group in the ribbon.

The ATR CustomTools Options dialog box appear with the Profile Options tab active. Select the Properties to see the options.

Name Defines the name used by the Property Group.
Initial State

Determines the default state of Property group.

Expanded The custom properties assigned to the expanded groups are visible when the Property pane is opened.
Collapsed The custom properties assigned to the collapsed groups are not visible when the Property pane is opened. The group of properties needs to be expanded in order to make them visible.
Last State Uses the last used initial state.
Group visible based on value of property Select Property used to control visibility of the selected Property Group.
Property value to set group visible Define a value that is looked for from the Property selected in the Group visible based on value of property box to control visibility of the selected group.
Example

A Property selected from the Group visible based on value of property box is desc1 and the value defined in the Property value to set group visible is BASE.

The selected Property Group is visible in the Properties pane if the desc1 property's value is BASE, otherwise the selected Property group is not shown in the Properties pane.

TIP: When the property used to handle the visibility of the selected group is an editbox type of property, type an asterisk (*) in the Property value to set group visible box to allow any value in the control property to set the selected property group visible.