With this function you can save a described object in the drawing. If the drawing is saved, the objects saved in it are retained for future sessions.
Dialog box Save
db_ath_save_object
Dialog box section Current drawing
Shows the objects which are present in the current drawing. This list is informative.
Dialog box section Save
Here you can select the method of saving the object. The issuing of an appropriate name depends on this selection.
Named Saves the object under a freely selectable name. Here, conformance to the Naming convention for library objects should be followed. The issuing of a dedicated name enables better association to the saved objects. The assignment of an object to a name enables the interchange of objects beyond their own medium.
Local Saves the object with an automatically issued name (e.g. TMP0001) which is automatically incremented.
When you save and interchange objects at a level spanning documents, you should use the named method.
Dialog box section Properties
Name Here, you can issue a name for the object.
The name corresponds to a keyword of a data base object and must be unique.
Labeling Defines the language-dependent designation of the object. With most objects the designation is automatically used as the label text. With some objects, the designation can be freely defined. To do this, select a language from the list and add the appropriate text in the line below. You proceed like this for each language.
[...] Opens the Dialog box Label, where you can conveniently enter the label in several languages.
Item Defines the item number for the object.
Analyzable objects (e.g. bar assemblies) should be assigned an item number, otherwise the analysis methods can only be used with restriction.
Dialog box section Source
If you save an existing object under a new name, it is possible to change the folder. Source and destination folders for this are displayed.
Keep The target object is saved in the new folder. The source object remains in its original folder.
Displace The target object is saved in the new folder. The source object is moved to the new folder.
Naming convention for library objects
Conformance to the naming convention is important when issuing dedicated object names. Upper and lower case are taken into account when displaying the object names, but are not differentiated during identification. In the following you will find a list of legal and illegal characters.
Legal characters:
• Letters [ a b c ... x y z ] and [ A B C ... XYZ ]
• Numbers [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ]
• - (Hyphen)
• _ (Underscore)
• . (Point)
Impermissible characters:
• / (Forward slash)
• \ (Backslash)
• : (Colon)
• * (Asterisk)
• ? (Question mark)
• ’’ (Quotation mark)
• < (Left pointed bracket)
• > (Right pointed bracket)
• | (Vertical line)
• @ (at symbol)
With the entry of illegal characters they are automatically converted into space characters by the program.
