|This task shows you how to add an attribute to a standard.|
|You can only add an attribute that has discrete values.|
|1.||Create a text file - with Notepad or another text editor - and enter values for the new attribute. Refer to one of the existing text files to see the format. Save the file in the directory where the other files are located. Give the file the same name as the attribute and follow the naming convention as evident in the existing files. The default location of the ASHRAE92 standard, which is provided with this application as a sample, is ...intel_a\Startup\EquipmentAndSystems\HVAC\Standards.|
|2.||Now you need to add the attribute
under the standard (which is ASHRAE92 in this example) and link it to the
file you just saved. To do this open the HVACStandards.catalog in the
application. (Use File-Open or drag it on to the workbench from Windows
|3.||Double click on the standard to
which you want to add an attribute - in this case ASHRAE92 - to make it
active and click on the Add Family button
The Component Family Definition dialog box displays.
|4.||Enter a name for the
new attribute. Under Type select Standard. Click OK. The new attribute will
display in the list of attributes under ASHRAE92.
|5.||Double click NewAttribute to make
it active and click the Add Component button
The Description Definition dialog box displays.
|6.||Click the Select Document button
and, in the File Selection dialog box that displays, navigate to the file
you created in Step 1. Select the file and click Open.
The values in the text file are now linked to the attribute you just created.
|7.||You can also use the procedure described above to create an attribute in the "default" directory.|