Symbol Properties

These properties affect the symbol component. By default, the Symbol section has only the Symbol property. The symbol's own parameters are listed below it. To create more properties for a particular symbol, open the Edit Properties dialog for that symbol. If the symbol's parameter layout defines sections, each section appears as a separate collapsible section of the Property Inspector, marked with a symbol icon.

For a guide to using symbols, see Symbols.

Symbol components are also affected by Common Properties and by custom parameters that you define.

Symbol properties
The Symbol properties in the Property Inspector

Symbol

Symbol

Symbol
If the symbol and the symbol component are located in the same DGLux5 page, the path is the name of the symbol.

If the symbol is located in the project's palette folder, the path is palette/[folders, if any]/[page name]:[symbol name]. The page name does not use a .dg5 extension. For example, palette/widgets:sym is a valid path, where palette/widgets.dg5 is the file and sym is the symbol name.

If the symbol is located in a project in this project's lib folder, the path is lib/[project]/palette/[folders, if any]/[page name]:[symbol name]. For example, lib/HVAC2/palette/Equipment:Fan East is a valid path, where Equipment.dg5 is the file, and Fan East is the symbol name.

By default, this is the only property for a symbol. To create more properties for a particular symbol, open the Edit Properties dialog for that symbol.

The Symbol property
The Symbol property

Advanced properties

Advanced properties

These properties are available in the Advanced Property Inspector and in dataflow:

Property Description
autoSize If true, the symbol component can expand to the minimal size of its content.
creationPolicy When the symbol content is created: Always, On Demand, or On Display.

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