The Variant Text dialog allows you to specify a text string, which is displayed for a specified variant of the design. The text has the same properties as non-variant text, which you can specify in the Add Text dialog. These include its position, rotation, font, etc. The specified text is shown on the canvas when you select the relevant variant in the Design Variation Dialog.
The Variant Text dialog is displayed by clicking the Details button in the Add Text dialog, Strings box in eCADSTAR PCB Editor. This is displayed when you select ON in the Variant field. If there are no variants in the current design, or you do not have a PCB Variant license, then the Details button is not displayed. You can also launch the Variant Text dialog from the Text row in the Properties Panel. For selected text in a variant design, point the cursor in the Value column and click the displayed 
button.
- Variant lists are added or deleted in eCADSTAR Schematic Editor, and passed to a design in eCADSTAR PCB Editor using Forward Annotation.
- If all variants are removed from a design, then the text string for the Master variant remains as regular text.
- If you copy variants from a board with a different variant structure, then a warning dialog is displayed. The variant text is corrected as follows.
- Data are deleted for variants that do not exist in the destination design.
- Variants that exist in the destination design, but are not in the copied variant text are added as an empty string.
- If the variant list of the destination design has only Master, then the data are copied as regular text.
| Item | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Variant | Lists the master variant, and the variants that are specified in the associated schematic design. | |
| Master | The master variant. | |
| [Variant name] | Lists the design variants that are specified in the associated schematic design. | |
| Text String | Shows the values that you specify for the master variant, and the design variants that exist in the design. Enter an alphanumeric value by typing it in this column. Alternatively, enter it in the Text dialog. This is launched by pointing the cursor in this column, and clicking the displayed button. If you specify an empty string for a variant, then the Master string is referenced, and is displayed in gray. To make a string invisible, press the Space Bar in the Text String column.
If you do not specify a value for the Master string, then a warning dialog is displayed. |
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| OK | Saves the values that you specify, and closes the Variant Text dialog. The specified values are shown when this dialog is launched for the relevant design. | |
| Cancel | Closes the Variant Text dialog without saving changes in the dialog. |
