ToolsSpreadsheet

• Define variables and assign each a name.
• Change the value of independent variables or the expressions defining dependent variables.
• Assign and deassign variables to and from drive dimensions or features.
• Update the model following changes made to the variables themselves or to their assignments to drive dimensions or features.
• Delete variables.
• Sort the list of variables according to different criteria.

The Show Dimensions/Features/Components option of Spreadsheet enables you to highlight not only the feature that has directly assigned variables in the expression but also the feature which has a dependent variable in the assigned expression. This option is available by right-clicking on any work area(cell) in which variables are preset.

Try to ...

• Define a variable
• Define a Measure variable
• Modify a variable
• Delete a variable
• Assign/deassign a variable to/from a drive dimension
• Assign/deassign a variable to/from a feature or a datum entity
• Assign/deassign a variable to/from an X-reference component
• Check the feature/datum entity associated with a variable
• Sort and control the variables in the list
• Reference a variable in a component from within an assembly
• Reference assembly variables from within a component
• Assign variables to features/datum entities and check the items that have variables assigned to them